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POSITION DESCRIPTION: Executive Director, Asheville GreenWorks Location: Asheville, NC Asheville GreenWorks is seeking an experienced and passionate candidate to lead the organization as executive director and add to its exceptional 50-year history. For this year’s 50th Anniversary, Asheville GreenWorks adopted a new strategic direction, in service of a newly-refined mission that centers climate resilience and equity. Through community engagement and our four core values of community, equity, adaptability, and humility, Asheville GreenWorks seeks to create four core impacts: 1. Community-Scale Climate Resilience – Finding solutions to our most urgent environmental challenges. 2. Empowered Communities – Mobilizing a new generation of environmental leaders. 3. Systems Change – Leveraging human systems to protect natural ones. 4. A Healthy Environment – Protecting the resources that sustain us. Programs include: ● Urban Forestry – Our goal is to plant 50,000 more...

Who we are: Situated at the forefront of the national stage in the racial justice movement, Advancement Project National Office is a cutting-edge, no-holds-barred national nonprofit whose team members are dedicated to creating free and safe communities for people of color. From ending the school-to-prison pipeline to the fight to expand the right to vote, from fighting for immigrant justice, Advancement Project National Office team members impact real change from the ground up. This moment demands alignment, sharp strategic thinking, and creativity to imagine a more just world in which racism no longer exists and all people of color can be free and safe – and we are excited to bring on new talent to change our world. Since the 2000 presidential election, Advancement Project has been a leader in voter protection, supporting grassroots organizations in year-round election administration efforts and building national narratives to push back on voter suppression. Through...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide, seeks an innovative, energetic, and highly organized senior manager for our national Membership initiative. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and reports to the Director, National Outreach and Engagement. PEN America’s strength lies in its membership—which includes a nationwide community of novelists and nonfiction authors, journalists, editors, poets, screenwriters, essayists, playwrights, publishers, translators, agents, and other literary professionals, and an even larger network of devoted readers and supporters who join with them to carry out PEN America’s mission. The senior manager will help develop and implement strategies for attracting new members and retaining existing ones. They will be responsible for implementation, with a focus on increasing members...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an experienced human rights practitioner to spearhead research and advocacy on China and free expression in our PEN/Barbey Freedom To Write Center. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters or Washington, D.C. office, reporting to the Director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. President Xi Jinping has overseen an extensive crackdown on free expression in China, implementing new laws and censorship controls on the internet, media, and publishers. The Chinese government’s extensive censorship apparatus limits free expression both within and outside its borders, making it a key area of work for PEN America. We seek to break down barriers to free expression through our reports, advocacy, and building solidarity between American writers and their Chinese colleagues. The research and advocacy lead will chart a research and advocacy...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a senior manager to lead its PEN Across America program, developing and sustaining our national network of chapters. The senior manager will mobilize PEN America Members, local and regional art and literature communities, as well as other supporters and community allies to address threats to free expression, engage with literature, and otherwise link PEN America’s mission to issues of local concern. They will create and help implement strategies and programs, develop regional and local leadership, nurture partnerships, and cultivate funders. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York headquarters and requires substantial travel, including outside of regular work hours and on occasional weekends. The senior manager will report to the Director, National Outreach and Engagement.   The PEN Across America senior manager will bring PEN America’s mission to a...

Job Title:  Compliance and Regulatory Reporting Officer Department:  Legal Department  Location:  Remote or Sierra Club office Washington D.C./Oakland  Reports To: Assistant General Counsel, Director of Compliance  Context:   At the Sierra Club, we believe in the power of interdependence. Together, we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental, racial, economic, and gender justice – a future where all people benefit from a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel injustice, we will continue to fight for a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our future. By recognizing that our destinies are tied, we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government will move...

Location and Reporting: This is a hybrid role reporting into the Murray Hills, Queens office and will require regular travel to the office.  Language:  Applicants must possess verbal and written proficiency in Korean with interpretation and/or translation experience a plus.  About Us: The Asian American Federation (AAF), founded in 1989, is New York City’s most powerful leadership voice for better policies, services, and funding that lead to more justice and opportunity for Asian New Yorkers. Our mission is to raise the influence and well-being of the pan-Asian American community through research, policy advocacy, public awareness, and nonprofit support. In collaboration with 70 member and partner community-based organizations, we serve the interests of 1.7 million New Yorkers from 20 ethnic groups—diverse in language, culture, and religion—that make up New York’s Asian community, by providing expert research and unrelenting advocacy; working...

Organizational Overview: Silver Lining Mentoring (SLM) empowers youth in foster care to thrive through committed mentoring relationships and the development of essential life skills. For over 20 years, Silver Lining Mentoring has matched young people in the child welfare system in the greater Boston area with highly-committed, volunteer mentors.  As of 2019, the organization is scaling that mission nationally through the   Silver Lining Mentoring Institute . The Institute’s purpose is to create a future where every young person in the U.S. impacted by foster care will have access to a high-quality, consistent volunteer mentoring relationship. The Institute is achieving this goal by equipping a network of practitioners across the country who are starting up or growing mentoring programs with best-in-field strategies and tools via a partnership with the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC)  and   MENTOR .  In Silver Lining Mentoring’s greater...

Reports To: CEO Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. with some evening or weekend hours required for event support and/or donor cultivation. Location: Very limited Hybrid opportunity; to be discussed during interviews. Applicants must live in NYC-Metropolitan Area.  Organizational Overview Teens for Food Justice fights food insecurity and diet-related disease through school-based, youth-led hydroponic farming, providing local, sustainably grown produce to food desert communities and building health equity for all New Yorkers and beyond. TFFJ works within NYC Title I middle and high schools in food desert communities, training students to build/maintain indoor hydroponic farms located within NYC school buildings, each capable of growing 10,000 pounds of produce annually—served daily at school lunch and distributed to the surrounding community’s food-insecure residents. Further, students learn nutrition skills to share with...

