Clemmons Family Farm, Inc.
Overview of Organization
Incorporating as a 501c3 nonprofit organization in 2019, Clemmons Family Farm (CFF) is now entering its seventh year of operations and stands on a 60-year family legacy of multicultural community building through the arts, culture, and a sense of place. Our three-part mission is to:
1. PRESERVE and maintain the historic Clemmons farm in Charlotte, Vermont as an educational prototype, and a model for preserving African American owned agricultural land, cultural and heritage assets in the U.S.
2. EMPOWER a growing network of Vermont’s artists, including those who bear the cultures of the African diaspora with opportunities for professional development, advocacy, visibility, networking, paid engagements, collective healing, and a safe haven for creativity that helps them to thrive; and
3. BUILD a loving multicultural community around African American/African diaspora history, arts and culture.
CFF is Vermont’s major 501c3 nonprofit organization focusing on African American and African diaspora arts and culture. We own and steward the historic 138-acre Clemmons Farm, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a landmark site on the Vermont African American Heritage Trail. Our Board of Directors typically has 6-9 members serving 2-3-year renewable terms and meeting quarterly.
CFF offers a robust set of mission-driven programs that include on-farm place-based programming centering the historic importance of the Clemmons Farm and its legacy of arts and community-building, as well as state-wide programs in schools, large public venues, and communities. We also offer a diverse menu of services that support Vermont’s artists to thrive and community arts and culture programs that aim to improve community mental health and wellness, strengthen social cohesion across differences of race and culture, and build a sense of place. CFF convenes a statewide network of more than 350 Vermont artists specializing in African diaspora arts and cultures, providing them with access to resources and support including professional development opportunities, connection to grants and paid engagements, opportunities for professional and personal collaboration and connection with other artists. The network includes musicians, singer-songwriters, storytellers, photographers, film/videographers, sculptors, hair braiders, visual artists, literary artists, actors, dancers, spoken word artists, movement artists, textile artists, culinary artists, and wellness artists (e.g. sound healing, guided meditation, medicinal herbs, healing movement, etc.).
Mission Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
Size of Organization: $1M – $5M
Position Overview
The Treasurer of the Corporation is responsible for overseeing the Corporation’s financial records, serving as a co-signatory on the Corporation’s bank accounts, presenting quarterly financial reports and annual profit/loss and balance sheet reports to the Board of Directors, and making inputs to the development of the Corporation’s annual budget. The Treasurer shall also oversee the materials for such tax reporting forms as are required. This work is in collaboration with the President and the Corporation’s financial management team and accountants.
Desired Skills: General Board Governance, Nonprofit Financials, Fundraising/Development
Additional Information
Current # of Board Members: 6
Carries liability insurance?: Yes
Carries D&O liability insurance?: Yes
Time Expectations: Approximately 12 hours per month in addition to quarterly Board meetings
Meeting Frequency: Once a quarter
Meeting Location: Remote
Length of Term (in years): 2, 3
Financial contribution required?: No
Service on committee required?: No