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The Organization

For more than 100 years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Today, The Rockefeller Foundation pursues this mission through dual goals: advancing inclusive economies that expand opportunities for more broadly shared prosperity, and building resilience by helping people, communities and institutions prepare for, withstand, and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses. To achieve these goals, The Rockefeller Foundation works at the intersection of four focus areas – advance health, revalue ecosystems, secure livelihoods, and transform cities – to address the root causes of emerging challenges and create systemic change. Together with partners and grantees, The Rockefeller Foundation strives to catalyze and scale transformative innovations that create unlikely partnerships that span sectors.

The Foundation currently maintains offices in New York, a study and conference center in Bellagio, Italy, and regional offices in Bangkok and Nairobi.

Programmatic Work

Since 2009, the Foundation has structured its programmatic work through a portfolio of interconnected Initiatives. Initiatives are intended to unfold through four phases. The Foundation scans the landscape in its four issue areas to identify pressing problems in the field. The Search phase is usually a short-term (four month) exploration, largely through research and convenings, of a problem the Foundation might pursue. It typically involves an assessment of the system impacting the problem and the development of a hypothesis about potential solutions. The Development phase (which unfolds over one to two years) tests potential interventions through demonstration projects and further research. The Execution phase, which requires Foundation Board approval, runs for eight to ten years with a defined strategic plan and budget.

Position Overview

The Foundation is seeking a Program Associate to join our Program Related Investments (PRIs) team. PRIs are impact investments used by Foundations to forward their program objectives. The Rockefeller Foundation makes PRIs across multiple initiatives. The existing investments include debt, equity and guarantees. The Foundation currently maintains a PRI portfolio of ~$45 million dollars in investments and plans to commit $25 – 40 million in new investments over the coming few years.

Position Summary

You will play a key role in developing and executing PRIs with various Initiative Teams for the Foundation. The ideal candidate would be able to lead transactions that range across multiple deal structures, sectors, and geographies. This person will be expected to conduct due diligence, perform financial modelling, structure, and negotiate transactions on behalf of the Foundation. This will include both direct deals, as well as fund investments. The successful candidate will be comfortable working within a team structure, sharing information and insights, and engaging in ongoing intellectual exchange. The candidate must be comfortable building bridges between commercial actors,non-profit, and government and with internal stakeholders. (S)He should have experience in conducting and analyzing research.

The individual will formally report to the Sr. Associate Director for the PRI Fund, and is also expected to work closely with the Sr. Associate Director for the Zero Gap – Innovative Finance program and the Managing Director for Innovation.

Duties and responsibilities also include, but are not limited to:

• Leading with the vetting, due diligence and execution of new deals which includes:
  • Sourcing new investment opportunities, including analyzing industry sectors and other areas of investment activity;
  • Conducting due diligence on potential investment opportunities;
  • Building financial models to determine value and optimal capital structure under various financing and operating scenarios;
  • Preparing materials for investment committee review and approval processes (including monthly update presentations, investment committee memoranda and other relevant documentation);
  • Liaising with program teams on relevant investment opportunities;
  • Ensuring with foundation counsel that proposed investments meet IRS standards of charitable purpose;
  • Assist in structuring and negotiating the financial and legal terms of new investments.
• Monitoring existing PRI investments which includes:
  • Analyzing and tracking the receipt of financial and social reporting, and payments from investees;
  • Ensuring that reporting meets requirements of expenditure responsibility;
  • Inputting, formatting and synthesizing financial information and other data received for internal reporting to the investment committee.
• Representing the Foundation’s PRI team at external meetings, conferences and field visits as needed.

Required Competencies

Strong Financial Analysis Skills: Must be able to perform financial analysis, accounting, and complex modeling for highly structured transactions.
Transactional Experience: Must have previous investment experience and strong financial structuring skills. Must be able to negotiate financial terms.
Social Impact Assessment: Has past experience and/or interest in learning about frameworks for assessing social impact.
Execution: Strong project management skills; meets deadlines; sense of urgency and responsibility; able to multi-task and work under pressure; detail oriented.
Communication: Excellent interpersonal abilities; good listening skills; writing skills; verbal skills; able to cogently present ideas.
Decision-Making: Ability to evaluate risks and opportunities; uses analytical and problem-solving skills; takes initiative and drives for results; able to prioritize.

