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For more than a decade, CEP has led the movement to improve philanthropy through a powerful combination of dispassionate analysis and a passionate commitment to improving lives.

Today, over 300 funders have used CEP’s assessment tools to gather honest feedback from their stakeholders in an effort to learn how to be even more effective. CEOs and trustees have come to rely on our research for insights into foundation effectiveness on a wide range of topics, from assessing performance to developing strategy to managing stakeholder relationships. Our highly regarded programming—including our biennial conference—gives philanthropic leaders an exclusive and unprecedented opportunity to connect with their peers. CEP is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a second office in San Francisco, California. Strengths of CEP’s work culture are entrepreneurialism, accountability, teamwork, collegiality, diversity, and mutual respect. Position Overview Vice President, Finance & Operations The Vice President oversees all aspects of the Center for

Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) finances and operations. Reporting to the President and serving as a key member of the senior staff, the Vice President will be responsible for advancing CEP’s approach to financial and operational management and contributing to CEP’s overall strategic direction.

In addition, this person will ensure that accurate and useful financial reporting and modelling guides CEP’s decision-making. The Vice President will be responsible for ensuring the best processes and policies are in place for both finance and operations. The Vice President will manage a team of four to five staff and oversee relationships with a number of external vendors and consultants. This is a great opportunity for a proven leader with strong analytic, finance, and operational skills to contribute to a growing organization widely considered among the most influential in philanthropy.

Key Responsibilities: 

You can expect to contribute to CEP’s success by: • Advising the President and other key leaders on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and policy matters. • Serving as the key liaison to the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors and representing and presenting on key matters to both the Committee and the full Board. • Contributing to key strategic decisions, including how and whether to pursue opportunities to extend CEP’s work, helping to chart and model out potential economic models for different options. • Overseeing all financial, project-based, and departmental accounting, including cash flow and forecasting. • Capably representing CEP externally in banking and lease negotiations and in relationships with key vendors. • Managing relationships with CEP’s legal counsel and ensuring compliance with both relevant laws and best practices. • Taking on cross-cutting, important projects as needed and at the direction of the President. Examples include: ensuring ongoing compliance with EU General Data Protection Regulations; analyzing opportunities in new markets for CEP’s products and services; analyzing partnership possibilities; and exploring potential new office locations. • Directing information technology for the organization, overseeing relationship with CEP’s IT vendor. • Working with team to continually assess and upgrade CEP’s approach to internal controls, compliance with accounting standards, and other relevant finance policies and practices. • Overseeing the annual budgeting process that builds on CEP’s strong history of excellent financial management and its record of more than a decade and a half of consecutive surpluses and clean audits. • Bringing the highest level of integrity and a predisposition to be open and transparent with both colleagues and those outside the organization. •Setting the highest standards of internal service in ensuring CEP’s operations in both its San Francisco and Cambridge offices are smooth and conducive to staff doing their best work. • Managing the team in a way that both sets a high bar for performance and provides staff with stellar operational and administrative support. • Demonstrating a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in interactions internally and in approaches to processes such as vendor selection.

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Business or Accounting degree mandatory, an MBA and/or CPA strongly preferred • Minimum 10 years’ experience including financial planning, modeling and analysis, along with responsibility for shepherding an organization or division through an audit process

• Familiarity with nonprofit finance and accounting environment and relevant regulations

• Proficient in QuickBooks, Salesforce, and Excel • Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills • Comfort with disagreement and ability to resolve conflict • Strong mentoring and coaching experience in a diverse work environment • Self-reliant but also open and collaborative • Flexible, energetic, with a high sense of individual responsibility and an ability to anticipate needs and plan accordingly

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills • Ability to toggle between the details and the big picture and to recognize the importance of each Benefits Our nonprofit model is central to our identity: our bottom line is impact, not profit.

Yet even as a nonprofit, we successfully compete for top talent across both the public and private sectors and offer competitive compensation and benefits, including: •

The annual salary range for this role is $170,000 to $185,000

Performance based incentive compensation plan • Comprehensive health and dental insurance plans • Generous paid time off plan, including up to 15 holidays, two weeks of accrued vacation, and two personal days per year • 401(k) plan with a 1:1 Employer Match up to 5% of total compensation • Generous annual personal professional development allowance • Flexible spending and dependent care tax free savings plans • Life insurance covered 100% by the organization

How To Apply :

Please fill out our application for employment and attach a resume and a thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position.

If you have any questions, please contact Leaha Wynn, Associate Manager, Human Capital and D&I Strategist or Alyse d’Amico, Director of Human Capital at alysed@cep.org

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. CEP is an equal opportunity employer.

Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), a program of the Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc., is seeking a leader for our development and communications efforts.

