Institutional Investing Board Member

At AbleLight, we envision a world where all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are loved, secure and flourishing in their communities. AbleLight Foundation Inc. is conducting a search for volunteer Board of Directors candidates with significant institutional investing expertise who reside in our states of greatest operations: California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon or Washington.

AbleLight Foundation is a Type 1 supporting organization to AbleLight Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports people with IDD in ten states. AbleLight Foundation has about $100M in assets and is exclusively dedicated to supporting AbleLight’s mission. AbleLight was founded in 1903. Its mission is to, through Christian love, whole-heartedly support and advocate for all people with IDD to ensure security, dignity and hope.

The AbleLight Foundation Board provides fiduciary oversight of the management of its investments and support for AbleLight. Directors are expected to actively engage in quarterly regular Board meetings, occasional special meetings, task forces and other Board support for AbleLight. Directors are also expected to be ambassadors for AbleLight’s mission in their communities. Annually two regular Board meetings are in-person, and two are virtual. Directors are unpaid volunteers. AbleLight pays for all travel and other expenses, and provides administrative support. Directors are elected to a three-year term and are eligible for additional terms.

Ideal candidates will:

Have extensive professional experience with institutional investing, including asset management oversight, portfolio management and asset allocation.

Identify as being of the Christian faith, commensurate with the Christian faith-based foundation of AbleLight.

Have a commitment to make the world better for the IDD community, and to represent AbleLight to the world.

Have skills of critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving, and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and building consensus among diverse individuals.

Reside in one of our states of greatest operations: California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon or Washington.

If using your gifts for this good purpose intrigues you, please apply here.