Last updated on November 19th, 2024
This is a free job board that AP puts together. Our interest is getting good Minnesota nonprofit folks into good local and national foundation jobs. With few exceptions, we only include foundations, corporate giving programs, and related grantmakers. Visit theses Philanthropic sector Job Boards:
- Margaret A. Cargill, Philanthropic Services (MN) needs an Assistant Controller.
- Our own McKnight Foundation (MN) is hiring a Senior Program Officer, Midwest Climate & Energy.
- Minnesota’s Northwest Area Foundation (MN) is hiring a Program VP.
- Hometown’s United Way: Greater Twin Cities (MN) Director of Data Leadership & Program Officer, Pathways Home.
- Minnesota’s Indian Land Tenure Foundation (focused on “all reservation and important off-reservation lands are owned and managed by American Indian nations and people”) needs a Program Officer.
- Detroit’s Skillman Foundation (former home of McKnight’s Tonya Allen) needs a Program Manager.
- Irving, CA-based Taco Bell Foundation (scholarships and youth program innovations) is hiring a Director.
- New Jersey’s Rita Allen Foundation (“big ideas in science and civil society”) wants a Senior Writer and Editor, Ideas and Impact.
- The national education foundation Ascendium (Madison, WI ) needs a Deputy Director of Education Grantmaking.
- Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (Oakland) is searching for a President and CEO. This is a funder collaborative for Asian American funders. Not much money but great collaborations and collective action.
- The premier US Lesbian funder, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (NY), is hiring an Associate Director for the Intersex Human Rights Fund.
- DC-based Wyss Foundation needs a Program Officer for its Women’s Equality Program. Although the Foundation is primarily focused on nature and climate change, this program extends beyond those fields.
- The DC-based megafund Bezos Earth Fund needs a Chief of Staff. They make HUGE grants.
- The great Black-owned, Black-operated Black Collective Foundation MN is seeking a Vice President of Advancement & External Relations. A great opportunity to work with great folks.
- Silicon Valley-based and focused Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has several openings. If you’re a scientist, look them up. They have hundreds of contractors.
- San Francisco family foundation Crankstart (San Francisco) is hiring a VP of Operations. They’re focused on housing, education, and civil rights. Mostly in Northern California.
- New Jersey-focused Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is searching for a President and CEO
- Ford Foundation (NY) is hiring a West Africa Office Program Officer (Lagos, Nigeria).
- Ford also wants a Senior Officer US Economic Mobility Knowledge & Tools (LTE). This is Ford’s basic anti-poverty program.
- (Bill and Melinda) Gates Foundation (Seattle) has several open positions.
- A national leader in climate, education, human rights, and science, the Heising-Simons Foundation is looking for a Director for Climate and Clean Energy. A great opportunity.
- Justice Climate Fund (DC) is hiring for multiple remote roles, including two managing director roles. Their grants are distributed throughout the US, including nine communities in MN.
- One of our favorite foundations, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI), is hiring a Communications Manager. They’re focused on MS, MI, NM, and New Orleans, but they’re also the largest strictly Racial Diversity funder in the U.S.
- Lemelson Foundation (Portland, OR) is hiring a Program Officer for Climate Action. Interesting grantmaker with some focus on Invention.
- Henry Luce Foundation (NY) has started a search for a new President and CEO.
- Indianapolis-based education funder Lumina Foundation is hiring a Director, Journalism and Digital Strategies. They know Minnesota.
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) has several open internships and positions, including Grants Management Administrator.
- Mellon Foundation (NY) has several open positions, including Manager, Insights and Analytics.
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Palo Alto) is searching for a few Program Directors and a Communication Manager.
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (DC) is hiring a Grants Management Specialist.
- NEO Philanthropy (NY) needs a Program Officer for the Economic Mobility & Opportunity Fund. Mostly a pass-through (see Intermediary article above) for other funders. Great contacts.
- The national Women’s Funding Network (San Francisco) has two open positions: Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement Coordinator.