Education, Training and Experience

Required: 6+ years’ work experience in a transactional finance role.
Experience working in banking (preferably investment or commercial) or private equity (primary or secondary transactions) preferred.
Required: Able to comprehend and negotiate complex legal agreements.
Required: Detail oriented and proactive.
Required: Strong writing skills.
Preferred: Exposure to emerging markets and related issues such as currency & political risks, as well as complex legal & regulatory issues.
Computer proficiency in: MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet search skills, and ability to learn new applications quickly
Ability to travel as necessary both domestically and internationally
Familiarity with impact investing field (and specific knowledge of development finance or economics
preferred)
Graduate degree in relevant discipline a plus, but not necessary
Foreign Language(s) a plus

How To Apply

The Organization

The East Bay Community Foundation mobilizes financial assets and community leadership to transform the lives of people in the East Bay with pressing needs. This means bringing together the financial resources and leadership capabilities of the Foundation’s charitable-fund holders with those of government, business, private foundations, and non-profit service providers in coordinated, grant-making efforts to positively affect change. Since our founding in 1928, over 430 funds and endowments have been established at EBCF. In 2016, in partnership with our donors, EBCF granted more than $84 million to nonprofit organizations and has charitable assets under management of nearly $350 million.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Vice President of Community Investment and Partnership, EBCF seeks a seasoned organizational development expert to lead efforts to strengthen and build capacity of grantees and community organizations throughout the region. This position is a unique opportunity to advance the field of organizational and leadership development with approaches that are grounded in an understanding and analysis of race and cultural competency.

Strong candidates will have substantive experience helping organizations achieve impact through leadership and organizational development. He/she/they should also be passionate about the power of organization and leadership development as a catalyst for social change, have a familiarity with and demonstrated commitment to social justice concepts and frameworks such as racial equity, gender analysis, economic justice, structural racism.

The Initiative Officer will help to shape and implement the Foundation’s overall approach to building the capacity of grantees and community organizations in the region. A significant effort that the IO will lead and manage is the Initiative to Support Black-Led Organizations, a 7 year strategy to stabilize and accelerate the work of anchor organizations led by and serving the Bay Area’s black communities. This Initiative is supported by a funders’ collaborative in response to a report issued by the Bay Area Black United Fund – Black-Led Organizations in the Bay Area: From Crisis to Change. In that report, more than 125 Black-Led Organizations identified revenue, systems, training and leadership development as critical resources needed to ensure the success of Bay Area Black-Led Organizations and the communities they serve.

It is EBCF’s intention to offer the lessons learned from the Initiative to Support Black-Led Organizations – to help catalyze similar efforts within other communities of color.

We need a leader who will:

· Work collaboratively with other team members to develop define and implement program strategies towards EBCF’s vision of A Just East Bay and team goals.

· Manage, monitor and coordinate the Initiative to Support Black-Led Organizations, including: management of a network of highly experienced independent consultants, trainers and mentors; overseeing a process to identify participating organizations; and together with other EBCF staff, maintenance of strong working relationships with the funding entities supporting the Initiative.

· Work together with other EBCF staff to fundraise, manage external communications, issue grant agreements and contracts for the Initiative to Support Black-Led Organizations.

· Ensure a learning culture, overseeing the development and implementation of effective feedback processes for EBCF’s efforts to build capacity in its grantees and other community organizations.

· Continually scan the fields of organizational development, capacity building and leadership development to incorporate innovations into EBCF’s approach towards capacity building work.

· Represent the Foundation and its work to government, business, philanthropic and community leaders through oral and written presentations, reports, etc.

You are a leader with:

· Substantive experience helping organizations achieve impact through leadership development and capacity building. At least 5-7 years of experience in the areas of organizational development, capacity building, leadership development or related fields.

· Experience that demonstrates the proven ability to manage a high-performing team and produce consistently high-quality results.

· Significant experience within the nonprofit sector and communities of color – experience within Black communities preferred.

· Experience with fundraising – and especially with funders’ collaboratives – preferred.

· Broad knowledge of best practices and emerging trends in the field of organizational development.

· Comfort and ease in an intermediary role; can balance the priorities of organizations together with the needs of a Funders’ Collaborative.

· A demonstrated commitment to and familiarity with social justice concepts and frameworks such a racial equity, gender analysis, economic justice, structural bias.

· Strong interpersonal skills and with demonstrated ability to build relationships among diverse individuals, organizations and communities.

· Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders from a range of backgrounds, experience and education.

· Comfort with taking risks and recognizing and learning from failures.

· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

· Demonstrated humility, flexibility, and initiative; a sense of humor and excitement for the work.

