8 legal director jobs found

Executive Director Reports To: Board of Directors Location: Sacramento, CA Status: Full-Time, Exempt Apply By: 5/15/26 Youth Forward seeks a compassionate, courageous, and deeply committed leader to serve as its next Executive Director. This is an opportunity to helm a dynamic nonprofit advocacy organization working at the intersection of youth leadership, public policy, public health and community power-building in Sacramento at a pivotal moment for underserved children, youth and families. The Executive Director will advance the organization’s mission, strengthen its public presence, lead policy initiatives, ensure financial sustainability, and manage staff and organizational operations all with youth voice, leadership, power, and partnership at the center. The Executive Director will work closely with the Board of Directors and represent the organization to policymakers, funders, partners, and the public. As Youth Forward heads into a new chapter, approaching a decade...

POSITION OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation seeks an experienced and collaborative Executive Director to provide professional leadership and management. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will spearhead the Laguna Foundation's role as a lead conservation organization for the Laguna watershed, moving the organization forward with strategic clarity, financial strength, and authentic community partnership and connection. The Executive Director must be an exceptional leader who combines nonprofit management expertise with a genuine passion for people and the environment—someone who is equally comfortable cultivating major donors, guiding a team of dedicated staff, deepening partnerships with Indigenous communities, and advocating for the organization and the wider watershed among diverse constituencies. The Executive Director will serve as the primary ambassador for the Laguna Foundation, maintaining relationships...

Executive Director Strategic Management Service Organization (MSO) - Center of Excellence Network Status:  Full Time, Exempt Reports to: MSA Board Directors (Chaired by the Foundation President Location: Oakland, CA Apply By:  4/24/26 Join the Strategic Management Services Organization as the Executive Director! Are you an experienced, collaborative, and accountable operational leader interested in playing a pivotal leadership role driving real organizational and community impact? The Strategic Management Services Organization (MSO) for our Centers of Excellence Network seeks an Executive Director with a demonstrated track record in senior operational leadership and strategic alignment. This role is responsible for the MSO's comprehensive operational integrity and strategic support of the Centers of Excellence (COE) Network—a unified multi-entity organization structured as a parent-subsidiary model. The Network consists of a parent foundation...

About the Role The Managing Director is responsible for implementing the vision of the Alembic.  The Managing Director builds community, leads and executes marketing strategy and media presence, builds relationships to bring in new instructors. The Managing Director is responsible for the overall health of the Alembic.  This is a great opportunity for those who have experience running a yoga studio, meditation center, or other events space and are ready to manage a full learning center with diverse events and a small staff.  This is perfect for someone with extensive connections to movement, meditation teachers, and practitioners.  This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative, warm, and spiritual learner.   Essential Duties and Responsibilities Community Building (30%) Represents the organization to the general public. Maintains effective relationships with the public, instructors, members and the board. Promotes the Alembic to the...

The Executive Director will lead the launch and growth of the Midwest Literacy Collective. This role offers a unique opportunity to launch a funded nonprofit, which is ideal for a leader committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of Nebraska students. The mission of the Midwest Literacy Collective is: we serve as Nebraska’s trusted hub for coordinating, scaling and sustaining evidence-based practices and resources to advance literacy for all learners, from birth through adulthood. Blending strategic leadership with hands-on operational management, the role is designed for a leader who thrives in ambiguity, builds strong teams and has a passion for literacy. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ideal candidate is comfortable toggling between vision and execution. Responsibilities Build the organization’s reach and impact across Nebraska and surrounding communities Cultivate strategic relationships with peer organizations, community partners, policymakers,...

Chief Financial Officer   About Austin Community Foundation   Austin Community Foundation (ACF) mobilizes ideas and resources to strengthen Central Texas. We envision a vibrant and equitable community where everyone can contribute and find opportunity. ACF is committed to closing the opportunity gap in Central Texas through targeted investments in housing affordability and economic mobility.   As a trusted local partner, ACF stewards approximately $640 million in assets in more than 1,300 charitable funds. Signature initiatives—such as FundATX (impact investing) and the Housing Accelerator Loan Fund—channel flexible capital into housing affordability and economic mobility, aligning with ACF’s long-term strategic direction. Since its creation in 1977, ACF has granted more than $570 million to nonprofits across Central Texas and beyond.   Today, ACF is entering an exciting new chapter. After a decade of unprecedented growth, record...

Background: Brooklyn Org is a champion for Brooklyn. We celebrate Brooklyn’s brilliance and resilience, its incomparable culture and uncompromising grit – and we demand more for our communities. Over our 15-year history, we have reimagined the role of philanthropy and provided immeasurable support to communities and nonprofit partners that are leading transformational change for Brooklyn. With a new model for community philanthropy, we are bringing together Brooklynites, Brooklyn backers, businesses, and broader believers in equity and justice to make Brooklyn a beacon for the world. We are a platform for galvanizing giving. We are here to ensure that ideas are met with resources, challenges are met with solutions, and inequity is met with justice. The Position: Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, the Vice President of Philanthropic Partnerships will be responsible for expanding and diversifying the foundation’s donor-advised fund (DAF) donor base...

About the Legal Aid Justice Center: The Legal Aid Justice Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that partners with low-income clients and communities of color in Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. We understand that the harms our clients endure are inextricably linked to overarching systems of injustice. Together we are dismantling those systems through a combination of community organizing, litigation, policy advocacy, public relations, and individual legal services.   Founded in 1967, LAJC has offices in Charlottesville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church and provides services under six key program areas: Civil Rights & Racial Justice (focuses on the criminal legal system), Housing & Consumer Justice, Youth Justice, Health Justice & Public Benefits, Immigrant Justice, and Worker Justice. As examples of LAJC’s recent work, our lawsuit and organizing against the state forced reform of Virginia’s...