BEAM creates pathways for students from low-income and marginalized communities to access careers as mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and computer scientists. Our goal is to give our students the same access to advanced study as more affluent peers. We directly offer summer programs in middle school followed by advising and weekend enrichment classes throughout high school; we also direct students to other programs for continued advanced work. Through our work, students have gone on to top high schools, summer programs, and colleges, and have studied math far beyond what they would have otherwise seen in school. Beyond that achievement, though, our students discover that there are others like them who love math. They make friends they keep for a lifetime, and become part of a shared community that remains influential in their lives.

Our programs have grown from 17 students when we were founded in 2011 to over 400 each summer now. We have demonstrated success in our mission and have plans to continue expanding so that more students can be a part of what we do. Although we’ve been featured in many media outlets, you may find this New York Times article especially informative.

Position Overview

As Development and Communications Lead, you will coordinate and track outreach to existing supporters, develop relationships with potential supporters, organize and lead fundraising events, research grant opportunities, and apply to grants. In addition, you will work with senior leadership to develop fundraising strategies and messaging and help plan the overall financial strategy for the organization. Our team is small, and you will be the only full-time development staff member; our current full-time staff member will remain part-time.

This position can be customized to the background of the applicant. We are open to both experienced development professionals (who might enter as Director of Development) or to STEM professionals who are changing career paths who will enter at a coordinator or manager level. More junior staff will receive extensive coaching from our staff as well as numerous professional development opportunities and support from external consultants.

For a detailed discussion of the role and responsibilities, as well as to apply, please view the job description on our website.

How To Apply

Please read the more detailed job description, and then send a cover letter and resume as outlined there.

The Campaign for Black Male Achievement’s (CBMA) mission is to serve as a national membership network that seeks to ensure the growth, sustainability, and impact of leaders and organizations committed to improving the life outcomes of Black men and boys. CBMA’s philosophy includes an asset-based approach to our work, which includes advancing an alternative narrative about Black men and boys in the nation. We focus primarily and unapologetically on Black men and boys, regardless of their class, sexual orientation or current level of achievement, while incorporating an intersectional lens that includes partnership with and support of Black women and girls.

Position Overview

The ideal candidate for the Senior Director of Development is an experienced professional with a proven track record of leading a national non-profit organization’s fundraising, revenue generation and development strategy. The Senior Director of Development will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer; s/he will serve on the organization’s Executive Leadership Team; and, s/he works closely with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure accurate development and tracking of cash flow projections and financial reporting to funding partners. The Senior Development Officer will be responsible for working closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to develop and implement strategies for growing the organization’s current $3.5M annual budget to $10M by 2023.

How To Apply

Along with your resume, please prepare and submit a thoughtful, one-page cover letter detailing your interest in the position and the qualifications that you would bring to the Campaign for Black Male Achievement. The documents should be emailed as a single MS Word document to careers@blackmaleachievement.org.  Be sure to include “Senior Director of Development” in the subject line.  NO CALLS PLEASE.

In 1987, computer scientist Anita Borg founded a digital community for women in computing. Today, AnitaB.org works with technologists in more than 80 countries, and partners with academic institutions and Fortune 500 companies worldwide. AnitaB.org envisions a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies that use it. To achieve that vision, they connect, inspire, and guide women in computing and organizations that view technology innovation as a strategic imperative. As a mission-driven nonprofit, they seek to expand communications about the underrepresentation of women in technical roles, the importance of increasing diversity in tech, and promoting solutions to these issues. Their programs and awards, including the Grace Hopper Celebration, highlight the accomplishments of women technologists, while their events and communities enable women to establish peer networks. AnitaB.org is a leader in the tech equity movement, working diligently towards the goal of achieving hiring, pay, retention, and venture funding parity between men and women in the field by 2025.

Position Overview

AnitaB.org seeks a new Vice President, Marketing and Communications to develop and execute the organization’s institution-wide communications and marketing. Reporting to the President and CEO, this role will create a multi-year plan that promotes AnitaB.org’s programs and services, enhances the organization’s visibility and brand reputation, reaches a wide variety of important audiences, and drives donor support for the organization. How To Apply AnitaB.org has exclusively retained The 360 Group of San Francisco to assist with this search.

Please visit http://the360group.us/AB_VPMC_PD.pdf to review the complete position description, which includes detailed application instructions. No calls, please.

Earlier applicants may receive priority consideration. To be considered, The 360 Group encourages all interested candidates to submit their applications promptly.

Overview

The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation is seeking an associate network officer to manage existing Foundation relationships and identify new ones in specific states/regions. The associate network officer will administer a related grants portfolio over time.

Background

The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation’s mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice. Founded in 1953, the Foundation now makes grants to nonprofit organizations in 11 states in the Southeastern United States. MRBF supports organizations and networks engaged in collaborative, multi-strategy work, particularly those working at the intersections of three mutually reinforcing pathways of change: economic opportunity, democracy and civic engagement, and supportive policy and institutions.

