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Mission Statement

The Wyoming Nonprofit Network represents the collective voice of the Wyoming charitable nonprofit sector and brings best practices, resources, and support to the nonprofit community.

2023 Board of Directors

Chair: Sabrina Lane, Executive Director, Wyoming 2-1-1
Vice-Chair: Heidi Gross, Executive Director, Gillette College Foundation
Secretary/Treasurer: Kelly Frink, Executive Director, United Way of Southwest Wyoming

Molly Box, CEO/Owner, Prairie Sage Creative
Tina Conley, Executive Director, I-Reach 2
Joanna Kail, Executive Director, Wyoming PBS Foundation
John Masterson, Board Member, Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps
Shawn Reese, Executive Director and CEO, Wyoming Humanities
Khale Century Reno, Executive Director, Wyoming Wilderness Association

Will Ranck Schwartz, Chief Operating Officer, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole

Gabel Taggart, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming

Staff:

Jody Shields, Executive Director
Anna Wilcox, Director of Learning and Development
Kristie Wilson, WyoGives and special projects
Elizabeth Colvin, Member Services and special projects

History

The Wyoming Nonprofit Support Initiative was started in 2003 by the Wyoming Community Foundation. The Wyoming Association of Nonprofit Organizations was registered in 2005 as a Wyoming nonprofit corporation and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) in 2008. Due to funding issues, there was little activity from 2008 to 2011. In 2012, efforts began to reinvigorate the organization. These efforts were led by Align. As part of this reorganization effort, nonprofits executives across Wyoming overwhelmingly endorsed having a statewide association that would advocate for the sector, serve as a trusted information source and facilitate professional development and networking opportunities. The Association re-branded and started doing business as Wyoming Nonprofit Network. Membership recruitment resumed in 2013. Each year we have continued to grow our membership and our programs.

Today, the Wyoming Nonprofit Network board contracts with Align to provide management services. A portion of these services are provided in-kind by Align. Jody Shields, VP for Align, serves as the Executive Director for the Wyoming Nonprofit Network.

We would like to recognize the following supporters that were instrumental in our reorganization phase (2012-2014).
Wyoming Community Foundation
First Interstate Bank - Cheyenne and Laramie branches
First Interstate Bank Foundation
Norco, Inc.
Western States Learning Corporation, d/b/a Align
Connie Sloan Cathcart
Gregory C. Dyekman

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822 West 23rd Street, Unit A
Cheyenne, WY 82001

307.772.9050

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