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President and CEO – The Philanthropy Roundtable – Washington, D.C.

October 7, 2019

Philanthropy roundtableThe Philanthropy Roundtable, America’s leading network of charitable donors working to strengthen our free society, uphold donor intent, and protect the freedom to give, seeks a new President and CEO to succeed Adam Meyerson, who will be stepping down as its long-time president.

Founded in 1991, the Roundtable has grown to a $9 million organization focused on fostering excellence in philanthropy, protecting philanthropic freedom, and helping donors advance liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility. 

The new President and CEO will have a deep commitment to the mission and principles of The Philanthropy Roundtable, as well as a passion for philanthropy, a flourishing civil society, and philanthropic freedom. He/she will have a significant track record of leadership and management success and the vision to take the Roundtable to the next level of membership, influence, and effectiveness, especially in serving and inspiring high-net-worth individual donors.

The Philanthropy Roundtable has just completed an extensive strategic planning process that calls for significant growth in membership, revenue, and impact over the next five years. The new President and CEO will play a primary role in helping the Roundtable substantially build on its assets to lead in the fight to protect philanthropic freedom and to grow a community of donors dedicated to strengthening our free society.

The President and CEO reports to the Board of Directors.

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Sr. Development Officer – State Policy Network – Arlington, VA or Virtual Office

October 3, 2019

State Policy Network is seeking a Senior Development Officer to join our team. This position is ideal for a pro-liberty, entrepreneurial candidate with experience in growing long term, sustainable relationships with philanthropists. The Senior Development Officer’s role advances SPN’s mission and strategic objectives by working closely with donors to align their goals with SPN’s mission.

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Director of Digital Communications – Texas Public Policy Foundation – Austin, TX or Virtual Office

September 27, 2019

Texas public policy foundationDescription: The Texas Public Policy Foundation is seeking a Director of Digital Communications for immediate hire. This position will lead TPPF’s digital communication efforts, focusing on building an engaged community across digital with creative and compelling content. The ideal candidate will be flexible, entrepreneurial, proactive, positive, possess a high degree of personal accountability, and be mission-focused. This position will report to TPPF’s director of communications.  Ideally this position will be based in TPPF’s headquarters in Austin, however a virtual office arrangement will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Executive Director – Ashbrook Center – Ashland, OH

September 23, 2019

Our Founders knew that for our freedom to endure, Americans need to understand the principles of self-government and their rights and duties as citizens. The Ashbrook Center’s educational programs help Americans learn what it means to be an American and understand why they ought to love their country.

The Executive Director will play a pivotal role in advancing Ashbrook’s critical mission. This is a unique opportunity for a passionate, articulate, and persuasive leader to take a highly regarded organization to new levels of success and influence.

About the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University

Inaugurated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, the Ashbrook Center is an independent educational center at Ashland University, located in Ashland, Ohio.

The Ashbrook Center seeks to restore and strengthen the capacities of the American people for constitutional self-government. Ashbrook teaches students and teachers across our country what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world. Ashbrook creates informed patriots.

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Major Gifts Officer – Jack Miller Center – Philadelphia, PA or Virtual Office

September 16, 2019

Jack Miller Center for teaching America's founding principles in historyAre you passionate about the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Founding Fathers?  Are you interested in transforming today’s colleges and universities and ensuring the next generation of students understands America’s founding principles? Are you a skilled fundraiser or customer-focused professional looking to make in immediate impact on higher education?  If so, this opportunity may be for you.

About the Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center (JMC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting professors and programs on college campuses that teach America’s founding principles, history, and documents.  We currently have over 900 professors in our network who teach on over 300 college campuses.  Each year, over 125,000 students take classes with our partner faculty.

Position Description

The JMC is seeking a Major Gifts Officer (MGO) to cultivate, solicit, and retain a portfolio of donors across the United States.

The Major Gifts Officer will report directly to JMC’s Executive Director of Philanthropy as part of a four-person donor development team.  This position requires some travel (up to 35% of your time will be on the road meeting with donors and attending events) and occasional work on weekends and evenings will also be required.