Position Overview 

• Develop the Foundation’s relationships in specified states/regions to identify grant and investment opportunities, develop and nurture funding partnerships and other networks to advance the Foundation’s priorities and to understand the economic, political and social context.

• Respond to inquiries for grants, interpret the Foundation’s policies, offer assistance beyond grant seeking, including referrals, networking and general management counsel.

• Participate on Program Team to develop, implement and evaluate programs and reach consensus on recommendations to the board to advance the Foundation’s mission.

• Review grant proposals, conduct due diligence and write recommendations to the board.

• Monitor grants for technical assistance needs, compliance, impact and lessons learned.

• Research, write and present occasional papers on Foundation strategy for the Program Team and board.

• Contribute as needed to external Foundation communications.

• Assist in planning and implementing “value-added” activities such as convenings, technical assistance, peer networks, resource directories and other information.

• Occasionally represent the Foundation at conferences and meetings; stay abreast of the philanthropic field and the Foundation’s program areas through conferences and other professional activities.

• Contribute to a transparent and equitable organizational culture where ethical and equity policies and practices are understood and lived out by all staff. Qualifications • Undergraduate degree required.

• 3+ years of grantmaking, nonprofit or other experience related to the Foundation’s priorities.

• Commitment to the mission and values of the Babcock Foundation and a commitment to equity, particularly racial equity, with a willingness to proactively learn about it and integrate it into all aspects of the work. • Respect for the dignity and abilities of all people.

• Experience at building relationships and fostering alliances among diverse people to accomplish goals.

• Experience with and trust in collegial decision making, coupled with the ability to work independently, flexibly and with good humor.

• Keen analytical skills, ability to learn and synthesize new information quickly.

• Ability to use instinct and intuition effectively in building relationships and making decisions.

• Ability to handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines; ability to pay attention to accuracy and detail while thinking broadly.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Commitment to the Southeastern United States.

• Ability to travel. Additional Information The associate network officer is a member of the program team and supervised by the program director.

How To Apply: Send a resume and cover letter to applications@mrbf.org by March 22, 2019.

The Organization

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a family foundation that is guided by the business philosophy and personal values of Lucile and David Packard, who helped found one of the world’s leading technology companies. Their approach to business and community participation has guided the Foundation’s philanthropy for more than 50 years. Today, their children and grandchildren continue to help guide the work of the Foundation with David and Lucile Packard’s enduring core values: integrity, respect for all people, belief in individual leadership, commitment to effectiveness, and the capacity to think big. Our Foundation’s goals and how we work reflects our organization’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We aim to create a workplace culture and pursue policies and practices that demonstrate how we value DEI.

Our Foundation makes grants at the local, state, national, and international levels, supporting innovative nonprofits to create meaningful impact across the globe. We continue to work on the issues our founders cared about most:  improving the lives of children; enabling the creative pursuit of science; advancing reproductive health; conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems; and supporting and strengthening our local communities. For 2019, we expect to award more than $350 million in grants.

Position Overview

The Opportunity

The Foundation’s Conservation and Science Program is seeking a skilled and committed Program Operations Manager to lead the development, management, and implementation of all administrative operations of the C&S Program. The POM will help to lead a C&S team of 24 staff working to protect the ocean, solve climate change, conserve western lands, and support basic scientific research.

Reporting to the C&S Program Director, you will serve as a member of the three-person C&S leadership team, partnering on decisions, priorities, plans, and problem solving with the Program Director and Deputy Director. You will help to ensure integration and synergy across C&S operations and programmatic priorities and implementation, ensuring consistently high quality and timely deliverables with the highest level of customer service in a dynamic grantmaking and operational context. You will also serve as a member of the Foundation’s Management Team and join a cohort of POMs working in the Foundation’s program areas.

In this role, you will manage and support the professional development of a 10-person operations and administrative staff, including hiring, evaluating, coaching, developing, and mentoring staff. You will oversee the development and refinement of systems, processes, and operational deliverables, as needed, so that work is completed in an effective and efficient manner. With your technical and systems skills, you will design and help to facilitate internal processes to facilitate learning, ensure team cohesion and coordination, obtain staff input into decisions, and solve problems. You will be a key point of contact with the Foundation’s legal, finance and administration, human resources, information technology, workplace services, and facilities departments. To support and maintain philanthropic best practices, you will have the opportunity to develop a network within philanthropy and across the Foundation’s operations to learn and apply best practices within C&S and the Foundation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

·       Oversee program operations for operational effectiveness, efficiency, and alignment with program goals and the Foundation’s policies and practices

