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executive director

62 executive director jobs found

Mar 27, 2026  
Executive Director Featured
$160,000 - $175,000 yearly
The Opportunity Reach Out and Read is a national nonprofit that partners with pediatric healthcare providers to promote early relationships, literacy and school readiness. By integrating age-appropriate books and evidence-based reading guidance into well-child visits from birth through age five, Reach Out and Read equips families with the tools and confidence to build language-rich home environments where children arrive at kindergarten ready to learn. Reach Out and Read operates through a national network of clinical sites — hospitals, community health centers, and pediatric practices — serving millions of children annually across the country with a particular focus on families in under-resourced communities. The Northwest region spans Oregon and Washington and has been home to an active, high-performing Affiliate for twenty years. It serves a geographically and demographically diverse population across urban medical centers, federally qualified health...
Hiring Organization:
Reach Out and Read, Northwest

Positively Partners Remote (WA, USA) Full-Time
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...
Hiring Organization:
Boston SCORES

Positively Partners Hybrid (Boston, MA, USA) Full-Time
Mar 24, 2026  
Executive Director Featured
$120,000 - $150,000 yearly
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Founded in 1979, Friends for Youth (FFY) is a nationally recognized, community-rooted nonprofit dedicated to empowering underserved youth through mentorship and meaningful relationships. With a vision to ensure every young person who needs a mentor has access to one, FFY has served over 4,500 youth from low-income BIPOC families across the San Francisco Peninsula, from South San Francisco to San Jose. Grounded in values of equity, integrity, collaboration, and innovation, FFY delivers three core programs: 1-to-1 Mentoring , which pairs youth with caring adult mentors Group Mentoring , a school-based initiative supporting students from 5th to 12th grade Whole Health for Youth (WHY), a collaborative effort to improve youth mental health through coordinated, wraparound services With over 90% of our matches successfully fulfilling their mentorship agreement – well above the national average – FFY has earned a reputation as...
Hiring Organization:
Friends for Youth

NPAG Hybrid (Palo Alto, CA, USA) Full-Time
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...
Hiring Organization:
Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time
Mar 02, 2026  
Executive Director, Janney+ Featured
$115,000 - $125,000 yearly
Janney Plus Programs (Janney+) Executive Director Compensation:   $115,000–$125,000 Location:  Washington, DC  Full-Time | On-site at Janney Elementary School (NW DC) About Janney+ Janney Plus Programs (Janney+) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides programming for students at Janney Elementary School in Northwest Washington, DC. Janney+ offers before and after-school care, enrichment classes, language programming, and full-day camps during school breaks and summer. Janney+ supports the broader school community by providing recess support and providing operational support for select school day staff. Janney+ exists to add to the lives of Janney students and families by offering programming that is curious, playful, supportive, and community-centered. For more information, please visit: janneyschool.org/janneyplus/ Position Summary Janney+ seeks an exceptional, mission-driven leader to serve as Executive Director (ED). The ED is responsible for the...
Hiring Organization:
Janney Plus Programs (Janney+)

LeaderFit Washington, DC, USA Full-Time
Feb 02, 2026  
Executive Director Featured
$85,000 - $110,000 yearly
The Granite State Organizing Project (GSOP), New Hampshire’s largest and most diverse statewide community organizing organization, is seeking an Executive Director to lead the organization’s work to strengthen communities and make concrete change in the lives of Granite Staters. GSOP strives to create communities where residents have a voice on issues like the high cost of housing and health care, unjust working conditions, challenges facing immigrants and youth, and more. The Executive Director will partner with the Deputy Director to lead our passionate team of staff, build a strong culture of organizing across our regional chapters and youth, clergy, and immigrant constituency chapters, and drive the strategic direction of campaigns. The Executive Director will also manage the day-to-day programs and operations and raise the funds needed to sustain and grow the operation.   More on Granite State Organizing Project GSOP was founded in 2002 by religious congregations,...
Hiring Organization:
Granite State Organizing Project

Granite State Organizing Project Manchester, NH, USA Full-Time
Apr 08, 2026  
Executive Director
$200,000 - $225,000 yearly
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,...
Hiring Organization:
Midwest Literacy Collective

