Not-for-Profit Executive Roles — Foundations, NGOs, Philanthropy
More than 592 executive roles classified in Not-for-Profit, Foundations & Philanthropy, with 29 new this week. Executive Director, CEO, and senior program leadership at foundations, large NGOs, and philanthropic organizations.
Tier breakdown
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Founder521
C-Suite42
VP7
Sr Director22
DirectorWhat this category covers
Not-for-Profit covers executive roles at foundations, large NGOs, advocacy organizations, and grantmakers. The CEO/ED titles are common, plus Chief Program Officers, VPs of Development, and Heads of Strategy.
Includes mission-driven hybrid organizations (B-Corps, social enterprises) when the org is governed as a non-profit. Endowment-management roles fall here too when they sit inside the foundation.
Across the 592 active roles in this category, the largest tier is C-suite. The classifier weighs company size, scope, and reporting line — not just the title prefix — so the tier mix reflects real responsibility, not vanity titles.
Sample Jobs (10 of 592)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Chief Conservation Officer Ocean Conservancy The Chief Conservation Officer will provide strategic leadership and oversight of Ocean Conservancy's conservation portfolio, set long-term vision, and ensure integration across programs. The role involves policy, science, and field-based initiatives, and requires building influence across sectors and geographies. C-Suite | Washington, D.C. Hybrid |
| Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Girl Scouts Nation's Capital The role involves being a strategic partner to the CEO and a core member of the executive leadership team, safeguarding the financial health of the council and driving operational excellence. C-Suite | Washington, DC Unknown |
| Director, Human Resources, IS-0201-14 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The position involves overseeing HR programs, ensuring compliance, leading modernization efforts, and managing HR staff. It requires expertise in HR principles, federal classification standards, and immigration law. VP | Cambridge, MA Onsite |
| Director General ... International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Lead the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) in Brussels, focusing on strategic leadership, operational management, stakeholder engagement, financial sustainability, and international advocacy. C-Suite | Brussels city, Brussels region Onsite |
| Philanthropy Director, Strategic Relationships Heifer International The Director of Strategic Relationships leads strategy, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and retention efforts for strategic partners with the capacity to make significant investments in Heifer International's mission. C-Suite | Remote Remote |
| Managing Director The Roux Institute at Northeastern University The Managing Director will lead strategic partnerships, external engagement, and organizational strategy at the Roux Institute, Northeastern University. The role involves advancing the Institute’s growth, influence, and impact. C-Suite | Portland, ME Unknown |
| Chief Operating Officer The British International School Jeddah The British International School Jeddah seeks an experienced Chief Operating Officer to lead the school through a strategic stage in its evolution, supporting the delivery of its 2030 strategy and transition to a new campus. C-Suite | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Onsite |
| Director of CS, SMB ParentSquare Director of Customer Success for SMB segment at ParentSquare, responsible for strategy, adoption, retention, and leading the SMB customer success team. Director | Remote Remote |
| Senior Director, Donor Growth and Engagement CNIB Lead national donor growth and engagement strategies for CNIB, focusing on acquisition, retention, stewardship, and revenue growth. Responsible for strategic leadership and financial accountability. C-Suite | Toronto, ON Hybrid |
| Vice President for Research Desert Research Institute The Vice President for Research at the Desert Research Institute will oversee research strategy, expand research capacity, and cultivate strategic partnerships. The role involves significant leadership responsibilities and requires a distinguished scientific leader. C-Suite | Las Vegas, NV or Reno, NV Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
Not-for-Profit, Foundations & Philanthropy classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other category, with category-specific signal at three stages:
- Title recognition. Direct title hits resolve fast — common variants are recognized immediately, including the senior, VP, and Director-tier flavors.
- Compensation threshold. An exec-tier base-comp floor filters out individual-contributor roles that share the title language. Roles below the floor in unambiguous category titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the JD for governance structure (501c3, foundation, public charity), program scope, and budget responsibility. The classifier weights Executive Director seniority correctly even though the title isn't "CEO". See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
Negative filters explicitly block adjacent IC and analyst roles whose titles can resemble executive ones. The result: Not-for-Profit, Foundations & Philanthropy as a category in your inbox is the executive cut, not the entry-level cut.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Not-for-Profit, Foundations & Philanthropy is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Not-for-Profit + Senior Director and above and you see EDs and Chief Program Officers running multi-region operations — your inbox shows the intersection, not the union. You won't see roles that match only one of the filters and not the other.
Tier filtering layers on top. If you only want VP-tier and above in this category, the seniority-tier filter does that cleanly. Restrict further to C-suite only to see the most senior seats, or open it up to Director-tier to widen the funnel during early-stage exploration.
Remote mix