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Choosing Our Roots is a nonprofit corporation devoted to safely housing queer youth. Choosing Our Roots was founded by LGBTQ+ Alaskans for LGBTQ+ Alaskans in recognition of our community’s heightened need for compassionate, culturally supportive, and trauma-informed care to ensure our youth have the social and family supports they need to thrive. We are looking for someone to join our Board as a member and create a succession plan with our current Treasurer. The Treasurer’s needed skills and duties include:

-Strong organizational and analytical skills to manage priorities and workflows. Good -interpersonal skills to work with diverse individuals.
-Ability to review organization’s financial administration, provide financial strategy and fundraising advice to the board
-Participation in a monthly board meeting, a monthly executive committee meeting, and generate a monthly treasurer’s report
-Along with the Bookkeeper, keep a general ledger, transfer money in the bank, and produce financial statements
-With the President and other members of the Financial Committee prepare an annual budget to the board of directors for authorization
-Supervise Bookkeeper or other contractors in cases where the organization does not have full-time personnel
-Prepare documents for the annual financial audit (with the Executive Committee) and Form 990, and respond to questions from the board of directors or auditor
-Create cash flow estimates to ensure the nonprofit’s liquidity and stability are not jeopardized
-Ensure that all needed federal and state tax filings are submitted on time to the IRS.
-As an Executive Committee Member protect and safeguard the assets of Choosing Our Roots.

Here is our web site if you are not already familiar with Choosing Our Roots: https://choosingourroots.org/ If interested, please reach out to melody@bechberger.com (406) 556-9838 Board Secretary and she will help answer questions or direct you to meet with Sheri our current Treasurer depending on your interest level. We are always looking for volunteers, event tabling, grant writing, and interested Board Members if the Treasurer position is not the right fit for you! We are a small, but MIGHTY organization!