Joining Impact100 Supercharges Women to Help their Community in a Big Way

Each one of us can spread a little love in the world with just a smile or a kind word. And when we join together with other like-minded individuals, our positive influence grows exponentially. That's the effect that Impact100 has in communities throughout the U.S. and in England, Australia and New Zealand.

You can learn about Impact100 in this interview with Brooke Potrzeba, who first got involved with the nonprofit organization in Pensacola, Florida, before moving to Ohio in 2024. Brooke is founding president of the Cleveland chapter, the 76th chapter worldwide. 

Impact100 gives $100,000 grants to nonprofits that can make transformative improvements to their communities. For more information, check out impact100cleveland.org or impact100global.org. 

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in major podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.

Chapters

• 0:00 Impact100: What it is and how it works
• 3:26 Wendy Steele, founder
• 9:28 Tax-deductible contribution
• 10:09 Brooke's story and the importance of kindness
• 12:32 Impact100 Cleveland

Transcript

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Hello, this is Kate Jones here with Brooke

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Potrzeba,

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president of Impact100 Cleveland.

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Impact100 is a nonprofit

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organization

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that harnesses

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the power of collective giving and empowers women

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to make a positive difference in their community.

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The Cleveland chapter is the second one in

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Ohio

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and the 76th 

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worldwide,

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with chapters in Australia,

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New Zealand

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and England.

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It is so nice to see you, Brooke.

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I've been so looking forward to learning more

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about Impact100,

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especially the hows and whys of giving

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and why you love doing it. What do

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you get out of volunteering

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on behalf of other people?

Brooke:

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Well, thank you so much for having me.

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Super excited to be here, share more about

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Impact100 Cleveland and kind of my

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why and my meaning behind this.

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So I first learned about Impact100

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Cleveland from living in Pensacola, Florida, where I

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grew up. They have the largest Impact100

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chapter in the world where over 1,200

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women come together every single year,

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collectively give a thousand dollars each and award

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$100,000

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huge impactful grants all throughout the Pensacola community.

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So this is something that I really just

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saw growing up. I worked in nonprofits.

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I'm an avid volunteer.

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So I've seen just the transformational

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growth and meeting Pensacola's

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greatest needs through this organization.

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So when I moved to Greater Cleveland, in

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Avon Lake on the West Side in 2024,

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I reached out to Global to try to

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see if there was an Impact100

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chapter near me, how I can get involved.

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And to my surprise, there was not one,

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and they were like, "Hey, do you wanna

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be founding president and get this off the

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ground?" My why is definitely just seeing that

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amazing work that happened in Pensacola

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and then really leveraging my small connections here

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in a new market,

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to kinda get it up and running.

Kate:

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Sounds wonderful. And I think when we talked

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earlier by phone,

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you mentioned something about the amount that they've

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done over the years in Pensacola.

Brooke:

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Since 2002 or 2003,

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they have done well over $100 million giving

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that out. They are definitely

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the largest chapter and for a reason. They

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are, you know, three times as big as

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a lot of the other ones, but it's

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just massive. And Pensacola is not a

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huge city, like a New York City or

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Chicago

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or San Francisco or something. Pensacola, Florida,

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is super small, niche. And so the fact

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that this has truly blown up there

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just goes to show the type of women

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that live in that community, the type of

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need that is in that community. Pensacola,

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Escambia County itself, is the lowest-income county

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in all of Florida. So even just looking

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at

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that demographic and the fact that they're the

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biggest chapter with the biggest giving, again, just

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goes to show how incredibly awesome that community is.

Kate:

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That is so marvelous

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that women had the

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desire to get together and do this, and

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they've really made,

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as the name implies,

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a terrific impact. 

Brooke:

Impact. Yes.

Kate:

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Absolutely.

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So talk about Impact100, if you

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would, and its unusual model.

Brooke:

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Yes. So it was founded in 2001 by

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a woman named Wendy Steele in Cincinnati, so

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right here in Ohio. And she has a

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book, "Invitation to Impact," where it tells

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about her life story and her why behind

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it. But, really, she

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has always faced just women having a seat

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at the table when it came to philanthropic

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giving. It was a lot of, like, the

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husband's writing the check or even just men

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being on boards.

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Anyway, she wanted to really just break down

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those barriers and see how she could collectively

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get women to truly have a seat at

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the table and lead the table really. So

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 the model is pretty simple. Every year

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you donate a thousand dollars and that goes

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directly to the grants pool. So there's no

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overhead costs. This is all volunteer, 100%

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volunteer led. Even at the global level, since

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we have a leader kind of holding our

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hands to make sure that we are abiding

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by the model.

