A sudden departure
Your Executive Director gave notice, or is already gone, and deadlines are still coming.
For association and foundation boards
Executive Director leaving or no one to lead? We step in within days.
REWAI gives your board a named, experienced Executive Director, interim or ongoing, backed by a dedicated team for every function. Your work keeps moving while you decide what comes next.
- A named person accountable to your board
- Interim or ongoing
- Associations and foundations nationwide
Sound familiar?
When the Executive Director seat is empty, the board inherits everything.
Never had one
Volunteers have carried the organization, and it has outgrown what the board can do alone.
A long search ahead
You want to hire well, not fast, and need steady leadership in the meantime.
The offer
An Executive Director, plus a team for every function.
Interim or ongoing Executive Director
A named, experienced leader who works with your board, keeps operations and deadlines on track, and is personally accountable. Stay with us for a few months while you search, or for the long term.
Communications
Newsletters, website updates, social media, and member and donor messages.
Membership
Recruitment, renewals, records, and member service.
Events
Conferences, meetings, and webinars from planning to follow-up.
Finance
Budgets, bookkeeping oversight, reporting to your treasurer, and filings calendar.
Grants
Grant research, applications, reports, and, for foundations, grant cycles.
Web
Site care, forms, and the tools your members and donors use.
Sponsorship
Sponsor prospecting, packages, fulfillment, and renewals.
Work is done by REWAI staff and vetted contractors, led by a named Executive Director.
How we work
People lead. FoundationOS supports.
FoundationOS is the platform our team uses to keep calendars, tasks, records, and reports organized. It helps people do careful work. It does not replace them.
About FoundationOS- A named human Executive Director on every account
- Your board makes the decisions
- Your data stays yours
- Plain reporting you can read in minutes
The first week
What happens after you reach out
Talk
A call with your board chair or president about what is happening.
Agree
A short written scope and start date.
Secure
Access, money, and deadlines get a clear owner.
Lead
Your Executive Director starts reporting to the board.
Track record
Led by someone who runs these organizations today.
A statewide nonprofit
Our Executive Director currently leads a statewide recycling nonprofit, including its programs, board relations, and operations.
A statewide conference
That work includes a statewide conference for recycling and circular economy work, with sponsors, a planning committee, and a full program.
National programs and events
Our Executive Director also supports national recycling coalition programs and events, including a campus council summit, a national congress awards program, and a circularity forum.
Free for boards
The Board Guide to Hiring or Replacing an Executive Director
A practical, 12-page guide: the first 30 days, interim or permanent, a transition checklist, board roles, the search, compensation research, onboarding, and questions to ask any provider.
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