Alma Advisory Group Omaha, NE, USA Full-Time
Apr 05, 2026  
Executive Director
$95,000 - $105,000 yearly
AXIS Dance Company seeks an Executive Director to serve as the operational and strategic anchor of one of the nation's leading integrated disability dance companies. Reporting to the Board of Directors and working in co-leadership with the Artistic Director, the ED translates AXIS's artistic vision and mission into sustainable reality - balancing creative ambition with fiscal discipline, stewarding relationships with funders, government entities, and community partners as well as rolling up their sleeves on the day-to-day realities of a lean nonprofit. The incoming ED steps into an organization in transition, with a real opportunity to build operational stability while protecting the artistic risk-taking that defines AXIS's work. The right candidate brings deep nonprofit management experience, a collaborative leadership style, fluency in the diverse lived experiences of employees and community partners, and a commitment to disability justice as central - not incidental - to...
Hiring Organization:
Axis Dance Company

Axis Dance Company Hybrid (Berkeley, CA, USA) Full-Time
Apr 03, 2026  
Executive director
$150,000 - $165,000 yearly
Serving as the adaptive and visionary leader of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, the Executive Director shapes and advances the field of philanthropy in Michigan and across the nation. This role is the Center's primary external face, cultivating relationships with foundations, philanthropic organizations, policymakers, practitioners, and academic partners to meaningfully advance effective philanthropy. The Executive Director champions the Center's thought leadership by translating its research, programming, and convening power into insights that inform the broader philanthropic sector. This includes authoring and amplifying ideas through publications, conferences, policy conversations, and public discourse — positioning the Johnson Center as an indispensable resource and catalyst for the field. Equally critical, the Executive Director serves as the primary conduit between the Johnson Center and Grand Valley State University, building and stewarding...
Hiring Organization:
GVSU - Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

GVSU - Johnson Center for Philanthropy Hybrid (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) Full-Time
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...
Hiring Organization:
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

Potrero Group Berkeley, 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...
Hiring Organization:
Tikva Children's Home

Harris Rand Lusk West Caldwell, NJ, USA Full-Time
Feb 03, 2026  
Executive Director
$90,000 - $12,000 yearly
Who we are Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts an innovative not-for-profit research and advocacy organization dedicated to advancing a fair, accessible, and equitable court system in Illinois through collaborative, evidence-based solutions. Our focus areas are court transparency, decarceration and diversion, community autonomy, and economic accessibility. For nearly 30 years, we have fearlessly tackled systemic inequities in the courts—exposing flaws, fighting for transformative reform, and winning lasting changes that make the system work better for everyone. Our impact speaks for itself: 1.      Co-led the successful campaign to end money bond in Illinois with the Pretrial Fairness Act. 2.      Pioneered court-watching programs and data-driven reports that have reshaped pretrial court practices and reduced incarceration. 3.      Secured landmark policy wins on compassionate release, court fines and fees, eviction, diversion, and more. 4....
Hiring Organization:
Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

Allegra Consulting Hybrid (Chicago, IL, USA) Full-Time
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...
Hiring Organization:
Intelligent Infrastructure Institute

Intelligent Infrastructure Institute Hybrid (CA, USA) Full-Time
Mar 27, 2026  
Engineering and Certification Manager Featured
$83,034 yearly
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom, seeks a motivated and talented individual to be our new Engineering and Certification Manager. This position is ideally full-time and US-based, but exceptions can be made for a qualified candidate. The Engineering and Certification Manager reports to the executive director and takes a leadership role in managing and growing the FSF’s Respects Your Freedom (RYF) program. This role will work in close collaboration with FSF management and the technology and licensing teams. The Engineering and Certification Manager serves as a senior technical authority for the organization and is responsible for evaluating, certifying, and guiding hardware product submissions under the RYF certification requirements and other free hardware design initiatives. #### Location and working environment The FSF is a fully remote organization. With our small staff, each person...
Hiring Organization:
Free Software Foundation

Free Software Foundation Remote Full-Time
Mar 18, 2026  
Senior Director of Strategy & Delivery Featured
$135,000 - $150,000 yearly
  The Opportunity BreakingBounds® is a consulting firm that delivers high-impact business solutions for organizations driven by social good. They partner with nonprofits to operate with the rigor, strategy, and financial clarity of high-performing businesses. Through core services in strategic planning, leadership development, and executive coaching — and through its signature Accelerator Program, a business education built specifically for nonprofit leaders — BreakingBounds ® equips organizations to move from good intentions to measurable outcomes. As BreakingBounds® grows, Founder & CEO Patty Williams-Downs is seeking a senior leader to own the client experience: a Senior Director of Strategy & Delivery. This leader will own delivery quality across a defined scope of 30–50 client organizations, lead assigned Accelerator cohorts, and ensure every engagement results in clarity, alignment, and measurable progress. This is a high-ownership role designed for...
Hiring Organization:
BreakingBounds®