The Organization

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been making grants since 1967 to help solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. The Foundation concentrates its resources on activities in education, the environment, global development and population, performing arts, and philanthropy, and it makes grants to support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Foundation’s assets are more than $9 billion, with annual awards of grants and gifts totaling more than $400 million. A fourteen-member Board of Directors provides overall direction for the Foundation.

Learn more about The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Position Overview

Grants Officers in the Hewlett Foundation model are respected resources, thought partners, and catalysts for innovation. Grants Officers partner with program teams and collaborate closely across administrative functions to facilitate the grantmaking process and achieve foundation goals. They also engage across the Foundation by leading cross-organization projects, committees and initiatives, and engage at all levels in the organization. From developing tools and processes, to implementing systems and advancing best practices, the Grants Officer plays a pivotal role in all grantmaking activities and has a valued voice in all aspects of the Foundation’s work.

The ideal candidate will be motivated by a passion for the Hewlett Foundation’s work and a drive for continuous learning and improvement. S/he will be a project manager, consultant, analyst and problem solver with exacting standards and an eye towards creativity and innovation. This role requires an individual who can balance strong attention to detail and analytical skills with an engaging, consultative, relationship-focused approach to working with people.

View the full position profile here.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor’s Degree is required. Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years of professional work experience. Some knowledge or background in nonprofits, grantmaking, or management/systems consulting environments is an advantage.

How To Apply

The Hewlett Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse pool of candidates for this search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. To be considered, please go to http://candidateportal.waldronhr.com and submit your resume and a cover letter expressing your interest and fit for the role.

The Organization

Background
The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation, seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations. Program interests include regional economic and community development, Minnesota’s arts and artists, early literacy, youth development, 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 had assets of approximately $2.2 billion and granted about $87 million in 2016. For more information, visit www.mcknight.org.

Designated as a Great Place to Work® for its high-trust, high-performance workplace culture, 100% of McKnight employees say they’re 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 one of the nation’s best small workplaces.

Position Overview

Position Purpose:
The newly created digital engagement officer reports to the communications director. The position develops and implements key strategies, creating or overseeing a variety of content types and message channels to promote McKnight’s credible influence, transparency, clarity, and brand, while strengthening understanding of the Foundation’s impact and identity.

This is an exciting opportunity for a savvy digital storyteller to design and execute creative strategies to advance critical ideas and insights.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

Develop and implement digital engagement strategies to achieve mission and program objectives:

• Develop creative engagement strategies for McKnight’s online presence that integrates web, social, mobile, email and other platforms and reaches target audiences.
• Assist communications director to identify and plan digital communications priorities.
• Track and analyze results using Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, and other sources, to produce regular reports and make adjustments based on data collected.
• Vet, select, and supervise vendors as needed to support communications strategy.
• Oversee development of content, promotion and distribution of special projects, such as the annual report.
• Write and edit engaging digital content, such as email copy, e-newsletters, web content, and social media posts.
• Design social media cards, infographics, animations, and other visuals to enhance communications efforts.

Oversee McKnight’s web presence.

• Keep day-to-day website and blog content accurate, appropriate, up-to-date and compelling.
• Oversee website structure, layout, navigation, images, graphics, and functionality to maximize user experience and meet communications goals.
• Engage with other staff teams to lead development of specific website functionality enhancements.

Protect McKnight brand and represent McKnight’s communications function.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Excellent analytical, writing, editing and oral communication skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite (such as Photoshop, Indesign, Lightroom and Flash), MailChimp, Google Analytics, visual storytelling, WordPress, Hootsuite, all the major social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) as well as a working knowledge of grammar and style standards (such as the Chicago Manual of Style), are ideal. Familiarity with HTML, Canva, UX, SEO, and email segmentation strategies strongly preferred.

Required Education and Experience:
In addition to the above knowledge, skills, and abilities requirements, the ideal candidate for this position will also possess a Bachelor’s degree, or commensurate experience. Additionally, 5-7 years relevant professional work experience in multi-media journalism, digital strategy and marketing, communications, or equivalent experience and training.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort:

• Work is normally performed in an office work environment.
• Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds is required.
• Bending, reaching, and lifting over head is required.
• Regular operation of normal office machines (computer, copier, and fax) is required.
• Occasional evenings and weekends are required.
• Some travel outside of office is required.