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There's no fees that are going up to

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global or even to Wendy, who is still

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to this day our founder and president.

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So you have a thousand dollars every year

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going to this grants pool. Hopefully you make

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it to a hundred, to give away a

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$100,000

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grant. And after your donation, we open up

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the grants application process. So we have five

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focus areas, arts and culture, environment,

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health and wellness,

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and education.

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And we have nonprofits in the community that

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would apply for projects that fall within those

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grants categories.

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And then we have grant focus-area chairs

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that will go through and make sure that

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this organization is viable. We don't wanna just

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give a $100,000

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to maybe someone who doesn't have a clear

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plan in place, or how is this gonna

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truly impact the community?

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Not to say that we don't fund,

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like, salaries or or buildings or stuff like

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that. We get very, very

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creative in the types of projects that we

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like to fund, but we'd like to make

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sure that it is

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impactful and is going to be transformational for

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our community. So we go through a few

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months of making sure that we're doing site

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visits, that their financials are all online, and

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then we have an annual meeting where we

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come together and we all get to vote.

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So one woman, one vote of where we

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wanna see our grant funds going to. So

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I think that's a really important part that

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you're not just writing the check and then,

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"Hey, let's hope Brooke makes sure it gets

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to somewhere that is gonna do good work."

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You are following your dollars throughout that grant

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cycle to make sure that it's going directly

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to that organization that we collectively choose.

Kate:

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Is that a lot of time involved?

Brooke:

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So, I mean, I will say as founding

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president, definitely a lot of time getting things

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up and running, bylaws, policies and procedures, and

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all that kind of stuff. But another great

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thing about Impact100 is that you

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can choose to be as involved as much

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or as little as you want. So we'll

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have members that just write that check and

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wanna throw in their vote at the end

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of the year, Or there's some people that

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are like, "No, I want to go through

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these grant applications. I want to sit in these

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committees, and I want to spend a little more

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time being more invested into it." So for

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those women, you're donating a lot more

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time on top of your donation, but there's

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no requirements to serve on those committees or

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serve in a leadership role or a board

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member role. And just seasons of life. We

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have a board member who just had a

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baby actually. So maybe she can't go to

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all of these meetings and help out as

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much right now, but that is totally fine

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because

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there's always next year to get involved. 

Kate:

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Or the year after or retirement or whatever. 

Brooke:

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Yeah. Yeah. We will be here for sure.

Kate:

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Yes. Like you said,

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a thousand dollars a year, right?

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I also like that members have the

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option

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of adding

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voluntarily

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a $100.

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Please talk about that. 

Brooke:

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Yeah. So we have two tiers of membership, if you will. So

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if you wanna be a member, it's a

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thousand dollars, and that goes directly to the

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grants pool. So we do have an option

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if you want to be a 110%

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member.

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A lot of women that I know give

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a 110%

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in everything that they do, whether it's their

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job, their family,

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their hobbies.

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So we have seen more often than not

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women going ahead and giving that extra $100,

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and that is gonna go to our operational

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cost. So, again, there's no admin fees. There's

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no paid staff person, but there are things

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like printing or events or our web hosting

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or ads or billboards, all of those things

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that still are not fun to spend money

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on, but it's gotta come from somewhere. So

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we graciously have amazing sponsors already from the

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community that bought into our mission and

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giving us those higher sponsorship levels, but it

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is amazing to see our own members really

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buy into that mission as well on top

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of that grant. So we do have two

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types of memberships. You don't get anything

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extra as far as a different member pin

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or anything like that. No one knows that

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you joined at 110.

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It's really just only you, so there's no

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downfall or anybody, like, calling you out for

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not being a 110% member. That's

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something just to help us keep our lights

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on metaphorically and to make sure that we

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keep running and that we're gonna be our

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own sustainable organization.

Kate:

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That also helps to

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make it so that there's no cost for

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the organizations that apply for grants. 

Brooke:

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Exactly. If you're in

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the nonprofit world or if you're a

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grant writer or grant seeker for organizations, there's

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a lot of

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one, invitation.

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Like, you have to be invited to apply

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for grants, or you have to pay

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anywhere from $50

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to $500 to even apply for these grants

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because there is so much work and admin

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and even programming and software to go through

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and actually vet these grants to be awarded

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this money. So we like to keep it

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free for our nonprofits

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to actually come in and apply. Our grant

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software alone that we had to purchase was

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$5,000.

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So that's a cost that we have raised

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funds to, again, keep it free for our

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nonprofit partners to come in. Especially in this

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political climate or just this economy, we don't

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want to put any more burden on any of

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these nonprofits to let them keep doing the

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good for our community.

Kate:

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Absolutely.

