Program Officer & Grantmaking jobs in philanthropy
Open Program Officer & Grantmaking roles at foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking organizations — collected weekly from funder career pages. Filter by location, seniority, and work style, and see each funder's giving profile alongside the role.
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The Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund)
Program officer with disease-epidemiology or health-systems-strengthening expertise in low- and middle-income countries, comfortable translating country-led grant proposals into strategic investment decisions and evidence frameworks within multilateral funding mechanisms.
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria ProgramsResilient and Sustainable Health SystemsCountry Coordinating Mechanisms and Health Governance
Someone with experience analyzing and structuring large environmental or climate investments—whether at foundations, impact funds, or conservation nonprofits—who understands how to evaluate both research institutions and policy intermediaries across marine science, ocean sustainability, and clean-energy systems.
Marine science, research institutions, and aquarium-based conservation (e.g., Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation)Ocean and fisheries sustainability / island and coastal ecosystem restoration (e.g., Island Conservation, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership)Climate policy, clean energy transition, and environmental advocacy networks (e.g., ClimateWorks Foundation, Energy Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund)
Los Altos, CAHybridGrantmakingPosted 71 days ago27 contacts$117K – $129K
Program officer with deep expertise in climate policy, energy law, or financial regulation who can assess how legal and regulatory interventions unlock decarbonization across power, transport, and finance sectors; comfortable funding policy shops, intermediaries, and advocacy groups pursuing systemic change.
Mobilizing the financial sector for climate (climate finance, net-zero finance alliances, and investor engagement)Accelerating power-sector decarbonization and grid innovation (integrated resource planning, IRA implementation, clean electricity policy)Clean transportation and decarbonizing mobility (analysis and policy to shift transport fuels and vehicles)
Operations-minded grants professional with experience managing $100M+ portfolios across mental health or health-services nonprofits, comfortable building systems for tracking outcomes and compliance across diverse grantee types at national scale.
Mental healthSuicide prevention / crisis interventionDisaster emotional support
Remote USARemoteGrantmakingPosted 14 days ago67 contacts$115K – $168K
Program officer with experience building relationships across community development, education, and public-health organizations in post-industrial cities; comfortable managing both place-based partnerships in Flint and national field-building grants in afterschool or water equity.
Flint neighborhood stabilization, blight elimination and housing developmentEarly childhood and expanded-learning/afterschool program support in FlintK–12 improvement and career academy development tied to local postsecondary pathways
Flint, MichiganOn-siteGrantmakingPosted 198 days ago52 contacts$125K – $150K
Program officer with experience in local grantmaking and nonprofit capacity building who understands Santa Barbara County's communities and can manage relationships across disaster relief, social services, and civic-resilience nonprofits.
Grantmaking to nonprofitsCapacity building for nonprofitsCommunity disaster relief
Santa Barbara County, CA, USAHybridGrantmaking69 contacts$70K
Program officer with 5+ years in affordable-housing development or community development finance, comfortable assessing both real-estate deals and nonprofit organizational capacity across a national portfolio.
Affordable HousingEconomic DevelopmentEducation
Hybrid; Indianapolis, Indiana, United StatesHybridGrantmakingPosted 134 days ago95 contacts$69K – $87K
Program officer with experience managing large grants to universities or established nonprofits addressing homelessness, trauma recovery, or environmental policy; comfortable working with institutional partners and accustomed to six- and seven-figure commitments.
University engineering programs (UCI Samueli School of Engineering)Healing and trauma-recovery initiatives delivered through international intermediaries (Healing Works Foundation via Global Impact)Local homelessness prevention and coordinated United Way campaigns (Orange County United Way — End Homelessness Initiative)
Corona del MarGrantmakingPosted 34 days ago12 contacts$155K – $175K
Someone with 5–10 years of experience in Jewish nonprofit leadership or community development who understands how to align grantmaking with both local Jewish institutional needs and broader tikkun olam outcomes across health, education, and diaspora priorities.
community health and human servicesJewish education and day school supportIsrael and overseas aid
Program officer with experience managing health, youth, or aging-services grants in a mid-sized regional foundation; skilled at assessing nonprofit capacity and maintaining deep relationships across Oklahoma City's social-service ecosystem.
Health careChildren and youthOlder adults
GrantmakingPosted 65 days ago57 contacts$70K – $85K
Program officer with experience managing regional grantmaking portfolios through community foundation vehicles, comfortable stewarding donor-advised funds and direct K–12 scholarship programs, and familiar with Bay Area independent schools and local nonprofit landscapes.
Arts & cultureCapacity building / nonprofit strengtheningCommunity organizing and movement building
Grants officer with experience managing humanitarian or refugee-services portfolios in conflict-affected regions, comfortable assessing organizational capacity amid operational constraints and building relationships with local NGOs delivering protection and economic-empowerment programs.
refugee and migrant servicesdisplacement and humanitarian protectioneconomic empowerment (including women's economic empowerment)
Kyiv, UkraineGrantmakingPosted 15 days ago67 contacts
Someone with experience in cost-effectiveness analysis or global health research who can synthesize evidence across malaria, deworming, and broader development interventions to guide allocation decisions at a nine-figure scale.