The Organization

ABOUT WELLSPRING ADVISORS

Established in 2001, Wellspring is a private philanthropic consulting firm that coordinates grantmaking programs that advance the realization of human rights and social and economic justice for all people. Wellspring has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Wellspring’s work is rooted in respect for the dignity and worth of every human being and is informed by the following beliefs:

• Social institutions and structures should promote the full realization of human rights and human potential, and should be accountable to these ends.
• The rights of all people are advanced when the rights of the most marginalized and vulnerable peoples are protected.
• Social justice movements should employ means that are consistent with their ideals and should give agency to the people whose interests they seek to advance.
• As responsible stewards, we must strive to maximize the impact of our charitable investments.

The firm’s services include working with donors to develop, implement, and administer giving programs that meet their philanthropic goals; conducting research and education tailored to the interests of our donors; managing programs, administering grants, and monitoring grantee performance; and working to promote the effectiveness of programs that receive donor funding.

Wellspring Advisors, LLC, hires, promotes and retains employees based on their professional qualifications, demonstrated abilities and work performance, as well as on the degree to which these qualities are required in the employment positions made available by the Firm’s service needs and business requirements. Wellspring welcomes individuals with diverse experience and backgrounds.

All personnel decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, assignment, training, promotion, discipline and discharge, are made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, domestic partner status, veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law (each a “protected characteristic”). This policy also bans discriminatory harassment. Qualified candidates for employment having records of arrest or criminal conviction will be considered.

Position Overview

Job Title: Program Officer
Department: Atrocities Prevention and Response Program
Reports to: Program Director
Location: Washington DC (DuPont Circle area)
Status: Full Time
FLSA Status (OT eligibility): Exempt

JOB SUMMARY

Wellspring Advisors, a private philanthropic consulting firm, seeks a Program Officer to join its Atrocities Prevention and Response (APR) Program, based in Washington, D.C.

The APR Program Officer works with the APR Program Director, Program Assistant, and other Wellspring staff on an international grantmaking program focused on ensuring that the international community effectively prevents and responds to large-scale, systematic violence against civilians—situations that include genocide, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and other types of “mass atrocities.” The program includes thematic concentrations on atrocity prevention, international response mechanisms, and emergency prevention and response activities.

The work of the Program Officer will consist of staying abreast of relevant issues, trends, and policy developments; managing part of the program’s grants portfolio, to include monitoring and evaluating existing grants and soliciting and recommending new or continuing grants, building and maintaining relationships with other donors, and participating in funder collaboratives, among other things. Additional responsibilities include mentoring junior staff, participation in cross-programmatic and company-wide activities, and development and implementation of funding strategies and grantmaking best practices.

It is envisioned that the new Program Officer’s onboarding will include significant overlap with the Program Officer who currently manages the Prevention portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Under the guidance of the Program Director, develop, refine, and implement grantmaking priorities and strategic approaches concentrated primarily on the Atrocity Prevention theme, including work on early warning and early response mechanisms, as well as “dangerous speech,” consistent with the program’s current multi-year work plan, proactively researching grantmaking opportunities and challenges.
• Monitor developments in the field to identify emerging needs, gaps, and opportunities.
• Work with Wellspring’s Chief Learning and Evaluation Officer and other staff to integrate measurement and evaluation as well as capacity‐building and technical assistance throughout the program, internally and among grantees.
• Partner with staff from other Wellspring program areas to share strategic thinking.
• Attend conferences and other events on field-specific issues.

Grantmaking

• Undertake initial screening of potential grantees, manage grantee relationships, analyze and assess background information, conduct site visits, solicit and develop funding proposals, determine appropriate funding levels (in compliance with Wellspring guidelines), and prepare grant recommendations.
• Review progress reports, conduct evaluations of grantee programs, and monitor use of grant funds.
• Advise grantees, especially start-ups, on best practice approaches, tools, and information for organizational growth and development, managing leadership and staff transitions, multi-year strategic planning, and due diligence.
• Ensure adherence to internal grantmaking processes via appropriate documentation, grant budgeting, and reporting.
• Stay abreast of new developments and trends in the mass atrocities field and provide analyses to synthesize implications for the program.

External Relations

• Create annual work plans, annual reports, and undertake other activities to educate donor clients on issues related to the APR Program.
• Exercise leadership through active engagement with peer funders, affinity groups, and civil society organizations working in fields relevant to the APR Program.
• Engage in creative use of convenings, co-funding, partnerships, pooled funds, and other tools together with other partners to promote a common grantmaking agenda and advance learning in the philanthropic and advocacy sectors, among others.