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And also,

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important point, the $1,100 is tax deductible? Or $1,000?

Brooke: 

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Yes. Yes, that's correct. 

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Since we are our own 501(c)(3),

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so even that extra

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$100 is going straight to a nonprofit organization.

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So the entire thing's 100%

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tax deductible.

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We give you a receipt, and we're able

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to take any sort of payment, whether that's

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a check, credit card. Some women use their

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DAF or donor-advised funds. Some chapters, not

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us, will do, like, stocks or bonds or

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all of those types of things. We're not

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that robust just yet, but we try to

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make it as easy as possible to just

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submit payment however you'd like. 

Kate:

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Excellent. What about you, Brooke? What drew you to

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doing volunteer

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activities? Because you're a member of Junior League too.

Brooke:

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Yeah. Yes. So I'm a member

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of Junior League. I'm on, like, the parks

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and rec commission for Avon Lake. I'm 

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involved in my early childhood PTA.

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So definitely, that's something that fills my cup,

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to really give back. But I think just

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giving back in general has been just woven

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into my story from the beginning. I was

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raised by a single mom. I remember whether

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it's our neighbors helping out for babysitting while

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she went to work,

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really relying on our community. I know we've

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definitely relied on food banks and other government

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assistance to really help us serve those basic

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needs. So I think me just having that

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personal tie and that personal story growing up

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to see how it's something that directly

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affected and helped me. I mean, look where

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I am today where I'm coming back and

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making sure that that wheel is continuing, and

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I'm able to pour into those same kind

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of programs that helped me and my family

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growing up. But really just those early experience

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really taught me that helping your neighbor isn't

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something extra. It's really just a part of

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being human.

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What are we here for? I mean, you

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can go down a whole bunch of different

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rabbit holes to kinda see what the meaning

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of life is, but I truly think,

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lending when you can, helping when you can,

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and just doing a little something good is

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really part of something that continues to light

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me up and fill my cup. 

Kate:

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That's wonderful. And it's important to note that you are

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working as well. 

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You are not a woman of leisure. 

Brooke:

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Yes. That's why I was like, my

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husband definitely thinks that I need to, like,

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sit on the couch, watch TV.

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I am a high achiever and like to

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be busy and like to always be doing

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something. And then having that extra layer of

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something that matters

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really, really helps me. And I'm a mom

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of two. I have two young daughters, Ellie

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and Frankie. They're 4 and 2. So they're

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really another part of my why. I really

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want them to grow up and see

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kindness as a normal part of life. I

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want them to see me serve and to

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volunteer and to lift people up so they

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grow up believing those exact same things

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and that it's normal and something that they

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should truly do as well. 

Kate:

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That's lovely. Thank you.

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We need that. We always need more kindness,

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compassion in the world. 

Brooke:

Always.

Kate:

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Oh my goodness. So when you and your

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husband moved to the Cleveland area,

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and you founded this chapter

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officially in 2025,

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how difficult was it? Was there a lot

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of interest or not?

Brooke:

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So starting something from scratch is never simple.

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Right? Whether it's a recipe or building a

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whole organization or starting over with a new

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job. But there was definitely a lot of

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hiccups and a lot of bumps along the

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way. There was definitely interest, excitement,

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a lot of generosity from women across our

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region,

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but it was hard for me, especially

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coming to a brand-new market. I grew

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up in Pensacola, lived there my entire life.

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So I think just the network that I

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had, joining Junior League, joining some of these

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other organizations, I was able to leverage my

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relationships there and kind of help spread the

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word, but I knew that I couldn't do

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it alone. So my very first task was

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to build a board of women that didn't

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look like me, that didn't have the same

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skill set as me, and fill those holes

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of things that I lacked. So I'm really

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good at marketing and communications

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and social media and building our website. Like,

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I got that, but I've never applied for

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a grant. I have worked in the nonprofit

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sector, but I was more like volunteer management

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more than grants management. So I really was

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intentional about finding women who are smarter than

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me to make sure that we are building

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this as best and as well rounded as

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possible. Like you said, we launched in February

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2025,

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and we had our full board maybe by

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May. So

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anywhere from

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our grants director to our membership and recruitment,

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we got another social media chair,

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data management, community investment committee. We have a

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board of almost 20 women. So there's a

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lot of people. It was really an awesome

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thing whenever I look back at our chart

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and like, wow, we really built this board,

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and these will be our biggest champions of

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really launching this. And, also, a thousand dollars

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is a lot of money. It's definitely a

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stop-and-think gift. I have never given

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a thousand dollars to charity at all. This

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group is not a bunch of affluent women

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or people that can easily just write this.

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They choose to because they believe in the

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mission and then they see that direct impact.