·       Contribute to, develop, and oversee operational infrastructure, systems, and processes that ensure effective grantmaking processes

·       Serve as a problem solver and thought partner to the C&S Director and Deputy Director in the context of a dynamic grantmaking and operational landscape with the goal of achieving program and operational integration and synergy

·       Represent the needs of the operations and administrative team within C&S and the Foundation, while managing the team to meet the program’s mission as well as its strategic and operational goals

Individual and Team Management

·       Hire, manage, coach, and develop members of the operations and administrative team, consistent with the Foundation values and policies

·       Design and facilitate staff meetings and internal processes including our annual strategic reviews, goal setting, and learning sessions

·       Work closely with program officers and members of the administrative team to ensure effective working relationships

·       Work closely with the C&S Director and Deputy Director to facilitate effective arrangements for placing Program Research Analysts within C&S

Administrative and Financial Leadership

·       Oversee the design and implementation of the processes for annual strategic planning, team goal-setting, preparation for C&S Board sessions, and program-wide meetings including team meetings and retreats

·       Oversee the ongoing processing of grants, ensuring that grants are processed accurately, in a timely manner, and in accordance with Foundation policies and procedures

·       Oversee the operating and grants budgets, track spending, create financial models for various grantmaking scenarios, reconcile grant awards to grant payments, and manage overall financial performance for C&S

·       Oversee the administration of contracts with consultants and vendors

·       Administratively self-sufficient

·       Engage in Foundation-wide operations projects

Ideal Candidate

The Foundation seeks an individual with a passion for, and proven effectiveness as, a team leader and manager and a demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and support skills development for their staff. This position requires someone who can consistently maintain a positive attitude and strong working relationships and who is able to work well with a diversity of colleagues with varied personalities and work styles.

As an ideal candidate, you will bring a track record of creating, managing, and adapting operational structures and systems for maximum performance in a dynamic operational and/or grantmaking context. You will have significant experience in the design and facilitation of meetings and in the design of effective internal processes to achieve team objectives. You will have impeccable integrity and trustworthiness, with an ability to handle sensitive information effectively and confidentially. You will meet deadlines and handle pressure with poise and respond with grace and flexibility in a rapidly changing environment. You will demonstrate professional and emotional maturity with a good sense of humor. You are someone with a high level of emotional intelligence and the ability to be versatile and diplomatic.

Inherent in all aspects of the Foundation is a commitment to creating an inclusive culture that values all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. You are personally devoted to growing your own cultural competence and will actively participate in the Foundation’s work to integrate justice and equity into all facets of our work.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and a minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in a people management role. Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop team members in alignment with organization values, mission, and goals.

Candidates should possess exceptional communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, as well as a demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and inspire teams. Impeccable integrity and ethics, along with a diplomatic approach to problem solving are critical.

Experience in the nonprofit sector, experience in grantmaking processes and familiarity with best practices, either through a foundation or grantee perspective, is desirable but not required.

Benefits and Compensation

The Foundation offers an excellent benefits package and a salary that is commensurate with related work experience and education. The position is located in downtown Los Altos, CA. It is full-time and exempt.

How To Apply

To Be Considered

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse candidate pool. The Foundation recognizes diversity as an asset essential to accomplishing our work and views diversity as encompassing differences in race and gender, as well as age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, job skills, education, and geographic location.

Please send an email referring to job number 19-04-3700R in the subject line along with a resume and targeted one-page cover letter explaining your interest and how your skills and work experience fit the position to jobs@packard.org.

Brooklyn Community Foundation is seeking a Vice President of Programs and Partnerships to join its senior team.  She/he/they will manage all of the Foundation’s grant programs, create a concrete advocacy agenda and serve as a strategic partner both internally and externally to advance the Foundation’s mission and growth.

The ideal candidate will have a strong non-profit and/or philanthropy background, as well as strong management skills and a penchant for collaboration across the organization and with external stakeholders.  We are seeking a leader who is passionate about community empowerment and racial justice.  The Vice President of Programs and Partnerships will be an innovator who is comfortable working closely with the Foundation’s dynamic Board of Directors, grantee partners, funders, as well as donors, public officials and businesses throughout Brooklyn and beyond.

We seek a visionary and ambitious leader who is capable of both creative and strategic thinking.  She/he/they will value an opportunity to work collaboratively, both internally and externally, and to shape the Foundation’s vision as it builds assets for the community and moves into its second decade.

About the Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation is the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to New York City’s largest borough. We are on a mission to spark lasting social change, mobilizing people, capital, and expertise for a fair and just Brooklyn.

Since its founding in 2009, Brooklyn Community Foundation has provided over $40 million in grants to more than 300 nonprofits through its Community Fund and Donor Advised Fund program. The Foundation’s innovative community-led approach stems from Brooklyn Insights, a project that engaged nearly 1,000 residents across Brooklyn. In 2015, the Foundation won the prestigious Impact Award from National Committee for Response Philanthropy for this work.