Organizational Engagement

• Participate in the advancement of organization‐wide initiatives at Wellspring, including internal committees or task forces.
• Initiate and lead institutional discussions as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience with a social justice organization or in philanthropy working on international development or international human rights issues.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; Master’s degree in conflict studies or another relevant field preferred.
• Familiarity with the NGOs, researchers, and funders working in this issue area.
• Familiarity with trends in public, private, and philanthropic investment in mass atrocity prevention and response.
• Experience working as an impartial player in coalitions across a range of progressive movements and with a diverse set of actors, developing and implementing strategic plans or initiatives that engage diverse perspectives and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain close, neutral, collegial, and effective working relationships with colleagues and grantees of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Excellent judgment and ability to synthesize information.
• Strong research, analytical, problem-solving, and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
• Desire to work as part of a small team in a highly collaborative environment.
• Ability to plan and manage multiple priorities on different timelines.
• Close attention to follow-up and detail, and ability to manage time effectively.
• Ability to handle confidential donor-client information with complete discretion.
• An understanding of the power differential in the funder–grantee relationship and ability to handle relationships with humility and respect.
• Ability to travel for protracted periods.
• Capacity to approach the work with a sense of hope and humor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience living and working overseas or traveling to conflict zones.
• Experience working on conflict and atrocity prevention, including scoping and identifying opportunities for practical upstream interventions to mitigate the potential for mass atrocities.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

Salary range: $100,000–$120,000, based on experience. Wellspring offers a very generous benefits package including payment of 100% of the health insurance premium for employees (and 80% of the premium for spouses, domestic partners, and qualified family members). Wellspring also offers other benefits including life insurance, long‐term disability protection, a group 401(k) retirement plan (with an employer match), and support for continuing education; Wellspring is committed to providing transgender‐inclusive healthcare.

The Organization

With more than $1.3 billion in assets, The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF) is one of the largest community foundations in the country. The foundation is committed to expanding opportunity and ensuring a more equitable future for all in the Bay Area, and working with its donors, it distributed nearly $100 million to nonprofit organizations last year. The San Francisco Foundation serves San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo Counties.

Position Overview

REPORTS TO: Director, Marketing and Communications

The Marketing and Communications Officer reports to and works closely with the Director of Marketing and Communications. This officer is one of two marketing and communications officers on the team. As a core member of the marketing and communications team, the associate will help develop and drive the communications and marketing strategies to enhance and strengthen the position of The San Francisco Foundation to build stronger engagement among external stakeholders.

The Marketing and Communications Officer functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Community Engagement

• Develop the communications strategy to build stronger relationships and engagement with the foundation through regular and targeted communications.
• Plan and implement the foundation’s events and develop new opportunities for engagement with the foundation.
• Work with all departments to support their events (e.g. fundraising events, program convenings, etc.) with marketing and communications strategies.
• Work with the director and vice president of marketing and communications on external affairs.

Marketing and Communications

• Collaborate as a member of the marketing and communications team in advancing the overall marketing and communications strategy for the foundation.
• Provide support on other marketing and communications projects, as needed.
• Assist with the creation and production of marketing/communications deliverables.
• Assist with the development of a messaging guide.
• Develop and implement marketing campaigns to build stronger engagement.
• Work in conjunction with the digital communications officer on content creation for the website and identify opportunities for stronger engagement through social media.
• Create content for sff.org.
• Build and manage the new TSFF e-newsletter.
• Programs: Serve as the marketing and communications lead for the Place pathway, which is focused on anchoring communities, and its initiatives. This includes program and grantee communications support. Initiatives in this pathway include, but are not limited to: The Partnership for HOPE SF.
• Development and Donor Services (DDS): Serve as marketing and communications lead in strategic communications planning for planned giving. In addition, will work closely with the director on Bay Area Leads.

Leadership and Committee Roles

• Serve as the lead for the Community Leadership Awards staff committee.
• Represent the marketing and communications team on internal and external committees as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications or related field.
• Experience: Minimum of six years of relevant experience. Knowledge of communications and community engagement strategies. Have a good understanding of the Bay Area is preferred.
• Knowledge, skills, and competencies: Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Strong ability to build successful relationships with media and key constituencies. Ability to work collaboratively in and across teams. Demonstrated ability to engage people from diverse backgrounds and in a variety of settings. Experience in developing community and donor engagement strategies.
• Demonstrable computer literacy in Microsoft Office Suite, contact management systems, and media databases.

The Organization

The U.S. Naval Academy Foundation helps to advance the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association by providing private resources to achieve and maintain a broad range of mission-enhancing activities that support the nation’s premier leadership institution and its graduates.

