President And Chief Executive Officer (Ceo)

About The Funders Network

Founded in 1999, The Funders Network (TFN) is a membership organization that supports grantmakers across North America to advance strategies to create fair, prosperous, and sustainable regions and communities. The organization helps members advance shared learning, develop best practices, create policy agendas, support policy reforms, and improve outcomes in communities. TFN provides tools to funders for investing, grantmaking, collaborating, convening, facilitating, and more. TFN is uniquely positioned to lead the movement for land use policies and practices that benefit both places and people.

TFN believes that structural racism, inequity, and other social disparities are the root cause of our environmental and economic challenges. As a network, they are committed to questioning, challenging, and confronting the systemic racial inequities and injustices that persist as malign influences on our policies, practices, and psyches. TFN is committed to helping funders understand and address racism, economic inequality, and the imbalance of power while engendering community-driven solutions. In so doing, the network embraces the diversity of its members and partners and is committed to lifting and amplifying the expertise and experiences of those communities who are least heard. In 2020, TFN completed a strategic planning process that centered racial equity as both cross-cutting and foundational.

The Mission

TFN's mission is to leverage philanthropy's unique potential to help create communities and regions that are sustainable, prosperous, healthy, and just for all people. TFN is committed to helping funders understand and address racism, economic inequality, and the imbalance of power — while engendering community-driven solutions and amplifying the expertise and experiences of those communities who are least heard.

The Vision

TFN's vision is to create generations of courageous philanthropic leaders who are engaged, emboldened, and equipped to bring about a just society. This includes increasing the representation of people of color in philanthropic leadership positions. TFN aspires to serve as a leading resource for thinking and action that is interdisciplinary, innovative, and transformative, and which recognizes that racial equity is both a process to guide us and an aspirational outcome.

Organizational Highlights

Founded in: 1999

Revenue: $5.9 million

Board of Directors: 13

Staff: 14 staff

Headquarters: Coral Gables, FL (remote organization)

The Position

Essential Responsibilities Include

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will evaluate the organization's programs, assess member organization needs, and continue to expand the equity work of TFN among its placed-based membership. The CEO will represent the organization nationally developing and maintaining effective relationships with funders, nonprofits, businesses, the public sector, and community leaders. The CEO will be responsible for ensuring the organization's fiscal health and providing necessary support to the staff.

Strategy & Vision

• Develop programs to foster philanthropic collaboration and support emerging leaders.
• Evaluate and refine programs to ensure they are aligned with organizational values and are meeting member needs;
• Create and realize strategies for normalizing trust-based philanthropy and reimagining funder-donor relationships;
• Develop and implement a long-term strategic plan to advance TFN's mission and serve its members in service of the communities that they serve;

Leadership

• Cultivate a strong and productive working relationship with the board to set fundraising, programmatic, and strategic goals.
• Implement the organization's Racial Equity Action Plan through collaborative work with the staff and board;
• Analyze and refine the organizational structure to increase efficiency and enhance impact;
• Lead by example to champion a culture centered in equity, accountability, and transparency;
• Inspire, motivate, and lead a team of diverse, talented, and dedicated staff and consultants to advance the organization's mission and realize its strategic goals;

Fundraising & Fiscal Management

• Oversee the creation and implementation of a strategic fundraising plan, including staffing models, to expand funding opportunities;
• Manage the development of budgets and related program and staffing plans for program growth and expansion;
• Oversee the effective management of the organization's resources ensuring its fiscal stability and long-term sustainability.
• Lead the cultivation and solicitation of members and donors to diversify revenue and increase unrestricted income;

Communications & Community Engagement

• Develop strategies to distinguish TFN among Philanthropy-Serving Organizations (PSOs) and increase visibility in the philanthropic and social justice sectors;
• Proactively seek engagement opportunities with members, potential members, funders, and the communities they serve.
• Serve as the organization's primary spokesperson representing TFN in public, in the media, and at community, philanthropic, and member organization events;
• Oversee the development of messaging in collaboration with the marketing team for dissemination across all platforms;
• Foster diverse collaborations to identify needs, mobilize resources, and positively impact member organizations;

The Opportunity

This is an extraordinary opportunity for a visionary leader to chart the course for a bold philanthropic future at a moment when racial, economic, and environmental justice are at the forefront of public discourse and unprecedented funding is available for investment opportunities.

Position Overview

President and Chief Executive Officer

Reports to: Board of Directors

Leads: A team of 14 staff and 6 contractors

Oversees: 7 direct reports

Manages: $5.9 million budget

Lives: Anywhere in the U.S.

Professional Requirements

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

The CEO will understand philanthropy, its role in advancing social justice, and the ways in which philanthropy can stimulate and activate opportunities for underserved and marginalized communities. This visionary leader will leverage the history and expertise of TFN to inform the expansion of programs and facilitate connections within the sector.

• Prior experience developing a financial growth plan and managing complex multi-year organizational budgets;
• Board development and governance expertise including experience cultivating partnerships with board members and collaborating to realize organizational goals.
• A track record of fundraising success to support TFN's continued growth and capitalize on extraordinary funding opportunities;
• Analytical and strategic ability to enhance and increase the organization's value to members;
• Exceptional strategic visioning and planning skills to advance systemic transformation within the sector and further distinguish TFN among Philanthropy Serving Organizations (PSOs);
• Excellent management and teambuilding skills including prior experience leading a fully remote team of staff and consultants;
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to engage TFN's cross-disciplinary membership and collaborate with the diverse networks that impact programming and funding;
• A commitment to racial equity with a track record of anti-racism work in previous roles;
• Leadership experience in an environmental, economic, racial, or social justice organization;
• Innovative approaches to assessing organizational capacity, evaluating programs, identifying gaps, and building new models;

Essential Qualities

The President and CEO will have experience implementing a race equity agenda and be driven to increase philanthropic support for healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities.

Personal Characteristics

The New CEO Will Bring The Following Qualities

The CEO will be a visionary leader who is passionate about TFN's mission and enthusiastic about working collaboratively with the staff and board to increase organizational impact. The selected candidate sees challenges as opportunities and is committed to the success of member organizations and programs.

• A demonstrated ability to relate to individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, and physical abilities;
• A firm commitment to cultivating trust-based philanthropy.
• An unwavering commitment to upholding the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all decisions and relationships;
• A commitment to equity and inclusion and an understanding of the impact of intersectional identities on the work of TFN and its member organizations;
• A relational approach to building and engaging networks in the philanthropic and public sectors;
• An approachable, collaborative, and transparent leadership style characterized by empathy and humility, and a passion for mentoring;
• Exceptional communications skills including active listening and public speaking ability;

Compensation

The target salary for this position is $250,000 annually. TFN's comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Care for employees and 80% for their life partners and/or dependents. TFN's generous paid leave policies include 24 holidays, Summer Fridays from July 1 through Labor Day, 27 days PTO in the first year, and 37 days PTO after one year of service. TFN offers 401(k) plans after three months of employment and matches employee contributions up to 5% of salary.

Additional benefits include Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance Premiums covered for employees for two times the annual salary up to a maximum of $250,000, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and wellness benefits including $15/month toward the cost of a gym membership.

Location

The position is remote and will manage a remote team.

Contact

Qualifications

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in the organization's mission and qualifications through the application portal on our website

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