Who we are
We’re a group of women committed to impacting charitable organizations serving McMinnville area residents. We get together 4 times a year for a one-hour meeting, learn about local charities, and each donate $100 (or more) to the charity selected by the group, for a total impact of $10,000+ each quarter (with 100 members).
Mac’s Girlfriends is open to women 18 years and older living in the McMinnville area. All donations are paid directly to the charities selected throughout the year.
What to Expect Each Meeting
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
Every member can nominate a local 501(c)(3) charity. All nominations are put into a hat. Three (3) charities will be drawn randomly from a hat. The member who nominated the charity will spend up to 5 minutes detailing why the charity was proposed as well as what the proceeds will be used for, followed by up to 5 minutes for questions. After the 3 charities have been presented, members will vote via written ballot. The top vote-getting charity then receives all of the checks, made out to that charity on the spot.
Additionally, the charity selected at the prior meeting will spend 10 minutes updating the group on how the funds were utilized during the prior quarter.
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
If you missed the meeting, didn’t send your check with another member, or just forgot to bring your check, please mail or drop off your $100 check made out to the selected charity to:
Glo
1300 NE Adams Street, Suite A
McMinnville, OR 97128
no later than 5 days after the meeting.
Not Sure it's For You?
What Happens If You Cannot Attend the Meeting?
Not Sure it's For You?
We invite you to attend any time as a guest to see how it works and decide if the group is right for you.
If you are interested in helping out at a meeting, just let one of our volunteers know when you check in and we’ll gladly accept your help in handing out name tags, welcoming members as they arrive, and more. It’s a fun way to get to know more of the generous women in our community.
Date and Location
Upcoming Dates and Locations
Not Sure it's For You?
Next meeting date is:
July 11th, 2024
at:
Glo
1300 NE Adams Street, Suite A
McMinnville, OR 97128
Doors open at 5:30pm
Meeting from 6-7pm
Upcoming Dates and Locations
Upcoming Dates and Locations
Upcoming Dates and Locations
Meetings will be held on the second Thursday of the month quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
As always, we welcome new members or those who want to come and experience a meeting before joining.
Be sure to bring your check for $100.
Contact
Upcoming Dates and Locations
Upcoming Dates and Locations
If you would like to contact a member of Mac's Girlfriends contact Robin at 541.290.0241. You can also email at contact@macsgirlfriends.org
How to Nominate a Charity
You must be a Mac’s Girlfriends member to nominate, and the charitable organization must be registered in Oregon as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group providing support to McMinnville area residents. To nominate a charity for consideration, complete a nomination form and submit it at the meeting. You must be at the meeting, and be a member, to put a name in the hat and speak about the organization.
Making your case for support in the 5 minutes that you are allowed takes some planning. The following are some ideas you might want to incorporate into your nomination:
· State your name and the name of the organization you would like to receive funding.
· Share the organization’s mission. Describe the program that you would like to be funded. Provide some background information, if possible. Identify how many people and who the funds will impact.
· Tell how essential this program is and what our community will miss if this program does not get funded.
· Explain the measures that will be used to ensure the success of this program and good use of the donation.
· Share what this donation will “buy” for our community.
· Describe the organization’s compliance with fiduciary responsibilities, include state registration: Search the Oregon Secretary of State nonprofit registry online. Visit the National Center for Charitable Statistics website for information on charitable guidelines.
· End with a heart-felt ask and a thank you.
Who has received funds previously?
This space only gives us so much room.
Please ask for full list if interested. We have been in existence since 2019.
April 2024-Sleep in Heavenly Peace
January 2024-YCAP Food Bank
October 2023-Outdoor Education Adventures
July 2023-Safe Families
April 2023-With Courage
January 2023-Beyond Backpacks
October 2022-Keikis
April 2022-YCAP Food Bank
October 2021-The Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas
July 2021-Golden Bond Rescue of Oregon
A few simple operating guidelines
· We each donate at least $100 per meeting (just over $1 a day for the year).
· There is no membership fee; and there is no retention of any percentage of funds donated to selected charities.
· Each of the three charities selected from the hat will be given 5 minutes presentation time at the meeting. This presentation must be made by a member of Mac’s Girlfriends, who may or may not be a member of the organization.
· In the event of a tie in voting for charities, we will vote again between the two charities involved in the tie until a charity is chosen.
· The charity selected for our donations may be resubmitted for consideration one year after been selected. All other charities nominated, (those drawn but not funded, as well as those nominated but not drawn), will remain in the pool for selection at a future meeting.
· If you are unable to attend any given meeting during the year, please give your check to a member to deliver on your behalf, or mail your check made out to the selected charity to: Glitter and Glow Studio,137 NE 3rd Street, McMinnville, OR 97128 no later than 5 days after the meeting.
· By ballot, the group will vote, and the majority rules. Even if charity selected is not your first choice, you must still donate. All checks go to one charity.
· Only members are eligible to vote at the meeting. You may bring a guest to the meeting, and we encourage guests to attend and learn more about Mac’s Girlfriends, but guests will not be eligible to vote.
· No national charities will be considered; however, local branches of national charities are eligible for consideration. The purpose is for 100% of the contribution to stay in McMinnville.
· Only three charities will be nominated at each meeting.
· The charitable organization receiving the funds must agree NOT to use names and contact information of donors for future solicitations, nor give the information out to the public or any third party.
