Not-for-Profit Executive Roles — Foundations, NGOs, Philanthropy
More than 401 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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Founder326
C-Suite40
VP6
Sr Director29
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 401 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 401)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Institute Chief Operating Officer Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc. The Institute Chief Operating Officer (ICOO) leads operational functions for Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc., translating mission priorities into implementation, and providing administrative, legal, and organizational support. The role requires regular travel and onsite work one week a month in Silver Spring, MD. C-Suite | Silver Spring, MD Hybrid |
| Chief Financial Officer ... Jewish Federation Los Angeles The Jewish Federation Los Angeles is seeking a strategic and collaborative CFO to lead financial strategy and stewardship, ensuring long-term financial sustainability and community impact. C-Suite | Los Angeles, California Onsite |
| Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer ... Jewish Theological Seminary The Jewish Theological Seminary seeks a strategic advancement leader to serve as Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer, responsible for leading the advancement enterprise and securing philanthropic resources. C-Suite | New York, NY Onsite |
| Director, Sales (Core & Supplemental) Newsela Lead and scale Newsela's Core Curriculum and Supplemental sales organization, focusing on strategic leadership, revenue growth, and market execution. Director | Remote Remote |
| Executive Director ... LINC (Literacy in Community) LINC seeks a visionary, strategic, and collaborative Executive Director to lead the organization through its next chapter of growth, innovation, and citywide impact. The role involves strategic leadership, external representation, fundraising, and organizational management. C-Suite | New York, NY Hybrid |
| Chief Development Officer Montana State University Alumni Foundation The Chief Development Officer will provide executive leadership for the Foundation’s fundraising and development enterprise, overseeing major gifts, planned giving, and campaign strategy. C-Suite | Bozeman, Montana Onsite |
| Chief Administrative Officer Jewish Family Service The Chief Administrative Officer will oversee day-to-day business operations, provide strategic direction, and strengthen organizational growth at Jewish Family Service. C-Suite | San Diego, California Onsite |
| Vice President, People & Culture Tides Tides has retained Isaacson, Miller to assist in the search for the Vice President, People & Culture. Cati Mitchell-Crossley and Carley Davenport are leading this search with Becky Piper and Julia Hochner. C-Suite | Remote Remote |
| Vice President, Policy & Strategic Communications Retail Council of Canada Lead RCC's government relations function and shape a compelling, multi-year narrative and advocacy campaign. VP | Toronto, ON, CA Hybrid |
| SVP, Information Technology ... Chimes International The SVP of Information Technology will lead enterprise technology strategy and transformation at Chimes International, focusing on innovation, cybersecurity, and operational effectiveness. The role involves working with executive leadership to modernize technology infrastructure and enhance service delivery. VP | Baltimore, Maryland Unknown |
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.
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