Development director jobs | Impact Opportunity

Mar 27, 2026

Executive Director Featured

$175,000 - $210,000 yearly

About Boston SCORES Boston SCORES inspires youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world. For over 25 years, Boston SCORES has partnered with Boston Public Schools and community organizations to provide youth in grades K-12 with after-school soccer and enrichment programs. Boston SCORES school-based afterschool programming combines soccer with poetry, social entrepreneurship, and college and career exploration. The organization has become a trusted youth development leader across the city with strong community credibility and high-quality programming that serves nearly 2,000 youth annually. The recent capital campaign, construction, and activation of Boston SCORES Field in East Boston had a transformative impact on the organization's ability to provide new types of programming, including a community-based youth soccer league, travel team opportunities, and workforce development programs. Boston...

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Boston SCORES

Positively Partners Hybrid (Boston, MA, USA) Full-Time

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Mar 13, 2026

Senior Executive Director, New York State Featured

$200,000 - $250,000 yearly

Position Description The Senior Executive Director will be responsible for setting strategic direction, cultivating high-value partnerships, and driving mission-aligned investment to strengthen communities across New York State while serving as a collaborative innovator to advance creative, team-driven solutions. A key responsibility for this position is securing and aligning capital—philanthropic, public, and private—to advance inclusive economic development, affordable housing, and community-building efforts. The Senior Executive Director will champion the OneLISC strategy and approach, ensuring New York State benefits from resources, and scaling opportunities. This role oversees the full range of LISC programs, ensuring they are delivered with excellence across multiple markets. This role reports to the President & CEO and works in close collaboration, including a dotted-line relationship, with the Regional Program Vice President. The position...

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time

Mar 26, 2026

i-team Director, Jackson, MS (Jackson Innovation Team)

$116,600 - $204,000 yearly

The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University (the Center) seeks a i-Team Director, Jackson, MS to lead a Jackson Innovation Team (“i-team”). Innovation Teams unlock creativity from within city governments and the communities they serve. These teams take partners and stakeholders through an evidence-based process to tackle the big problems in their cities no one has yet been able to solve, generate more ambitious responses, and test and adapt interventions until they produce impact. They also work closely with the Mayor, the City's leadership team, and City departments to change the culture of city government. The Director is charged with leading an i-team focused on building cleaner, more resilient, and economically thriving communities. The Director works closely with the mayor and their leadership team, as well as departmental staff, external experts, community organizations, and residents to ensure the i-team is delivering impactful...

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University Jackson, MS, USA Full-Time

PG

Mar 24, 2026

Executive Director

$160,000 - $200,000 yearly

POSITION OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council seeks an inspiring, strategic, and deeply collaborative Executive Director to lead the organization through its next chapter of growth, trail completion, and popularity and public use. The Executive Director will serve as the primary advocate for the Ridge Trail Council’s regional vision, building partnerships across public agencies, private landowners, elected officials, community organizations, land trusts, and tribes to close critical gaps and sustain the trail for future generations. The Executive Director must be a skilled relationship builder who can cultivate trust and forge meaningful connections with diverse constituents—from agency partners managing trail segments to landowners holding key parcels, from elected officials who can champion funding to community organizations working to expand access. The Executive Director translates the Ridge Trail’s regional importance into compelling narratives...

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Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

Potrero Group Berkeley, CA, USA Full-Time

TA

Mar 24, 2026

Vice President of Development - Film at Lincoln Center

$220,000 - $230,000 yearly

Vice President of Development Position Profile About the Opportunity Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), producer of the annual New York Film Festival and year-round hub for film lovers–viewers, creators, and learners alike–seeks a Vice President of Development to usher in a new chapter of growth and stability for this iconic organization. With the installation of a new President last year and an experienced circle of senior leaders in place, this is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled, energetic, and collaborative leader to make a deep impact. The successful candidate will arrive ready to articulate plans and set a vision for philanthropy for the years ahead, advance the success of the staff members in place, steward relationships with generous donors, and collaborate with the firmly-committed Board and staff. With an ambitious capital campaign on the horizon, FLC will be looking for someone with knowledge of campaign planning, connections within New York City philanthropic...

