Junior League of Saint Louis

“The Junior League of St. Louis has three classes of membership: - Provisionals (New Members) are those members who are engaged in training to prepare them for effective community and League involvement. - Active members are members who have completed Provisional (New Member) training and justify Active membership by demonstrating volunteer service to their communities and the Junior League. - Sustaining members are members who have fulfilled the Active membership requirements and who continue to support the Junior League and their communities.”

“- New Members are not eligible to vote or hold office. - Active members have the right to hold office and vote. The Board of Governance, the Executive and the Nominating Committee shall be elected by Active members at a membership meeting by a majority of those voting. - Sustaining members shall have all the privileges of membership except that they may vote only on special money raising activities that directly affect Sustainers and may only serve in Board designated leadership roles.”

“Active members vote to adopt any project, position statement or special money raising activity which requires total membership participation and to amend the bylaws.”

“When the Organization's auditors have prepared a draft of the tax return, the Director of Operations gives a copy to all members of the Board. The audit committee, the finance committee and Board review the return. Any changes in the return are then discussed with the auditors. When the return is approved, the President authorizes the auditors to electronically file the form 990 by signing form 8879. A paper copy of the return is provided by the auditors for the Organization's records.”

“All board members sign a conflict of interest statement at the beginning of each fiscal year. Board members are provided with a list of all Junior League of St. Louis vendors.”

“The board reviews the Director of Operations performance review and approves salary compensation on a yearly basis using comparable compensation studies. All decisions are documented in the minutes.”

“Copies of documents are provided to anyone who requests a copy in person or in writing.”

“City Greens Project - This is a collaboration between the Junior League of St. Louis and City Greens Market to address food insecurity in the St. Louis Metro area.”

“JLSL takes a collaborative approach to solving community problems whenever possible. Partnerships are formed with community organizations through programs and co-sponsorships. Many community agencies can trace their beginnings directly to the foresight and planning of Junior League volunteers who saw a need and used the resources of the League to develop workable, long-term solutions. A few of the past collaborations and community projects include: - Girls' Club of Soulard, now known as Girls Inc., received its initial support from JLSL - Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, developed in collaboration with Deaconess Hospital and the Coalition of 100 Black Women - The Junior Kindergarten program, a forerunner of today's Head Start programs was developed in collaboration with teachers in the city of St. Louis - The largest ever inaugural Komen Race for the Cure was brought to St. Louis by the JLSL Continuing programs include: - St. Louis Family Theatre, a collaboration between the JLSL and the City of Florissant. Over twenty-five years ago the Junior League of St. Louis saw a need to introduce children to the world of live performing arts. To date, over 710,000 young people have experienced live theatre through the St. Louis Family Theatre Series in an affordable and educational way. St. Louis Family Theatre continues to make available the best nationally recognized touring professional theatres, not readily available to the St. Louis area, at heavily subsidized prices. - Developing Strong Women & Families is a Health & Resource Fair created by the Junior League of St. Louis. This event is designed to bring not-for-profit organizations from throughout the community under one roof, for one day, in order to provide underserved women access to needed services that will assist them in their personal development and to reach their full potential as women. The goal is to go beyond sharing information, to actually providing services on site.”