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So that is something that I have definitely

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had a barrier with here. "It's a brand-new

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organization

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and you want me to write a thousand

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dollars to this organization?" I think that's the

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biggest conversations, but we do have info sessions.

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And I think even though we're the

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first in Greater Cleveland, we're not the first

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in the world to really see this model

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blossom. 

Kate:

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Not even the first in Ohio, which is interesting.

Brooke:

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Yeah. When Wendy Steele launched it in Cincinnati,

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People magazine actually picked up that story and

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made an article about her and how Pensacola

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got started because they were, like, maybe the

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second or third chapter. Her name was Debbie

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Ritchie, and she was on a plane just

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reading the magazine. And she was like, "I

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want to bring this to Pensacola." Right away, they

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didn't get, you know,

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1,200 members like they have today. But over

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20 years, it's just continued to snowball.

Kate:

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What is your vision

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for Impact100 Cleveland?

Brooke:

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So I will say I'm very competitive, right?

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So my first question to global was, like,

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what's the chapter that started out with the

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most? And I wanna beat that goal, right?

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So the goal was, like, 308

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or something. A Northwest Florida chapter started a

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few years ago, and they had their founding

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class with over 300 members. So I was

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like, all right, 308.

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Our goal is 309.

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That's my vision. That's what I wanna do.

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But, of course, our first deadline for our

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inaugural year is the end of this year.

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It's mid-November right now. So I don't

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think we're gonna quite make the 300. So

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I think really

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any amount that we do award is going

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to be a success.

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We do have our big reveal that is

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happening in January

00:16:21.170 --> 00:16:22.060
2026.

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And so we will announce our final number

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of the members that we have.

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So I would just love to see it

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continue on. I want to build a sustainable organization

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that I don't have to be president of

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and be able to do all this work

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forever. I wanna be able to pass the

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baton to somebody else and just see, you

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know, 25 years from now, it does

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get to maybe 500 members or 1,200 members

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one of these days. But I just wanna

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continue to see it do good, and I

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think we're already meeting that goal for sure.

Kate:

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Yes. And when you do pass the baton,

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will you be following your husband's advice and

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sitting on the sofa and reading or something?

Brooke:

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I don't know if I can ever truly

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slow down. Like, I feel like once you

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stop doing something, you gotta use it or

00:17:06.030 --> 00:17:08.110
lose it, right? Gotta make sure to keep

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busy. But I feel like I always find

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some kind of hobby, whether that's pouring more

00:17:12.110 --> 00:17:12.610
into

00:17:12.990 --> 00:17:15.010
my creative side of doing photography

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or getting more involved in my sorority alumni

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association

00:17:19.605 --> 00:17:21.205
or, you know, maybe taking a year or

00:17:21.205 --> 00:17:23.445
two off and just volunteering at my girls'

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school or something like that. 

Kate:

00:17:25.285 --> 00:17:27.525
You'll figure it out for sure. 

Brooke:

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I would be lying if I said I would wanna be sitting on

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the couch watching TV all the time, but

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I definitely know that I can't be on

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the go all the time. And I do

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have to make sure that my cup is

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filled and that I'm recharged before I continue

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to pour in others. So that is something

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that I've definitely learned. I am passionate, wanna

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do something, wanna give back, but I gotta

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make sure to take care of myself as

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well.

Kate:

00:17:49.515 --> 00:17:50.015
Absolutely.

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And for more information,

00:17:53.115 --> 00:17:56.975
people can go to impact100cleveland.org, correct?

Brooke:

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Yes. Our one-stop shop,

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it has links to our social media pages.

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So whether you are an interested member that

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wants to learn more or if you're a

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potential donor or if you're a nonprofit that

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wants to learn about our grants process,

00:18:10.790 --> 00:18:12.790
we can raise as much money as possible,

00:18:12.790 --> 00:18:14.870
but we are not the good-doers.

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We need these nonprofits to come up with

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these projects and able to actually make that

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mark in our community. So if you know

00:18:21.185 --> 00:18:21.845
a nonprofit,

00:18:22.145 --> 00:18:23.905
feel free to send them that information because

00:18:23.905 --> 00:18:25.445
we definitely wanna spread the word.

Kate:

00:18:26.225 --> 00:18:28.945
Sounds wonderful, Brooke. Is there anything else you'd

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like to say?

Brooke:

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.840
No. I think we covered a lot of

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it, but thank you so much for helping

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me really spread the word about our organization

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and kind of share my why. But, yeah,

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it's been a pleasure speaking with you today.

Kate:

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:42.340
Same here. I've enjoyed it very much.

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Thank you again.

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This is Kate Jones with Everyday Creation.

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Thank you so much for joining us today.