As the Packard Foundation continues to actively examine how we can contribute to a more just and equitable society, it is clear that a strong democracy in the United States is critical, both on its own and also to sustain our and our partners’ work on other core issues. The new U.S. Democracy, Rights, and Governance (DRG) Initiative will seek to advance an inclusive, pro-equity, multi-racial democracy. Initial focus areas include supporting election integrity; supporting effective governance and bolstering faith in the institutions of government; repairing the United States’ social fabric; and combatting disinformation. POSITION SUMMARY Located within the new Just Societies goal area, and reporting to the DRG Director, the Program Officer (PO) will support the development and implementation of the DRG Initiative’s multi-year nonpartisan grantmaking strategy. The PO will execute on all aspects of annual grantmaking for the Initiative portfolio, under the...

ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATE POSITION: The Portfolio Associate, Jewish Life and Israel is responsible for helping to identify potential grant opportunities through robust due diligence of investment areas and organizations, providing consulting or strategic planning support for grantees, and conducting research on areas of interest to build the foundations’ internal knowledge. The Portfolio Associate reports to the Senior Portfolio Manager, Jewish Life and Israel, and will split time working across multiple portfolios and projects. The Associate will have broad exposure to the Jewish Life and Israel portfolio and become an active member in the collaborative team culture that includes weekly meetings, continual brainstorming and knowledge sharing. Responsibilities Include: ·      Conduct research and due diligence on potential investment areas and organizations. ·      Perform all necessary...

World Central Kitchen Chief Financial Officer Job Description    About World Central Kitchen Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served more than 300 million nourishing meals around the world.  WCK is a rapidly growing organization that has scaled from a $4M organization in 2017 to ending the 2022 fiscal year as a $500M+ organization. The impact and financial scale of WCK can increase and decrease year over year depending on the disasters and crises we are responding to. WCK is responding to disasters and crises in greater numbers and with greater complexities, such as the war in Ukraine.   About the Chief Financial Officer Position WCK is seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join its Executive Team.  Reporting to...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a dynamic, detail-oriented, and highly organized special assistant to support the operations of our growing Free Expression Programs (FEP) department, and directly supports the Chief Program Officer, Free Expression. The special assistant will work closely with the Chief Program Officer, the Managing Director of PEN America Washington and Free Expression Programs, and C-Suite executives in supporting the management of the FEP department. The role also liaises with staff and teams across the FEP department, as well as external contacts and counterpart organizations. This position offers a significant opportunity for high levels of responsibility in a dynamic operational, administrative, and strategic role that supports PEN America’s programming in defense of free expression. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters reporting to the Chief...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization defending and celebrating free expression, seeks a forward-thinking, innovative Director to establish PEN America in Florida. The Director will build the programming, public profile, partnerships and funding to advance PEN America’s mission across the state, drawing on PEN America’s established expertise and national staff as well as its Florida-based constituency, including donors, supporters, and a volunteer-led Miami/South Florida chapter. This exciting new role requires an entrepreneurial approach, the ability to spot openings for free expression advocacy and literary activism, and the versatility to represent PEN America in a wide range of settings. The position will be based in Miami, reporting to PEN America leadership at its New York City headquarters.    PEN America is establishing its Florida office as expression in the state is being constricted through the banning of books in schools and libraries, controls on education...

Analyst, Research San Francisco, CA The Research team at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) seeks a highly motivated Analyst with a desire to utilize their abilities to create positive social impact by improving the performance of charitable funders and, through them, the nonprofit sector as a whole. We are seeking candidates who express a defined interest in contributing to research by helping to design methodologically sound studies and conducting rigorous quantitative and qualitative analyses. This position is based in CEP’s San Francisco, CA office.   The Ideal Candidate: You understand that CEP’s work depends on the high quality of our analysis and, likewise, have high standards for quality control, task management, and attention to detail. You are confident in your work but are humble in the knowledge that you are always learning and improving. You are organized, and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple...

Choose Creativity Powered by the Lulu & Leo Fund Director of Development Job Descriptio n   Choose Creativity seeks a strategic and skilled Director of Development with a passion to help expand and strengthen our organization at a time of significant growth and momentum. Thanks to a successful evidence-based model and a clear vision for expansion, Choose Creativity is investing in its development capacity. The ideal Director of Development will play a key leadership role in our expansion by securing support from individual donors and institutional funders, overseeing communications with donors, and directing all fundraising operations.   Who We Are: Marina and Kevin Krim established the Lulu & Leo Fund in memory of their children Lulu and Leo, who were lost in a tragedy in October 2012. Marina and Kevin developed the 10 Principles of Creativity directly from their experience of rebuilding their family and lives. The 10 Principles...

About Raising a Reader Raising a Reader (RAR) is a national nonprofit that partners with parents and educators to create brighter futures for children by strengthening family bonds. Family engagement is at the core of what we do. Our evidence-based programs help caring adults set their children up for success by creating shared reading routines, fostering social-emotional learning, healthy family relationships and learning skills needed to thrive in school and beyond. Through easy-to-use, multilingual materials and diverse stories, we meet families where they are and make shared reading more engaging and accessible for all children.    We believe that all children deserve the opportunity to realize their potential. We believe that the best way to support children is by engaging and strengthening families, and that the lessons that last are those learned with love. We believe that reading helps children develop not just literacy skills, but also empathy,...