How 100+ WWC Works

  • Meetings are required to be one hour or less.
  • Each member commits to donating $100 per meeting ($400 per year), or to be a part of a team contributing the same amount quarterly.  
  • Members bring a check to be written out directly to the selected charity.  If a Member is unable to attend a meeting she may give her check to another Member to deliver on her behalf, or she may mail it in before/after the meeting.  
  • All donations will be provided to area 501(c)(3) charities serving the Western Reserve/Greater Cleveland area only.  Donations benefiting national charities will not be considered.  
  • Members who wish to submit a charity for consideration must complete a Charitable Organization Fact Sheet and be ready to make a five minute presentation at the meeting to the members about such charity.   Three charity submissions will be randomly drawn at the meeting, and the three presenters will then have time to make their five minute presentation.
  •  If there is an immediate/emergency need at the time of the meeting, it may be presented as one of the choices. 
  • Only members who have signed a Commitment Form may submit a charity for consideration.
  • A five minute Q&A session will take place immediately following each of the three presentations and directly preceding member voting.
  • Each member will vote by ballot - the majority rules.  Even if your choice does not win, all members are responsible for writing a check to the winning charity.  Members of a team get only 1 vote per team.
  • If a member presents a particular charity that is not chosen, the member is still eligible to submit that same charity at subsequent meetings or until such charity is chosen.  If a member's charity is chosen, that charity is not eligible to be considered for future consideration until a fair amount of time has passed.  However, the member is still eligible to submit the name of another charity to be considered.
  • The winning charity must agree not to use the names of the members for future solicitations or give the information out for any other public use or purpose. 
  • A presentation will be given at our next meeting by a principal of the chosen charity to explain to the membership how the funds have been used and the impact they had or will have on their mission.
  • In the case of a two-way tie, the membership will be provided with the names of the two charities and a second vote will be taken.  If the second vote results in another tie, then we will randomly pick one of the two charities' names out of a hat.  
  • In the case of a three-way tie, we will randomly pick one of the three names out of a hat.