The Foundation’s responsibilities in support of the Naval Academy include developing, promoting, and enhancing the programs and facilities of the Naval Academy and its Alumni; soliciting and providing private gifts and grants in support of the Academy’s highest priorities within its Centers of Excellence – Leadership & Character, Academic, Athletic, and Admissions; receiving, managing, distributing and investing private contributions exclusively for the benefit of the Brigade of Midshipmen, the Naval Academy and its alumni; and advancing the admission of highly qualified candidates to the Naval Academy by providing scholarship opportunities to enable aspiring young men and women to attend private preparatory schools.

Position Overview

The Major Gifts Officer will add specialized strength and capabilities to a strong team committed to building upon the unique qualities and heritage of the U.S. Naval Academy. This position is responsible for soliciting major gifts in support of the United States Naval Academy’s strategic priorities, the Brigade of Midshipmen, and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and Alumni Association. With a strong prospect pool, the major gifts program at the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation is focused on securing new major gift commitments of $100,000 or more.

The U.S. Naval Academy Foundation is currently in the quiet phase of a $400 million comprehensive campaign that is scheduled to conclude in 2020. This position will support the current strategic priorities as well as additional priorities that extend beyond the duration of the current campaign. Examples of strategic campaign priorities include: the Naval Academy Annual Fund (unrestricted support), Athletic Excellence, Center for Cyber Security Studies, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, Experiential Leadership Development, and Faculty Development and Recruitment.

Specific Duties

Manage a regional territory and meet key performance indicators by completing 10-12 meetings per month (100-120 annually); conducting 15 major gift solicitations per year; securing gift commitments of $500K in the first year and $1.5M per year within three years, and identifying 10 – 15 new major gift prospects annually.

Develop and manage a portfolio of 150 prospective and active major gift donors capable of making six and seven figure gifts. This portfolio will consist of approximately 50% in active cultivation/stewardship and 50% in discovery.

Conduct strategic outreach (phone calls, letters, personal visits, visits from volunteers) with major gift prospects to develop their interests in the Academy.

Identify appropriate giving opportunities matching their interest(s) and giving capability.

Prepare solicitations and gift agreements that make a compelling case for donors to meet Naval Academy and/or Alumni Association needs.
Ensure that prospect data discovered in the cultivation process is accurately entered and maintained in the Foundation/Alumni Association’s database.

Develop strategies for gift cultivation and solicitation of those prospects determined to be qualified major gift prospects.

Develop and implement regional campaign activity in key markets.

Work closely with key internal stakeholders to develop major gift strategies; staff Academy and Foundation leadership as appropriate.

Appropriate stewardship of donors who have made major gifts, acknowledging their contributions and encouraging future support.
Assist with the development and implementation of events focused on cultivating and stewarding major gift prospects and donors.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a clearly demonstrated path of professional performance showing increasing responsibility and achievement.

Experience in higher education, service academy, and/or military experience strongly preferred.

3+ years of successful professional experience in fund-raising, business development, marketing, sales or related position interacting with high net worth individuals.

Preferred: 3+ years experience in a centralized frontline fundraising position with a record of success closing 6 -and 7-figure gifts.

Preferred:  3+ years experience in a highly structured, metrics driven university development setting; experience in a regionally-based campaign is highly valued.

Maturity, confidence and experience in developing and executing personalized development strategies for major gift prospects.

Basic familiarity with planned giving vehicles.

Strong commitment to and a broad understanding of the principles related to donor centered philanthropy.

Ability to write and speak articulately and passionately about the values and opportunities related to philanthropic giving.

Experience using complex fundraising or sales database systems, preferably experience in Blackbaud CRM or similar systems.

Experience working in a collaborative work environment.

A strategic thinker and planner.

A sincere and enthusiastic belief in the mission of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Energy, work ethic, stamina, enthusiasm, and humility.

TRAVEL & WEEKEND REQUIREMENTS:  Must be able to travel 60-70 days per year. Participation at a significant number of weekend events is required for Major Gift Officers.

About Us

The U.S. Naval Academy Foundation helps to advance the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association by providing private resources to achieve and maintain a broad range of mission-enhancing activities that support the nation’s premier leadership institution and its graduates. The Foundation’s responsibilities in support of the Naval Academy include:

• Developing, promoting, and enhancing the programs and facilities of the Naval Academy and its Alumni;
• Soliciting and providing private gifts and grants in support of the Academy’s highest priorities within the Centers of Excellence – Leadership & Character, Academic, Athletic, and Admissions;
• Receiving, managing, distributing and investing private contributions exclusively for the benefit of the Brigade of Midshipmen, the Naval Academy and its alumni; and
• Advancing the admission of highly qualified candidates to the Naval Academy by providing scholarship opportunities to enable aspiring young men and women to attend private preparatory schools.