The Foundation is at an exciting stage. In 2018, the Foundation broke all historic records and raised over $16.5 million in Field of Interest, Donor Advised, and unrestricted contributions.  In addition, the Foundation made over $7 million in grants through donor directed, community led, and staff led initiatives. We’re excited to welcome a new team member to grow with us.

Visit www.BrooklynCommunityFoundation.org for more information.

Position Overview

Position Overview

The Vice President of Programs and Partnerships reports directly to the President & CEO and manages a team of two (2) Program Officers. The Vice President of Programs is responsible for strategic planning for all community leadership initiatives including the Foundations’ grant making, as well as developing a strong advocacy effort to effect change on a more systemic level. Working closely with the Foundation’s team of 10 full-time staff, a growing Board of Directors, and external partners, he/she/they shapes the Foundation’s program strategies and assessment measures, determines staffing and budget allocations, and ensures successful realization of approved program designs. The Vice President of Programs serves as a member of the Foundation’s senior management team, working with other team members on overall strategy, policymaking, and management.  Together with other staff, the Vice President of Programs represents the Foundation in regional and national discussions on effective philanthropy, resident engagement, racial justice, and related issues.

Responsibilities

Planning & Program Design

·         Partner with the program staff,  President, and relevant board members on shaping and implementing a multi-year program plan for grantmaking, advocacy, and leadership initiatives, building on findings and recommendations from community input and feedback processes.

·         Work closely with relevant staff, grantees, and board members to determine the measures of success, assessment methods and milestones, and develop systems and stories to demonstrate our impact.

·         Oversee Program timetables, staffing, and budget to implement strategic plan each year.

Program implementation

·         Manage the process of creating guidelines for grant programs and processes for soliciting and fairly evaluating grant applications, including outside advisors and peer panels.

·         Manage grant review processes for each grant program.

·         With program team conduct site visits, monitor grants and distill relevant information on grant outcomes.

·         Collaborate with team members across organization to shape capacity building for grantees.

·         Define and shape plans for strategic leadership initiatives, including goals, administrative structures, timetables, staffing and budgets.

·         Oversee successful execution of leadership initiatives, collaborating with key stakeholders.

Staff Management

·         Supervise two (2) Program Officers, select consultants, and interns, building a skilled, high-functioning team for the Foundation’s grant programs and leadership initiatives, as well as serving as advisor to donors collectively making $4M+ (and growing) in grants from Donor Advised Funds.

Board Management

·         Manage the Program Committee in their efforts to oversee the strategic vision and program outcomes of the Foundation.

·         Work closely with Board of Directors to engage them in program activity and planning.

Fundraising & Communications

·         Work closely with relevant staff in cultivating and managing strategic external partnerships.

·         Collaborate with the President and relevant staff on identifying fundraising prospects for key initiatives, and participating in the stewardship of these prospects.

·         Specifically, collaborate with the Vice President of Communications and Strategy on marketing and communications strategies to ensure visibility for programs and to position Foundation as a philanthropic leader in Brooklyn and beyond.

·         Work with the Vice President of Communications on appropriate public communications regarding grant decisions, policy positions, and thought leadership around giving in Brooklyn and other related topics.

·         Seek out speaking opportunities for self and relevant staff to ensure a thought leadership role for the Foundation.

·         Work with the Development team to initiate programming and strategies to move DAF funding to community funding and create opportunities for potential and existing Foundation donors.

Required Skills and Abilities:

·         Entrepreneurial and strategic leader

·         Experience with advocacy, grant making, and other strategies that promote social change and equity

·         Strong supervisory and leadership skills

·         Strong understanding of Brooklyn demographics and non-profits

·         Passionate and knowledgeable about racial justice with strong understanding of the various interconnected issues that impact historically disinvested communities

·         Experience maintaining and cultivating relationships with public officials and agencies

·         Demonstrated project management skills with ability to manage multiple projects at the same time

·         Energetic and creative thinker who makes connections across sectors, cultures and fields of practice

·         Promotes a learning orientation with humility and input from community stakeholders

·         Excellent collaboration skills, consensus builder

·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills that effectively engage a broad and diverse audience

·         Diplomacy, discretion, and sound judgment

·         Flexibility and enthusiastic team player

Qualifications

·         Bachelor’s degree minimum

·         10+ years’ experience in non-profit and/or philanthropy, including strategic planning, advocacy/policy, community organizing, program design and management, and program evaluation

·         Relevant experience in business or for-profit may be considered

·         Experience fundraising is a plus

How To Apply

This is a full-time, senior position located in Brooklyn, NY that occasionally requires early morning, evening, and weekend work. The Foundation offers an excellent benefits package, which includes generous paid time off, employer-paid health and dental insurance, and friendly work environment.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Brooklyn Community Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In alignment with its Racial Justice Lens, the Foundation is committed to maintaining a diverse staff and lifting up the leadership of people from communities historically underrepresented in philanthropy. Additionally, the Foundation does not base any hiring decisions on an applicant’s history of involvement in the criminal justice system.