Your primary responsibility will be to secure funds to support the Jack Miller Center’s work by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting new major and mid-level donors, and by managing a group of donor accounts.  As a Major Gifts Officer, you will help donors fulfill their passions and interests and make a huge positive impact through their gifts to the JMC.

This position can operate out of a virtual office or JMC’s offices in Bala Cynwyd, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Position Duties

As our new Major Gifts Officer, you will:

  • Identify, qualify, and manage a caseload of donors interested in higher education and America’s founding principles. While a portion of the Major Gifts Officer’s portfolio will be existing donors, this role will be primarily focused on new donor development
  • Create plans for engaging and soliciting each donor, and faithfully execute that plan in a timely manner
  • Coordinate and participate in donor acquisition opportunities and events, including networking events as well as JMC-sponsored donor events
  • Work with the program and communications departments to secure appropriate project information and create offers, proposals, and asks that resonate with donors to secure gifts for the JMC
  • Assist the President and Executive Director of Philanthropy in working with the board of directors to identify and cultivate new major donor prospects
  • Perform other donor development activities as may be required

Position Goals and Objectives

As a Major Gifts Officer, your performance will be measured by:

  • Ability to identify and qualify new major- and mid-level donors with interest in the JMC’s work
  • Ability to create and initiate personal contact and make donation requests that take into account a donors’ interests, motivations, giving patters, and preferences
  • Ability to successfully solicit gifts and to retain and upgrade assigned donor accounts
  • Ability to write effective donor offers, proposals, and asks
  • Ability to manage projects and meet deadlines while adhering to the policies of the organization, get along with peers and management, maintain a positive and constructive attitude, and protect the mission, goals, and values of the Jack Miller Center

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be passionate about America’s founding principles and ideals, will be entrepreneurial, and will have the ability to work independently.  The candidate should also have:

  • A minimum of 4 years’ experience in fundraising or sales, with direct donor or customer interaction
  • A four-year undergraduate degree
  • A high-level of interpersonal and relationship-building skills
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
  • The willingness to travel for donor meetings and networking events
  • A belief in the mission of the JMC and the ability to articulate that mission to others

Benefits

JMC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and life insurance as well as matching 401k retirement plan contributions and a generous paid time-off plan. The Jack Miller Center is an equal opportunity employer.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials in one PDF document:

  • Resume
  • Cover Letter detailing your interest in the position and the mission of The Jack Miller Center, your preferred location for a virtual office, and your salary requirements

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: https://talentmarket.org/candidates/apply-for-your-dream-job/

Questions can be directed to Lauren Skiver, Talent Manager at Talent Market, who is assisting with the search: [email protected]

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide free consulting and recruiting services to free-market think tanks, policy organizations, research centers, and capacity-building institutions dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government and free enterprise.

Manager of Development – Children’s Scholarship Fund – New York, NY or Remote

September 9, 2019

About the Organization

The Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) is a national non-profit organization based in New York City that works to advance parental choice in education. For more than 20 years, CSF has provided children of low-income families with tuition assistance in grades K-8, while working to expand educational opportunities for all children. CSF has a network of 27 partner programs in 20 states, and we rely on financial support from generous individuals, corporations and foundations. We are seeking a Manager of Development to join our New York City-based team who shares our passion for empowering all parents to choose the school that best meets their children’s needs. 

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Claire Kittle Dixon

Claire Kittle Dixon
Executive Director
Claire has more than a decade of experience in the talent development field. She…
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Lauren Skiver

Lauren Skiver
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Lauren comes to us from DonorsTrust, where she was the Outreach…
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Talent Market is a nonprofit. We’ll wait here while that sinks in. We know it’s a crazy concept, but it’s been working like a charm since 2009.

Talent Market’s mission is to promote liberty by providing talent for critical roles within the free-market nonprofit sector.

We provide free consulting and recruiting services to free-market think tanks, policy organizations, research centers, and capacity building institutions dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government and free enterprise. (We do not work in politics, nor do we work with organizations that address social issues.) Talent Market believes that the road to prosperity is paved with freedom and that the success of our movement hinges on the talent that will take us there.

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