Every open role at a foundation hiring in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the funder's annual giving, focus areas, and leadership — so you can see who's hiring before you apply.
Largest funders first
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Senior fundraiser with experience cultivating and closing six- and seven-figure gifts from individuals and foundations in the health or medical-research sector, comfortable translating T1D science and clinical progress into compelling donor narratives.
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Senior technologist or imaging scientist with experience managing cross-functional R&D teams, translating between computational and wet-lab researchers, and shipping tools that hundreds of biologists actually use.
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Director of innovation grantmaking with experience identifying and funding emerging models in health equity or care delivery; comfortable stewarding risk and learning alongside early-stage health nonprofits and providers in resource-constrained settings.
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A technologist or policy leader with 10+ years building programs at the intersection of AI governance, digital rights, and tech regulation—comfortable translating between technical complexity and policy strategy at national scale.
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Program manager with experience coordinating grants and donor relationships within a community foundation or public charity; comfortable managing scholarship programs, donor-advised funds, and local Bay Area grantmaking across multiple issue areas.
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Early-career professional with hands-on experience supporting education initiatives in BIPOC or low-income communities, comfortable with program tracking, grantee communication, and learning how racial and economic justice lens applies to education funding.
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Experienced executive leader comfortable stewarding a concentrated portfolio of large, unrestricted grants to Northern California nonprofits; skilled at building deep relationships with few grantees and managing high-dollar capital or endowment decisions with minimal staff infrastructure.
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Someone with 3–5 years managing cohort-based or accelerator programs for social enterprises or early-stage nonprofits, comfortable designing curriculum, tracking cohort metrics, and fostering peer learning among diverse founders in the Jewish innovation space.
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Recent design graduate or design-focused student with portfolio work in tech or startup contexts, comfortable translating accelerator mission and founder-centric messaging into cohesive visual identity across digital and print platforms.
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Someone with 2–4 years of nonprofit or foundation experience who understands LGBTQ movement ecosystems, has managed grants or convenings at regional scale, and is comfortable supporting both funder education and grantmaking operations across the South and beyond.
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Program leader with experience organizing or managing coalitions across labor, faith, and community sectors; comfortable translating between constituencies with competing priorities and building sustained engagement around economic-justice issues in regional contexts.
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Recent law graduate or current law student with strong research and writing skills, eager to support environmental litigation and policy work on climate, public lands, or Arctic protection at a national conservation organization.
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Program leader with deep experience scaling open-source software communities or developer ecosystems, comfortable translating technical infrastructure needs into funding strategy, and able to build partnerships across research institutions, tech organizations, and mission-aligned donors.
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Program leader with experience building or scaling research initiatives, partnerships, or access programs in emerging technology; comfortable moving between academic researchers, nonprofits, and news organizations to identify and develop funding opportunities aligned with AI safety and applied-use domains.
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Someone with arts-sector communications experience who can tell compelling stories about historic preservation and performing-arts impact, comfortable managing content across websites, social media, and donor materials for a mission-driven cultural institution.
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Development and communications leader with experience building campaigns and donor relationships for early-stage investment funds or mission-driven finance organizations, comfortable articulating the link between business growth and community wealth-building to high-net-worth and institutional funders.
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Senior scientist or program leader with deep expertise in cell biology or computational biology, experience managing cross-disciplinary research teams, and comfort scaling novel technology platforms from early prototype to regional adoption across academic labs.
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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.
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Executive or program assistant with experience supporting racial-justice or gender-equity portfolios at a mid-sized foundation or nonprofit; strong at managing complex calendars, preparing board materials, and coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups.
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Someone with experience building and managing partnerships across startup ecosystems—whether at accelerators, corporate innovation teams, or venture networks—who understands how to connect founders with mentors, investors, and operational resources without traditional grantmaking structures.
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Early-career professional with direct experience in LGBTQ advocacy or education who can support grantmaking across trans-specific initiatives and Southern regional organizing, comfortable with both administrative precision and learning funder strategy.
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Someone with deep life-sciences or biomedical research experience who can evaluate how AI tools—from computational biology to drug discovery—can accelerate breakthroughs, and who understands both academic research institutions and the funding mechanisms that move science forward.
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Senior philanthropic advisor experienced in stewarding major donors through community foundations, with demonstrated success managing significant assets directed toward local education and community priorities in the Bay Area.
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Program associate who understands racial and economic justice frameworks, has experience supporting grantmakers or community organizations serving BIPOC communities, and thrives in collaborative, mission-driven environments managing multiple workstreams.
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Program leader with experience scaling founder education, mentorship infrastructure, or early-stage startup support; ideally familiar with Stanford's ecosystem or university-affiliated entrepreneurship models, and comfortable building cohort-based programs that serve diverse tech and life-sciences founders.
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Program officer with experience funding applied health-tech research or mental-health interventions who understands how to evaluate emerging-science proposals and manage relationships with both academic researchers and mission-driven nonprofit implementers.
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Someone with experience supporting racial or economic justice initiatives in low-income communities, comfortable managing multiple grantee relationships and learning foundation operations from the ground up in a mission-aligned environment.
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Program manager with experience supporting early-stage founders or running cohort-based accelerator programs; comfortable juggling founder education, mentorship logistics, and community-building across a portfolio of pre-seed and seed-stage tech and life-science startups.
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Program officer with experience managing research grants or fellowships in technical fields, comfortable supporting both academic labs and nonprofit researchers working on AI safety, alignment, or AI's societal impacts.