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Film at Lincoln Center

TOC Arts Partners New York, NY, USA Full-Time

PG

Mar 24, 2026

Chief Financial Officer

$230,000 - $250,000 yearly

Yosemite Conservancy seeks an experienced, versatile Chief Financial Officer to steward the organization’s financial health and carry forward its 100-year legacy of support for Yosemite National Park. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND Yosemite Conservancy is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Yosemite National Park’s resources and providing enriching visitor experiences in the park. Its philanthropic partnership with Yosemite goes back more than 100 years. As the park’s sole dedicated nonprofit partner and cooperating association, the Conservancy works in close collaboration with the National Park Service to fund high-priority projects, deliver visitor programs, and connect people from around the world with one of the planet’s most iconic landscapes. The Conservancy has demonstrated a consistent and powerful commitment to the park’s future, providing more than $172 million to the park to complete over 900 projects. The Conservancy’s roots stretch back to the 1920s, when the...

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Yosemite Conservancy

Potrero Group San Francisco, CA, USA Full-Time

Mar 23, 2026

Executive Director - US

$200,000 - $250,000 yearly

Mission: Tikva’s Children’s Home provides essential care services and educational opportunities to at-risk Jewish children and impoverished families in Odesa, Ukraine and Bucharest, Romania. By providing a supportive infrastructure for Jewish orphans and helping to rebuild and serve the broader Jewish community, Tikva has been able to play an important role in restoring and strengthening Jewish identity, which was deeply affected by decades of persecution and the constraints of communist rule. Since its founding more than 30 years ago, Tikva has helped over 3,000 adults and children through its children’s homes, Jewish education initiatives, and community support. Background: Tikva Children’s Home is a residential care organization dedicated to providing vulnerable and at-risk children with a safe, stable, and nurturing environment. Tikva delivers comprehensive care that includes housing, education, therapeutic services, and emotional support, enabling...

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Tikva Children's Home

Harris Rand Lusk West Caldwell, NJ, USA Full-Time

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Mar 19, 2026

Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative

$269,000 - $294,000 yearly

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The California Endowment (The Endowment) is a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. We envision a California that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, the Endowment has regional offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego, with staff working throughout the state. We challenge the conventional wisdom that medical settings and individual choices are solely responsible for people’s health. We believe that health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention. We are seeking a visionary and collaborative Vice President of Strategic Communications and Narrative (VP of Strategic Communications and Narrative) to play a...

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The California Endowment

NPAG Los Angeles, CA, USA Full-Time

Feb 10, 2026

Racial Justice Initiative Director - William + Flora Hewlett Foundation

$300,000 - $400,000 yearly

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Together with its partners, the foundation is harnessing society’s collective capacity to solve our toughest problems. A nonpartisan philanthropy, the Hewlett Foundation has made grants in the U.S. and globally for nearly six decades based on an approach that emphasizes long-term support, collaboration, and trust. Globally, the foundation makes grants to address both longstanding and emerging challenges, like efforts to reduce the growing threat of climate change, contribute to evidence informed policy making, and reimagine the economy and society. Its U.S. efforts prioritize strengthening democracy, advancing K-12 education for all students, and supporting community-led conservation. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it makes grants to support meaningful artistic experiences in local communities...

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William + Flora Hewlett Foundation

Viewcrest Advisors Hybrid (Menlo Park, CA, USA) Full-Time

Jan 20, 2026

Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

$190,000 - $230,000 yearly

Organization Golden Gate Performing Arts Inc., dba San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC), based in San Francisco, California, draws singers from across the greater Bay Area. Founded in 1978 by Jon Reed Sims, SFGMC was the world’s first openly gay men’s chorus. From its earliest days, the organization has stood at the intersection of music, community, and activism, using artistic excellence as a catalyst for social change. SFGMC made its first public appearance on the steps of San Francisco City Hall shortly after the assassinations of Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. That powerful moment galvanized a movement and helped inspire the formation of LGBTQ+ choruses nationwide and around the world. Today, SFGMC’s mission is to lead by creating extraordinary music and experiences that build community, inspire activism, and foster compassion locally, nationally, and internationally. Over the decades, SFGMC has grown significantly in size, visibility, and...

