Strong philanthropy depends on people who can connect purpose, relationships, and thoughtful execution. Foundation List helps foundation employers share opportunities with candidates interested in grantmaking, community investment, philanthropic operations, and organizational leadership. Make the work visible—and help the right people see where they can contribute.
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Organizational structures and staffing needs differ. Describe your specific mission, audience, and role so candidates can recognize the opportunity that fits their experience.
Independent grantmakers and family foundations hire staff to support giving priorities, grant administration, research, finance, governance, and relationships with nonprofit partners. Roles vary with the size of the staff and the involvement of trustees.
Place-based community foundations bring together donors, local knowledge, and charitable resources. Teams may include donor services, community engagement, grantmaking, scholarship administration, finance, and development professionals.
Corporate foundations recruit people who can support charitable giving programs, community partnerships, grants operations, and coordination with the affiliated company. Clarify how the foundation role relates to corporate social impact functions.
Foundations that carry out charitable programs directly may hire program delivery staff, researchers, educators, administrators, and operational leaders alongside philanthropic specialists.
Health conversion foundations, arts funders, education funders, environmental grantmakers, and regional philanthropic organizations need expertise that connects their funding priorities to community needs.
Grantmaking intermediaries, philanthropic collaboratives, and funder-support organizations can recruit for research, shared initiatives, member services, policy, learning, and partnership roles. Describe the organization’s structure clearly in the posting.
Recruiting works best when the posting makes both the purpose and the responsibilities easy to understand. These common functions provide a starting point; use the title and qualifications that accurately describe your position.
| Program & grantmaking | Program officers, grants managers, portfolio leaders, research staff, and evaluation professionals. |
|---|---|
| Donor & community relationships | Donor services, philanthropic advising, development, community engagement, and partnership roles. |
| Finance, operations & leadership | Foundation executives, controllers, grants operations, administration, technology, and people operations. |
Make your next staff opening easy to discover.
Recruit for the grantmaking, community relationships, and operational work that supports your foundation. Explain the opportunity to candidates who want to contribute their expertise to philanthropy.
Foundation job titles can conceal very different responsibilities. A program officer may focus on relationship building, portfolio strategy, due diligence, learning, or a combination of these. Explain the scope of the portfolio, the communities involved, and the decisions the employee will support.
Describe your funding priorities, team structure, grantmaking practices, and expectations for partner engagement. Clarify travel, location, reporting relationships, compensation, benefits, and application steps. When a role includes sensitive information, explain the relevant judgment and confidentiality requirements without making the posting unnecessarily restrictive.
Introduce the organization, the people or communities it serves, and why this position matters now. Explain the work in language candidates can understand without knowing your internal terminology.
Include the job location, work arrangement, compensation information, benefits, and expectations for travel or schedule. Give applicants enough information to make an informed decision.
Use one clear application path. Tell candidates which materials to provide, where to submit them, and whether there is a deadline. Keep the instructions consistent throughout the posting.
Foundation careers extend beyond grantmaking. Experience in nonprofit programs, community engagement, research, finance, administration, development, and operations can be relevant to different foundation roles. Review the posting for the actual responsibilities rather than assuming every position requires a previous foundation job.
For program-facing positions, show how you understand an issue, work with partners, assess information, and communicate decisions. For operations roles, demonstrate dependable systems, careful coordination, and the ability to support colleagues. Strong applications connect evidence from your work to the foundation’s stated priorities.
Prepare the position title, responsibilities, qualifications, work arrangement, and application instructions.
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Follow your organization’s application process, review candidates, and communicate next steps.
Foundation List provides a place to share employment opportunities and discover roles. Your organization remains responsible for evaluating applicants and making hiring decisions. Clear expectations help both employers and candidates use the posting effectively.
Foundation List serves independent, family, community, corporate, private operating, issue-focused, and regional foundations, as well as philanthropic networks and grantmaking intermediaries. Employers should describe their organization and role accurately.
Foundations are part of the broader nonprofit sector. The labels also reflect different organizational and funding structures. In the United States, the IRS distinguishes public charities and private foundations; a community foundation is typically a grantmaking public charity.
Yes. Foundation List supports postings for program officers, grants managers, leadership, donor services, finance, operations, communications, and other foundation staff roles. Explain the portfolio and responsibilities so candidates can assess the opportunity.
That depends on the employer and position. Some roles require specific grantmaking expertise; others can draw on experience in nonprofit programs, research, community work, finance, or operations. Follow the qualifications in each listing.
Review current job posting plans and pricing, then create an employer account or sign in to submit a position. Include the mission, role scope, qualifications, compensation information, and application instructions.
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Give candidates a clear picture of your organization and the contribution they can make. Review the posting options and take the next step toward building your team.
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