Email cover letter and résumé to search@brooklyncommunityfoundation.org (no reference letters or phone calls please!) and please list Vice President of Programs in the Subject line.

The McKnight Foundation, a family foundation based in Minnesota, advances a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive. Program interests include regional economic and community development, Minnesota’s arts and artists, education equity, youth engagement, Midwest climate and energy, Mississippi River water quality, neuroscience research, international crop research, and rural livelihoods. Founded in 1953 and independently endowed by William and Maude McKnight, the Foundation has assets of approximately $2.2 billion and grants about $90 million a year.

Designated a Great Place to Work® for its high-trust, high-performance workplace culture, McKnight notes that 100% of its employees said they were proud to work here. Employees love our mission and the chance to take on meaningful, creative work alongside caring, talented colleagues in a beautiful location with great benefits. In addition, McKnight has been recognized as one of the nation’s best workplaces for women and best small workplaces.

Position Overview

Position Purpose

The program administrator will provide shared program and administrative support to the Vice President of Programs and the Director of Learning.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

Provide individual administrative support to the VP of Programs.

• Assist VP with budget management and tracking.
• Coordinate creation and production of materials for board meetings.
• Process and track consulting contracts.
• Coordinate and craft meeting agendas for meetings initiated by the VP.
• Manage space requests from groups requiring VP’s participation.
• Manage and track the VP’s budget.

Provide individual administrative support to the Director of Learning.

• Support engagement and follow up of learning projects throughout the year. Organize and distill information we may need in partnership with grants management to advance learning.
• Support the development of ‘systems’ of learning, capturing, distilling, applying learning internally and externally.
• Support communications from the Director and more broadly from organizational learning projects.

Provide common program and administrative support to the VP of Programs and Director of Learning.

• Process initial inquiries, grant proposals, grant payment letters and grant agreements as needed.
• Track and provide due diligence on grant requirements.
• Maintain calendars and manage appointments, including scheduling for internal/ external meetings and convening’s with community members or grantees.
• Schedule, attend and coordinate agendas for meetings.
• Prepare correspondence, emails, meeting materials as needed.
• Manage meeting space requests from grantee organizations, coordinate logistical support or directly provide support as needed.
• Assist with travel arrangements and registration for meetings and conferences.
• Assist with expense reports and visa bill reconciliations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to prepare and/or edit written summaries and analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively interpersonally and in a group setting.
• Skill with computer programs including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Experience using Blackbaud Grantmaking and SharePoint is preferred, but not necessary.
• Ability to handle heavy workload and meet deadlines.
• Skill with organization and prioritization of workload.
• Ability to work autonomously and without a lot of direction.

Required Education and Experience

In addition to the above knowledge, skills, and abilities, the ideal candidate for this position will also possess a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years related full time professional administrative work experience or a combination of equivalent experience and training. Additionally, preferred candidates will have at least two years’ experience providing administrative support to a senior level, board or board committees. Experience in a foundation, non-profit, or governmental field desirable.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Work is normally performed in an office work environment.
• Regular operation of normal office machines (computer and copier) is required.
• Occasional evenings and weekends are required.

How To Apply

This position closes on March 18, 2019. Apply now.

Salary Range: $28.00-$29.00/hour based on a 37.5 hour week

The Organization:

With more than $800 million in total assets, including an endowment of $125 million and a 94-year history, The Denver Foundation (the Foundation) is one of the largest and most experienced community foundations in the Rocky Mountain region. The Denver Foundation is rooted in Metro Denver and is guided by a mission to inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen the community.

The Denver Foundation serves seven counties in Metro Denver: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. It serves three roles: working with community leaders to address the core challenges facing the region; stewarding its endowment to meet current and future needs for Metro Denver; and managing charitable funds on behalf of individuals, families, and businesses.

The Denver Foundation envisions a community where all residents have the opportunity for a high quality of life. The Foundation works with donors, nonprofits and the community through grantmaking, nonprofit capacity building, and leadership development programming for communities of color.

A cornerstone of the Foundation’s work stems from its partnership with local donors and its stewardship of a variety of donor-influenced funds. The Denver Foundation has over 1,000 component funds, including donor-advised, scholarship, field of interest, designated, and nonprofit endowment funds. More than 640 of these component funds are donor-advised; they are established by donors who are families, individuals, and corporations, groups large and small that select the Foundation to steward charitable assets for a variety of philanthropic reasons.