Positively Partners Remote (USA) Full-Time
Mar 04, 2026  
Managing Director, Initiatives Featured
$115,000 - $135,000 yearly
Small Magic is seeking a senior leader to build what does not yet exist. The Managing Director, Initiatives will translate our vision for early learning into a concrete portfolio of initiatives, building a best-in-class early learning ecosystem that will shape outcomes for more than 10,000 children over the next three years. KEY DETAILS Reports to: Executive Director Manages: All program design, launch, iteration, and performance across Small Magic Location: Flexible (for remote candidates up to 25% travel to Birmingham is required) Compensation range: $115,00 - $135,000 annually WHO WE ARE Small Magic is a Birmingham-based organization focused on one goal: ensuring children under five are ready for kindergarten and a life of opportunity. We work alongside civic leaders and partners to strengthen the systems that support early learning across our city, from direct-service program delivery to broader ecosystem work.  We are entering a defining...
Hiring Organization:
Small Magic

Small Magic Hybrid (Birmingham, AL, USA) Full-Time
Feb 23, 2026  
Chief Operating Officer Featured
$100,000 - $120,000 yearly
Richmond Animal League is seeking applications for our first Chief Operating Officer to partner with our Executive Director in leading our growing organization. The COO will manage the organization's day-to-day operations, including facilities, finance, human resources, and marketing, while also leading organizational planning and the long-term vision. Acting as a key thought partner with our ED, you will help foster a positive, professional environment and build an organization that can sustain growth and impact. We are looking for candidates with strong leadership and strategic thinking skills, significant operational experience, and a strong commitment to animal welfare. This position is based in Richmond, VA, and relocation assistance is available if moving from outside the region. As the COO, your responsibilities will include: Overseeing the daily operations of the organization, including HR, Finance, marketing, and facilities.  Collaborating with the...
Hiring Organization:
Richmond Animal League

Richmond Animal League VA, USA Full-Time
Apr 07, 2026  
Site Manager, GreenLight Philadelphia
Position Overview GreenLight Fund seeks a thoughtful, mission-driven Site Manager to lead the execution of site strategy, including research, selection portfolio management, and stakeholder engagement. This role will support the successful implementation of the selection process, monitor portfolio performance, and drive alignment across site priorities. The Site Manager reports directly to the Executive Director of GreenLight Fund Philadelphia and will work collaboratively across the GreenLight network.  Key Areas of Responsibility Strategy, Research, Selection, & Community Engagement  Research existing local social issues and priorities affecting underserved children, youth, and families. Lead local landscape analysis, including qualitative and quantitative research, data evaluation, and engagement with community stakeholders and sector leaders. In partnership with the Executive Director, ensure the GreenLight selection process is executed with...
Hiring Organization:
GreenLight Fund

GreenLight Fund Hybrid (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Full-Time
Feb 27, 2026  
Program Manager, GreenLight Cincinnati
$80,000 - $85,000 yearly
Organization Overview  GreenLight Fund is a national nonprofit with a local focus that partners with communities to create opportunities for inclusive prosperity.  We facilitate a community-driven process that matches the local needs of individuals and families not met by existing programs, to organizations with track records of success elsewhere. Working with communities, we identify, invite in and launch proven organizations, providing collaborative support so they can quickly take root and deliver change. Everything we do is designed to remove barriers to inclusive prosperity all too often rooted in racial inequities. Our impact increases exponentially as we address one specific, community-identified need each year, in each GreenLight site.  To date, we have brought 63 evidence-based portfolio organizations across 14 sites, invested $41M, and attracted an additional $364M from other funding sources, reaching nearly 1.3M individuals and families this past year alone....
Hiring Organization:
GreenLight Fund

GreenLight Fund Hybrid (Cincinnati, OH, USA) Full-Time
Feb 12, 2026  
Krishnamurti Center Director
$70,000 - $80,000 yearly
The Krishnamurti Center is at an important juncture in the Foundation’s journey. A new Executive Director (ED)of the KFA and commenced in this role in January this year following an international search. This appointment created a vacancy in the Center Director position. This major organizational transition offers opportunity to assess current programming and processes and reaffirm how the Center can uphold a vibrant, responsive, and mission-aligned presence in the world while maintaining relevance, accessibility, and innovation in the work of disseminating Krishnamurti’s teachings and educating those wishing to investigate the significance of life. Key areas of focus for the KFA this year include: • Preserving the authenticity and integrity of Krishnamurti’s teachings in a rapidly changing world. • Expanding access and engagement through the Center's offerings  • Strengthening staff engagement and enriching organizational culture and institutional resilience. • Building...
Hiring Organization:
Krishnamurti Foundation of America

Krishnamurti Foundation of America Ojai, CA, USA Full-Time