Global healthGlobal developmentGlobal poverty alleviation
United States + International (Remote)RemoteGrantmakingPosted 87 days ago38 contacts
Program officer with 5+ years funding Jewish education or engagement nonprofits, comfortable supporting both established communal institutions and innovative grassroots initiatives, and experienced managing portfolios in the $20–50M range.
Support for Jewish communal institutions (Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish United Fund)Equitable PreK–postsecondary education and arts educationGreat Lakes restoration, climate justice, and clean energy
Chicago, ILOn-siteGrantmakingPosted 113 days ago49 contacts$120K
Program officer with experience managing civil legal services grants or funding nonprofits that serve low-income Texans; comfortable assessing grantee capacity, tracking compliance, and building relationships across regional legal-aid networks.
Researcher or policy analyst with deep expertise in climate decarbonization, AI safety, or catastrophic-risk reduction; comfortable evaluating both academic research institutions and policy-advocacy organizations; experienced making or recommending large, strategic grants in emerging or complex fields.
Climate policy and clean‑energy deployment (including geothermal and power‑sector retrofits)China carbon‑neutrality research and policy engagementAI alignment and long‑term existential risk research
Grant officer with experience funding affordable housing, financial education, or immigrant services at a local or regional scale; comfortable managing relationships with grassroots nonprofits and tracking community-wealth outcomes across a mid-sized portfolio.
Director-level real estate finance or LIHTC syndication expert with experience managing large regional portfolios of affordable housing investments; comfortable leading relationships with developers, institutional investors, and nonprofit partners across multiple states.
A grants manager or housing advocate with 8+ years experience funding affordable-housing development and homelessness solutions who can manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio while supporting policy campaigns and coalition strategy across the Bay Area.
Affordable housing development and preservationHomelessness solutions and supportive housingPublic policy and ballot measure advocacy
San Rafael, CAGrantmakingPosted 24 days ago29 contacts
Program officer with experience evaluating and funding tech-forward nonprofits, comfortable assessing both business models and social outcomes, and familiar with the nonprofit tech ecosystem across education or AI applications.
tech nonprofitsAI for social impacteducation
San Francisco, CA, USA; Washington, DC, USA; London, UK; New York, NY, USA; RemoteRemoteGrantmakingPosted 11 days ago13 contacts$135K – $171K
Grants manager with experience administering racial-justice or economic-justice portfolios at regional foundations, comfortable managing grantee relationships across community-led organizations and grassroots nonprofits.
Someone with experience managing accessible grant programmes for community organisations in the UK—ideally youth, wellbeing, or local services—who can balance operational rigour with genuine relationship-building across small and mid-sized nonprofits and local partners.
Youth Services and PlayCommunity Wellbeing and Local ServicesPlace-Based Neighbourhood Support
Bristol, England, UKHybridGrantmakingPosted 24 days ago£31K
Program officer with deep expertise in climate science, Arctic systems, or polar research who can assess cutting-edge stabilization proposals, speak credibly with academic and NGO grantees, and translate complex environmental data into funding decisions.
AI for Mathematics ResearchAI for Science and Research AccelerationElite University Research Centers
Someone with 5+ years managing conservation grants or wildlife-focused portfolios in Africa, comfortable deploying capital across anti-poaching programs and species-protection initiatives, and experienced navigating both grassroots community organizations and established conservation NGOs.
Wildlife conservationEndangered species protectionHabitat protection and restoration
Remote, based in AfricaRemoteGrantmakingPosted 129 days ago69 contacts
Program officer with direct grantmaking experience in early childhood development or education equity, comfortable building relationships with both nonprofit providers and public agencies in Southern California, and skilled at translating funder strategy into coherent grant portfolios.
Public policy and government relationsCivic engagementEquity and racial justice
Westlake Village, CAOn-siteGrantmaking65 contacts$150K – $175K
An organized operations professional with experience supporting grassroots organizing or racial-justice grantmaking cycles, comfortable managing timelines and documentation for dozens of smaller grants to community-based nonprofits across a five-state region.
community organizingracial justicetenant and housing justice
Someone with 5+ years managing research grants in oncology or hematology who can evaluate scientific merit, navigate IRB processes, and communicate complex studies to both researchers and patient-advocacy boards.
Lymphoma researchClinical investigator supportPatient education and resources
New York, NYHybridGrantmakingPosted 21 days ago34 contacts$90K – $97K
Someone with 3–5 years' grantmaking experience managing portfolios across social welfare, youth development, or conservation; comfortable assessing applications from grassroots charities and national nonprofits alike, and skilled at balancing compliance with genuine engagement across a £4M annual budget.
Youth Opportunities for Low-Income Young PeopleGeneral Welfare and Social CohesionNative Woodland, Coastal and Marine Conservation
London, UKHybridGrantmakingPosted 41 days ago£40K – £42K
Senior program officer with 5+ years managing LGBTQ+-focused grants or nonprofit leadership in the Pacific Northwest; comfortable building relationships across grassroots organizations, advocacy groups, and scholarship programs while staying attuned to regional equity and justice priorities.
LGBTQ+ rights and equityGrantmaking to community organizationsScholarships and student support
Program officer with scientific training or grants experience in biotech, vaccine development, or pandemic preparedness; comfortable evaluating complex research proposals and supporting a university-based research institute's growth.
protein designvaccine developmentpandemic preparedness
Seattle, WA 98101HybridGrantmaking26 contacts$96K – $104K