In 2018, the Foundation’s total grantmaking exceeded $79 million, of which $54 million came from donor-advised funds alone. Another $4.1 million of that total came from scholarship funds. The Foundation’s donors are generous and engaged in supporting a wide variety of organizations and issues, with the common goal of improving the community and the world. This scale of grantmaking is significant compared to peer foundations in the field.

In 2011, after an extensive listening campaign, the Foundation prioritized community grantmaking from its permanent endowment into four community impact areas: Basic Human Needs, Economic Opportunity, Education, and Leadership & Equity.

The Foundation also operates a number of field of interest funds, ranging from increasing access to behavioral health, introducing young people of lower-incomes to the performing arts, and supporting legal representation for immigrants at risk of deportation.

The Denver Foundation also makes grants directly to community residents through its nationally recognized Strengthening Neighborhoods program. Moreover, it supports the impact of the nonprofit sector by launching and supporting large scale initiatives and building the strength of nonprofits through technical assistance and leadership development supports.

Location: 

§  Denver, Colorado

Position Overview

The Position:

The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Denver Foundation reports to the Board of Trustees and is accountable for leading the organization in pursuit of its mission, including executive leadership of the Foundation, its grantmaking, investments and initiatives, stewardship of its current and future donors, and ensuring its financial health and sustainability. The CEO works closely with the Board and The Denver Foundation’s diverse and talented team of 52 staff members to achieve the goals and objectives of the Foundation.

Priorities of the position include but are not limited to:

§  Updating and implementing the core vision to inspire staff, board, donors, and the community, including development of a new strategic plan.

§  Convening and collaborating with all community constituents to achieve impactful solutions to problems facing the most vulnerable in the Metro Denver region.

§  Continuing a strong focus on diversity, inclusiveness, and racial equity within the Foundation, and in the community while bringing new voices to the table.

§  Diversifying and growing the donor base, working closely with current donors and growing unrestricted assets.

§  Identifying business and financial models geared toward sustainability in the context of a competitive and evolving community foundation landscape.

§  Ensuring infrastructure, technology, processes and systems are scalable and can keep pace with rapid growth in a changing environment.

As The Denver Foundation approaches its 100th Anniversary, with plans to move into its own building, this is an outstanding opportunity for a strategic and visionary leader to serve a community experiencing explosive growth and fast changing demographics. The incoming CEO will be a fully invested and an active participant in the Metro Denver community, helping to highlight and address its most pressing problems while working in collaboration with various community stakeholders to be catalysts for the common good.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Board Relations

§  Forge a powerful vision for the Foundation that inspires and unites staff, Board, donors and the community, positioning it to continue as an invaluable community resource.

§  Lead the organization in a new strategic planning process, leverage current successes and identify new and innovative ways of creating change and investing in creative solutions that have positive impact in the community.

§  Ensure sustainability and continued relevance of the Foundation; identify forward-thinking business and financial models that respond to the changing and competitive community foundation landscape and the needs of a growing and changing demographic in the Metro Denver area.

§  Support and facilitate the Board’s work in exercising their governance responsibilities through collaboration, communication and education regarding local issues and innovative trends in philanthropy.

Fundraising & Donor Relations

§  Grow the culture of giving in the Metro Denver area by diversifying and expanding the donor base and engaging and educating a new generation of donors; work with the existing Foundation donor base in new ways identifying unique resources, ideas and aspirations.

§  Build assets, while leveraging the community endowment, to support projects in the community and make the Foundation an even more effective engine for community change.

§  Support the Philanthropic Services Group and the Finance & Administration team in providing high quality donor services including accurate and timely fund statements, grantmaking services including financial management, grantmaking services, issue briefings and other programs and events, and opportunities for collaboration between donors.

§  Participate in fundraising strategy development for all types of gifts and donors.

Community Leadership & Engagement

§  Promote the Foundation’s visibility and serve as a leading voice for philanthropy in the Metro Denver region and beyond.

§  Cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with other locally based foundations to create a vibrant community for all Metro Denver residents.

§  Build effective coalitions with donors, advisors, nonprofits, grassroots organizers, policy makers, the business community and government to achieve common goals and share investment and best practices.

§  Actively participate in the community; understands the changing demographics and racial dynamics of the Metro Denver community.

§  Champion the various aspects of the Foundation including investments, donors, and nonprofit grantees which work to improve our communities.

§  Engage in clear and effective communications and support consistent branding of the Foundation to raise its profile and reach new audiences.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity

§  Lead work in the area of racial equity and inclusion; create a pathway forward rooted in the Foundation’s historic leadership of community-centered work.

§  Engender a culture of continuous learning, listening, and input about effective methodologies to support inclusiveness and belonging, modeling these values inside and outside the Foundation.

