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Overview                  The Land Trust Alliance (the “Alliance”) is the voice of the land trust community. As the national leader in land conservation policies, standards and education, we work passionately to support land trusts across America so they can save more land and better serve their communities. Our natural places and working lands are a lifeline to clean air, water, food and good health. These lands also bring us together, inspire us and provide opportunities to recreate and recharge. The land trust community is a crucial component in this equation. With important places under continual threat, land trusts need access to the best tools, information and policy advocates. Armed with a diverse network and valuable resources, the Alliance is the land trust community’s source for the knowledge and capabilities they need to reach their goals. From tax and funding policies on Capitol Hill to innovative ideas, partnerships and initiatives, we ensure our land trust...

The new Senior Director will shape the direction of two key portfolios - Environmental Innovation and Collaborative Philanthropy – which accounted for approximately $80M of commitments last year. They will join a remarkably innovative, close-knit leadership team and enjoy an extraordinary opportunity to shape investments in solutions to persistent, urgent challenges we face as a global community. Environmental Innovation :  Valhalla’s goal is to reduce the damage that methane and greenhouse gas accelerants do to our climate and to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from pollutants, particularly air pollutants. To this end, Valhalla funds efforts to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve climate-smart agriculture. In these areas, Valhalla has funded several of the Environmental Defense Fund ’s efforts to improve the measurement of emissions and pollutants, identify their source, and catalyze action to remove or reduce those sources’ negative...

Additional Ventures – Program Manager, Climate     About Us   Additional Ventures (AV) is helping shape a healthier, more equitable world. We are a philanthropic organization with three initiatives: biomedical research, community and democracy, and climate action.      AV's climate initiative is focused on pathways to permanently remove hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere this century. We are funding R&D to create solutions that can safely remove CO2 at costs consistent with gigaton scale. We are championing policies that will catalyze these solutions. And we are helping to ensure that solutions are developed and deployed equitably. We are particularly focused on ocean-based CO 2 removal solutions because of their enormous potential.     Role   AV is seeking a Program Manager for our climate initiative.      An initial priority will be to support the Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)...

International Fisheries The international fisheries project is designed to secure an enduring system of rules and consequences that ensures the sustainability of fish populations and supports the health and resilience of the marine ecosystem more broadly. The project is focused on three main objectives: (1) adoption of harvest strategies and compliance regimes in regional fisheries management organizations designed to end overfishing of targeted fish stocks; (2) increased protections for biodiversity, vulnerable marine species, and their habitats from harm caused by commercial fishing, especially industrial longlines, and (3) improved enforcement of policies aimed at ending illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The work is global in nature. Position Overview The Director oversees a multifaceted portfolio working on international fisheries conservation and management projects across the globe. The Director manages 3-4 direct reports and oversees a team of 25 staff in...

Wissahickon Charter School is looking for a Development Associate/Executive Assistant. The Development Associate/Executive Assistant will be responsible for handling a portfolio of Development functions (75% of the time) as well as high-level administrative and executive support tasks (25% of the time). The Executive Assistant reports to the CEO and also works very closely with the Director of Development (DoD). Like the CEO and DoD, this role works across both of our campuses, Awbury and Fernhill. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer, detail-oriented, and highly organized . This is an outstanding opportunity to support an organization focused on improving the academic and social outcomes of children from across the city of Philadelphia. Key Responsibilities Research grant-making foundations and draft compelling grant proposals. Gather necessary information and data for grants from school personnel. Manage the grant reporting process, including keeping...

Locations: Washington DC, NYC, London, Kampala, Kigali, Lilongwe, Monrovia, Nairobi, Remote About GiveDirectly  GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving - and millions of lives - by allowing donors to provide capital grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of which is allocated to evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing a benchmark, and in the process accelerate the end of extreme poverty. GiveDirectly has raised over $700M in revenue ($320M in 2020 alone), while being recognized as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by  Fast Company . The growing movement toward cash transfers and GD’s role in that movement have also been featured in  This American Life ,  Foreign Affairs ,  The Economist , and    Business Insider ....

About the Organization The mission of   Mosaic   is to amplify the power of the environmental field by strengthening movement infrastructure—the connections and shared resources all social movements need to succeed. Launched in 2019 as the result of a two-year design process with diverse activists and organizations, Mosaic is led by a rotating   Governance Assembly   of leaders from environmental, philanthropic, and justice organizations and supported by a small staff. Innovative in its focus and participatory grantmaking approach, Mosaic aims to make transformative investments that build the power of the environmental field by addressing “how” we win. With ideas sourced from the field, the Governance Assembly makes grants to support capacity building through leadership development, communications, shared resources, and fostering relationships within the environmental and justice communities. About the Role The Deputy Director will share initiative-wide...