Our mission is to support the achievement of a “margin of excellence” that allows the Naval Academy to compete with the most prestigious universities in the country for students, faculty and resources.

The Organization

About Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated to addressing the nation’s most complex health and health care issues. For more than 40 years RWJF has worked to address the problems that affect the health and health care of everyone in America. RWJF has taken bold steps to launch a vision to build a national Culture of Health, with the goal to raise the health of everyone in our diverse society to the level that our great nation deserves, by placing well-being at the center of every aspect of life. This effort will take unprecedented collaboration among all parts of our communities and our society and it is only through meaningful partnerships that a movement for better health will be realized to bring about the important change we all seek today and for generations to come.

Creating a society that gives every person an equal opportunity to live the healthiest life they can— whatever their ethnic, geographic, racial, socioeconomic, or physical circumstance happens to be— is at the core of RWJF’s initiative to build a Culture of Health. Further, we recognize that achieving health equity requires removing social and economic obstacles to health such as poverty and discrimination. RWJF is partnering with base-building organizations in communities, policymakers, businesses, and others willing to find ways to identify, test and refine innovative solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our time. This requires calls for action within and across sectors— because progress in one area will advance progress in another. RWJF believes that America is at a transformational moment in health. If all the distinct issues across society that impact health can be connected through collaboration, the collective power can be harnessed to truly build a Culture of Health.

Position Overview

Reporting to the managing director of Healthy Communities, the program officer OR senior program officer (PO/SPO) will focus on the Foundation’s efforts to create the conditions that allow communities and all of their residents to reach their greatest health potential, especially those facing the greatest challenges. These initiatives focus on how local data, financing and policy and practice changes, coupled with multi-sector community leadership and capacity building, can change community environments and norms in ways that make it easier for people to be healthier.

The PO/SPO will play a critical role in Healthy Communities’ work to bring together and align the efforts of multi-sector stakeholders engaged in community transformation to improve health ranging from community organizers to change agents in planning, transportation and community development to healthcare, the arts, the environment and education. Drawing upon experience in community organizing and social justice initiatives, with an on-the-ground as well as systems-level perspective of the successes and challenges associated with these endeavors, the new PO/SPO will provide intellectual and organizational leadership in designing and implementing new and on-going projects, evaluating proposals, monitoring programs and grants, learning from our investments and activities, and creating impact through dissemination of knowledge.

The PO/SPO will also be expected to be an external ambassador for the Foundation and the Foundation’s leadership on health equity and should have experience forging and maintaining dynamic partnerships at the local and national level to achieve change. We are especially interested in candidates with experience working with Latino organizations and networks.

A successful PO candidate will be results-driven, have 3-5 years of relevant experience, hold an advanced degree (e.g. MA, MPH, MJ, MBA, MPP), and have proven leadership potential. A combination of education and experience may be substituted for the education requirements.

A successful SPO candidate will have a commitment to mentorship, have an advanced degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, have a total of 7-10 years of proven leadership and is recognized in a field for a specific area of knowledge related to community change. A combination of education and experience may be substituted for the education requirements.

A strategic thinker, s/he will have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and will take a thoughtful approach to collaboration and community and partner engagement. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required with the interest and competence to interact with a constituency of individuals from broad and diverse backgrounds, including internal leadership, external partners, high-level stakeholders and people from the communities we are working to impact, on a range of complex issues.

The Organization

Facing History and Ourselves is an international non-profit education organization headquartered in Massachusetts. We empower teachers to help their students to think critically about history and to understand the impact of their choices. We provide professional development, coaching, and resources, through seminars and online courses that support the needs of educators worldwide who share the goal of creating a more informed, active and thoughtful society. With 9 offices around the globe, we reach almost 4.8 million students each year through our worldwide network of more than 48,000 trained educators. More than 30 years of research has documented our positive impact on teachers and students.

The lifeblood of democracy is the ability of every rising generation to be participatory, responsible decision-makers. From the disturbing lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides to struggles for civil rights from Birmingham to South Africa, we trust students to wrestle with complex moments in world history. Our lessons help them understand the range of human behavior and allow them to make essential connections between history, their own moral choices and how historical events impact contemporary times.

Position Overview

As a member of Facing History’s development department, the Senior Events Manager will support the overall needs of the department by executing events ranging in size from small gatherings to large benefit dinners, with the overall goal of expanding the revenue base of the organization and meeting its public engagement goals.