§  Support inclusion and racial equity in both philanthropic strategies and in commitment to community programs that lift up and empower all Metro Denver citizens.

§  Commitment to constituent and community leadership as a core value for nonprofits and the Foundation.

§  Serve as a constructive voice at the center of key conversations about racial equity and social justice in Metro Denver.

Organizational & Internal Leadership

§  Champion an inclusive and racially equitable workplace that values employee development and contribution, facilitates cross-functional cooperation and teamwork, supports constructive resolution of conflicts, and is steadfastly dedicated to serving donors and the community broadly.

§  Promote a results-oriented and “coaching” culture that values strong links between individual and team performance and overall organizational performance measures.

§  Ensure the organizational structure, systems and business processes support the strategic imperatives and growth of the Foundation and enable staff to do their best work.

§  Align and empower the Foundation to handle change and drive new models and ways of working together.

The Leader:

Professional Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of senior executive management.
• Executive and strategic leadership experience in a community foundation, other grantmaking foundation, or large/complex nonprofits; private sector candidates should be service-oriented and have experience sitting on boards and volunteering in their communities.
• Track record of providing strategic and visionary leadership at a large complex organization that inspires new ways of doing business that bring about positive change.
• Experienced fundraiser with a track record of building innovative and lasting partnerships and growing diverse donor bases from a variety of sources.
• Familiarity with the latest thinking on community foundation structure, purpose, financial model, and trends.
• Experience in, or deep understanding of, investment management and complex financial administration.
• Experience working in a community setting and responsive to community needs.
• Commitment to and experience working with organizations prioritizing racial equity work.

Personal Attributes:

• Passion for and commitment to innovative community philanthropy.
• Champions a racial equity lens at all levels of the organization and in the community.
• Experienced community leader comfortable operating in diverse settings.
• Ability to unite and align stakeholders and promote positive change.
• Exceptional bridge builder; understands the power of collective impact.
• Shared leadership style; motivate, develop and build all teams across the Foundation.
• Effective spokesperson for the Foundation; a public presence and approachable.
• Demonstrated ability to listen, learn, and collaborate with all constituents.
• Change agent; comfortable with change and complexity.
• Demonstrated business acumen.
• Strong value system and work ethic; authentic and leads by example.
• Knowledge of the Metro Denver region is highly desirable.

Education:

§  A graduate degree in administration or business administration, graduate degree, or other post-graduate work is preferred.

§  Relevant work experience may be substituted for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Physical Demands of the Job:

§  Daily communication via phone.

§  Frequent extended hours in front of a computer screen with or without accommodations.

§  Regular group and public speaking.

§  Occasional activities occurring outdoors.

The Denver Foundation’s Anti-Discrimination Policy:

The Denver Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

The Denver Foundation practices and champions inclusiveness in our community. We honor the diverse strengths, needs, voices, and backgrounds of all members of our community. Candidates from traditionally marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply.

Compensation:

The Denver Foundation offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience coupled with an attractive, comprehensive benefits package.

How To Apply

If you or someone in your network is interested in exploring this opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume to:

Janet Albert – Partner, Bridge Partners

Janet.Albert@bridgepartnersllc.com

The crisis in journalism threatens democracy — which is why we need a dramatic new approach to reinvigorating journalism, especially at the local level.

Report for America is a privately-financed national service program that places talented emerging journalists into local news organizations.

The acclaimed program fielded 13 reporters in its first year and will be placing more than 50 in its second year — with an eye toward 1,000 in 2023.

The program was co-founded in September 2017 by journalist/entrepreneurs Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott as an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. It is backed by the Google News Lab, the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the Knight Foundation, the Galloway Family Foundation and others.

We seek a Director of Local Development and Fundraising to help run this ambitious and crucially important program. Report for America is based in Brooklyn, NY. The GroundTruth Project is based at WGBH in Boston.

Position Overview

Director of Local Development and Fundraising

Lead efforts to generate support from local and regional funders and work with local news organizations to raise local philanthropic support. Reports to the President of Report for America.

Responsibilities:

• Raise money from local and regional foundations for the Report for America program
• Work with local news rooms to identify and solicit funds from local philanthropy (foundations, individuals, corporations) to provide the “local” share for Report for America reporting positions
• Work with GroundTruth’s Development Officer as well as the CEO of GroundTruth to generate support for Report for America in general and to coordinate with the Ground Truth’s development strategy.

Experience:

• Several years of experience in nonprofit development
• Experience in training or teaching (to help train local news organizations how to advance their local fundraising efforts)
• Passion for, and familiarity with, the cause of local journalism

How To Apply

To apply, please fill out this form. Questions about this position may be directed to info@reportforamerica.org.

Report for America is an initiative of the GroundTruth Project, which is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.