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.
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Major-gifts professional with 10+ years closing six-and-seven-figure gifts from individuals and family offices, ideally with experience cultivating donors interested in pediatric health, medical research, or healthcare access.
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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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Operations or grants professional with experience managing diverse portfolios across social enterprises and early-stage nonprofits; comfortable tracking blended-finance instruments (grants, loans, guarantees) and supporting field teams across regenerative agriculture, climate, and social-justice initiatives.
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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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Communications leader with experience translating complex tech-policy or AI-governance issues for diverse audiences and managing external narratives around digital-economy reform at national scale.
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Designer with experience creating marketing collateral for fintech or donor-facing platforms, comfortable translating product features into accessible messaging for both novice and experienced philanthropists.
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Program director with 5+ years managing poverty-alleviation initiatives across housing, early childhood, or education; skilled at identifying high-potential interventions, building cross-sector partnerships, and translating community needs into strategic priorities for a Bay Area funder.
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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.
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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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Strategic communicator with experience building social-media presence for gender-equity or women's-leadership nonprofits; comfortable translating foundation priorities into authentic, shareable content across platforms and managing community engagement at national scale.
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Major-gifts fundraiser with experience building and stewarding donor bases at education-focused nonprofits or foundations in urban communities; comfortable moving between individual donor cultivation and foundation partnerships at the $5M scale.
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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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An accounting professional with experience managing grants compliance and revenue tracking at a mid-sized nonprofit or foundation, comfortable supporting both philanthropic and earned-revenue streams in the social enterprise or workforce-development space.
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Grants manager with experience in community development finance or affordable housing, comfortable managing portfolios across both lending institutions and nonprofit developers, and familiar with the compliance requirements of CDFI funding.
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Program manager experienced running cohort-based accelerator or incubator programs who understands Stanford's entrepreneurial ecosystem and can juggle founder onboarding, curriculum delivery, mentor coordination, and community events without losing sight of individual startup needs.
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Communications leader with experience amplifying Black artists, cultural institutions, and civic voices through festival sponsorships, event activations, and media partnerships; comfortable translating niche cultural movements into national narratives on modest budgets.
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Recent graduate or early-career writer with strong climate or environmental journalism experience, comfortable translating complex conservation science for general audiences and working part-time alongside other commitments.
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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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Senior development professional with experience cultivating major donors and institutional investors for education or workforce-development nonprofits, comfortable translating leadership-development outcomes into compelling cases for support at foundation and individual-donor scales.
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Operations or strategy leader with experience scaling early-stage foundations, comfortable translating between technical AI capabilities and nonprofit implementation challenges, and skilled at building systems to manage a diverse portfolio across health, journalism, and community service delivery.
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Operations professional with experience managing volunteer programs and donor relations at cultural or educational nonprofits, comfortable supporting niche academic fields and international constituencies, and skilled at stewarding small but committed donor bases.
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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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Program leader with deep experience in community finance, CDFIs, or racial-equity entrepreneurship ecosystems who understands how to structure and support inclusive business models at scale and can navigate both capital deployment and founder relationships.
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Development professional with 10+ years cultivating major donors for academic medical centers or children's health nonprofits, skilled at translating clinical innovation into compelling gift narratives for high-net-worth individuals.
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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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Development professional with experience cultivating and closing six-figure gifts from corporations, foundations, and wealthy individuals in the Bay Area, comfortable explaining how housing, early childhood, and education initiatives address root causes of poverty.
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Digital marketer with experience promoting gender-equity or women's-leadership organizations, comfortable building campaigns across social, email, and web for national audiences and translating foundation strategy into compelling storytelling.
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Early-career fundraiser or communications specialist with experience in K-12 education or local nonprofits, comfortable managing donor databases, writing grant proposals, and building relationships with Oakland-based individual and corporate donors.
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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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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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