This role will have significant responsibilities for the production and management of the Annual Benefit Dinner and will work with the Director of Development, NY and the New York Development team on smaller scale events, including house parties, corporate engagement opportunities, board meetings and retreats, and cultivation dinners.

The Organization

Headquartered in Oakland, California, Akonadi Foundation is a family foundation working to support and nurture a racial justice movement to end structural racism. Since 2000, with an asset base of $29.6 million and six staff, Akonadi has distributed more than $30 million in grants to over 1,300 racial justice organizations focused on communities of color in Oakland working for racial equity through community and youth organizing, advocacy and cultural strategies. Akonadi engages in the ecosystem of social justice philanthropy in the Bay Area and nationally and participates in public-private partnerships with the City of Oakland.

Akonadi has two main grantmaking programs: the Arc Toward Justice Fund, which gives grants to organizations working to end the criminalization of youth and young adults of color, end the school-to-prison pipeline and support the wellbeing of youth and young adults of color in Oakland; and the Beloved Community Fund, which supports cultural events and activities that celebrate and support the culture of communities of color in Oakland. Through these and other discretionary funds supporting related grantmaking and program activities, Akonadi strives to distribute approximately $3 million annually.

Position Overview

Akonadi seeks a passionate and strategic Program Officer to manage the Beloved Community Fund, which supports cultural events and activities that celebrate and support the culture of communities of color in Oakland and seeks to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations engaged in this work. The new Program Officer will join a small diverse team working in support of Akonadi’s vision of equity and racial justice in Oakland. The Program Officer will report to the Vice President of Programs and is expected to begin work no later than June, 2017.

The Program Officer will assist in the planning, development, implementation and assessment of Akonadi’s grantmaking programs, most directly, the Beloved Community Fund. The Program Officer will also manage additional grantmaking and program activities that relate to these areas of work. Working with the board and staff, the Program Officer helps Akonadi fulfill its mission by nurturing deep relationships with grantee organizations and leaders and maintaining a breadth of knowledge about current trends, emerging issues, policy and cultural interventions and innovations in philanthropy and the field of racial justice in Oakland.

KEY DUTIES

• Lead the Beloved Community Fund: Conduct ongoing grantmaking, solicit and evaluate new proposals, conduct site visits, analyze the impact of the work and develop strategy for the fund
• As a member of the program team, analyze, strategize, plan and develop grantmaking and related programs for all of Akonadi’s programs
• Prepare written funding recommendations, evaluation summaries and participate in board meetings as requested
• Launch and provide management and oversight for all facets of the Hewlett Foundation-Sponsored Beloved Community Fund Capacity Building Initiative
• Lead research, organizational learning and strategy around key questions related to Akonadi’s grantmaking in support of communities of color in Oakland
• Maintain a working knowledge of best practice in the issues that grantees are addressing
• Cultivate strong working relationships with current and prospective grantees, outside advisors, experts in the field, public sector partners and colleagues in philanthropy
• Develop deep relationships and connections with leaders and communities in Oakland
• Develop collaborative relationships with funder colleagues and other philanthropic institutions to extend the impact of Akonadi’s grantmaking
• Represent the foundation at various venues
• Work with the Grants Manager to ensure timely, efficient and accurate grantmaking

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Deep understanding of, and strong commitment to, the values and mission of Akoandi Foundation
• Strong racial justice analysis and understanding of movement building strategy
• Understanding of the racial and economic justice organizing landscape in Oakland
• Familiarity with Oakland organizations, leaders and communities, including those in fields related to Akonadi’s areas of work
• Personal experience with and/or genuine empathy with the issues confronting the communities Akonadi works with
• Experience in arts and cultural strategy preferred, either as a grantmaker, organizer or practitioner
• Strong analytical capability; ability to analyze, conduct strategic research and relate findings
• Strong project and time management skills; an ability to thrive working under deadlines and handle multiple tasks without sacrificing attention to detail
• Prior experience with foundation-sponsored capacity building initiatives
• Working knowledge of expenditure responsibility requirements for private foundations
• Three to five years of post-college experience developing and managing a program in philanthropy, nonprofits, corporations, government or a related field
• Experience in social change philanthropy a plus
• A desire and competence to work in diverse communities across race, class and ethnic boundaries
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to create positive long-term working relationships
• Competency in core computer skills and comfort with technology
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in areas such as social justice, public policy, business or political science required; Master’s degree is a plus