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San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

Arts Consulting Group San Francisco, CA, USA Full-Time

Jan 08, 2026

Chief Operating Officer

$150,000 - $200,000 yearly

Company Description   At Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver (BGCMD), our mission is more relevant than ever. Our Program Support Center team ensures a strong operational foundation for our Clubs so staff can deliver on our mission every single day.  When you join Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, you are part of a talented, mission-driven team that is singularly focused on making sure every child can achieve their greatest potential. We are curious and compassionate, diverse and dedicated, inspired and inspirational. And we love what we do. Come help light the way to big futures for Metro Denver kids and communities.  Job Summary Reporting to the CEO, the COO is a critical member of the executive team, responsible for the organization’s day-to-day operating activities, including leading the strategic planning process and implementing new strategic initiatives related to areas such as Club operations,...

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Denver, CO, USA Full-Time

NP

Mar 20, 2026

Chief Executive Officer

$285,000 - $325,000 yearly

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Horizons Foundation (Horizons) envisions a world in which all LGBTQ people live freely and fully. As the world’s first community foundation of, by, and for LGBTQ people, Horizons has served for more than 45 years as a wellspring of support to San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ nonprofit organizations, a trusted philanthropic anchor for social justice causes, and a national leader in community investment. Horizons partners with donors, movement organizations, and community leaders to strengthen LGBTQ nonprofits, expand a culture of LGBTQ giving, and build a permanent endowment to secure the future of the LGBTQ community. The organization awards over $12 million in grants to community partners annually and stewards over $70 million in assets that includes a growing permanent endowment, positioning the organization to sustain LGBTQ communities for generations to come. With the pending retirement of its long tenured leader Roger Doughty, whose vision and...

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Horizons Foundation

NPAG Hybrid (San Francisco, CA, USA) Full-Time

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Mar 19, 2026

Executive Director

$175,000 - $225,000 yearly

About I3 The Intelligent Infrastructure Institute works to modernize the systems that underpin how communities function, economies grow, and democracy operates. Physical, energy, digital, and democratic infrastructure. All of it. We sit at the intersection of policy, public investment, technology, and stakeholder coordination. Our work requires people who can translate complex systems thinking into practical strategy, and who know how to build coalitions across government, industry, labor, and civil society. The Opportunity This is a founding role. You will set strategy, build relationships, and define what I3 becomes. The board has done substantive groundwork. There is no blank page. But there is genuine latitude, and real responsibility. In your first 90 days, you will assess what has been built, go deep into the field, and produce a clear three-year strategic direction. After that, you will execute it. The right person for this role is energized by building. You...

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Intelligent Infrastructure Institute

Intelligent Infrastructure Institute Hybrid (CA, USA) Full-Time

NP

Feb 04, 2026

President & CEO

$325,000 - $375,000 yearly

Executive Summary Proteus Fund partners with foundations, individual donors, activists, and other allies to work strategically towards racial, gender, queer, and disability justice and an inclusive, fully representative democracy. The Fund partners with philanthropic and community leaders to identify critical opportunities, gaps, and challenges facing movement organizations and mobilizes donor support and a range of non-grant tools to strengthen and sustain their work. Proteus Fund donor collaboratives have become a best-in-class model for bridging responsible and responsive philanthropy with cutting-edge social justice movements to generate and fuel deep, durable impact. Through fiscal sponsorship, Proteus Fund partners with emerging initiatives and innovative movement leaders, enabling them to focus on growing their work and influence with the support of a trusted operational partner. To date, Proteus Fund and its affiliated 501(c)(4) organization, the...

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Proteus Fund

NPAG Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time

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