Philanthropy jobs in Washington, D.C.

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Program operations manager with experience coordinating fellowship cycles, academic convenings, or grant administration at an education-focused foundation; comfortable managing timelines across distributed teams and supporting both internal staff and external scholars.

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An undergraduate or graduate student with fundraising or nonprofit experience who is eager to learn major-gift and events development while supporting a national health nonprofit's mission to advance melanoma research and patient care.

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Someone with experience building partnerships between environmental nonprofits and major funders, or who has managed corporate/foundation relationships at a national conservation organization, ready to deepen Pew's funding collaborations and expand their environmental grantmaking reach.

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Development leader with proven success securing six and seven-figure gifts from high-net-worth individuals for international humanitarian or disaster-response organizations, comfortable articulating urgent, time-sensitive funding needs to major donors.

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Someone with healthcare compliance or pharmacy auditing experience who can build rigorous financial controls around a national grantmaking portfolio focused on prescription drug affordability and insurance access.

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Director of fundraising with experience building major-gift pipelines at regional foundations or disability-service nonprofits, comfortable stewarding large unrestricted grants to established service providers and translating program outcomes into funder narratives.

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Program leader with 5–10 years scaling behavioral-science interventions or community-based natural-resource management, comfortable translating research into field operations across coastal or fisheries contexts.

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Program officer with experience designing and managing RFPs for national grantmaking programs, ideally with familiarity with cooperative enterprise, agricultural development, or youth-focused economic initiatives, and comfort distilling founder priorities into clear funding guidance.

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Communications leader with experience translating election administration or civic infrastructure work for diverse audiences—election officials, policymakers, media, and the public—and comfortable building digital platforms that facilitate peer learning across distributed professional networks.

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Early-career professional with experience in youth-focused policy research or program evaluation who can support convening design and policy advocacy while building relationships with education practitioners and policymakers in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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A data scientist or evaluation specialist with experience translating safety metrics—home injuries, traffic fatalities, community violence—into actionable insights for mid-sized funders; comfortable moving between academic research and grantee performance data.

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Senior technologist or program leader with experience scaling safety tools or standards across multiple tech platforms; comfortable translating between engineering teams, policy makers, and child-protection nonprofits to advance industry adoption of abuse-detection and reporting mechanisms.

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Program officer or advocacy director who has managed grantee relationships in conflict-affected regions or coordinated humanitarian-focused advocacy campaigns, with fluency in both grassroots mobilization and policy-influence strategies.

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Government affairs professional with deep legislative experience on tax policy, family economic security, or direct-transfer programs; skilled at building bipartisan relationships and translating evidence into actionable policy strategies for a regional funder.

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Program coordinator with experience supporting youth-development or college-access initiatives; comfortable managing timelines, tracking outcomes, and coordinating between program staff, young participants, and external partners.

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Program officer or senior grants manager with experience funding AI research infrastructure, machine learning datasets, or large-scale scientific computing projects; comfortable managing portfolios across universities and research consortia with an eye toward translating technical research into downstream capability.

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Program coordinator or analyst with experience in workforce development or education policy research, comfortable translating complex data into policy recommendations and supporting cross-functional teams managing multiple education initiatives.

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Someone with nonprofit operations or program-coordination experience in Brazil, comfortable supporting multiple grantees or projects simultaneously, and interested in learning how behavioral insights and financial inclusion connect to community resilience and livelihoods.

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Someone with experience shaping organizational narrative and external communications at a mid-sized nonprofit or foundation, comfortable translating technical safety work into compelling positioning for diverse audiences—grantees, policymakers, and the public.

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Research analyst with experience mapping humanitarian-aid or medical-supply networks, comfortable synthesizing data on nonprofit effectiveness in crisis contexts, and familiar with evaluating grantees working in or serving Ukraine.

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Program officer or data analyst with experience supporting public health research initiatives or government health-data systems, comfortable managing workflows across academic and policy stakeholder groups.

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Program coordinator or grants administrator with 3–5 years in fisheries conservation or community resilience work; comfortable managing timelines and stakeholder coordination across field teams, nonprofits, and government partners.

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Someone with experience supporting evidence-based policy research or civic participation initiatives who can manage complex projects, coordinate across academic and nonprofit partners, and translate data into actionable insights for policymakers.

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Someone with experience marketing behavioral-science or environmental-conservation programs to both nonprofit partners and general audiences, comfortable translating complex systems work into clear narratives at modest budget scale.