Executive Director
$160kGreenLight Fund
Executive Director About GreenLight Fund Founded in Boston in 2004, GreenLight Fund addresses barriers to economic mobility for children, youth, and families in high-poverty urban areas by creating local infrastructure and a consistent annual process to:
- Identify critical needs and barriers for people experiencing poverty.
- Import innovative, entrepreneurial programs that can have a significant, measurable impact.
- Galvanize local support to help programs reach and sustain impact in the city.
- In addition to funding, GreenLight Fund provides ongoing support to the organizations it brings to a city (portfolio organizations) through access to a national network of partners and city specific relationships and knowledge, as well as expertise developed through GreenLight Fund's experience in other cities, which helps ensure their success and impact.
- Lead a community-wide Selection Advisory Council to advise on identifying Washington, D.C. Metro's high priority community needs and the vetting and selection of portfolio organizations that can powerfully address them.
- Run an annual selection process to identify organizations with the potential to have a significant impact on community needs, including conducting rigorous diligence and deep landscape analysis to understand organizations' potential for impact and community fit.
- Engage the voices of community members with lived experience navigating poverty in determining priority needs and solutions.
- Serve as an active local board member for portfolio organizations.
- Act as a strategic thought partner to and connector for local portfolio organization Executive Directors and boards on a broad range of strategic and operational issues.
- Lead a community-rooted fundraising and investor relations strategy that strengthens current support, renews and expands investor commitments, and positions GreenLight Washington, D.C. Metro for a future follow-on fundraise.
- Build and lead a local external strategy that identifies, elevates, and mobilizes community assets, and deepens GreenLight's relationships with civic, philanthropic, business, and community leaders in service of locally defined priorities.
- Convert relationships into resources for both the site and portfolio partners, with thoughtful, ongoing stewardship over time.
- Partner closely with national colleagues to align local fundraising, external engagement, and site growth strategy.
- Build local awareness of GreenLight and support raising portfolio organizations' local visibility through communications vehicles and events.
- Authentic passion for GreenLight's mission and deep commitment to the D.C. Metro community.
- Proven commitment to bringing a racial equity lens to their work and a deep understanding of how systems of oppression have affected communities experiencing poverty.
- A successful track record in entrepreneurial environments, holding positions of increasing complexity and responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience developing effective working relationships with people from a wide array of backgrounds, leading groups and developing talent, all with a collegial and team-building approach that puts others at ease, engenders trust, and is grounded in community needs.
- Experience and relationships in the D.C. Metro philanthropic, nonprofit and/or business sectors, as well as knowledge of the critical social issues affecting low-income residents in the area.
- Familiarity with nonprofit and/or philanthropy sectors, ideally with knowledge of the social innovation world and results-oriented, evidence-based program design; passion for and demonstrated commitment to social entrepreneurship and social change.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with due diligence and/or grant-making processes.
- Superb verbal and written communication skills and the ability to represent GreenLight D.C. Metro and portfolio organizations in a professional, engaging, and dynamic manner.
- A track record of securing financial resources from a variety of sources, building awareness of and support for important endeavors, and successfully cultivating and stewarding donors over time.
- Experience building and managing pipelines, especially with donors and/or programs.
- Creative, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and action-oriented, with an eagerness to roll up one's sleeves and work hands-on to grow organizations.
- Bachelor's degree is strongly preferred but not required.
- Health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield (80% paid by GreenLight)
- Dental and Vision insurance through Guardian (80% paid by GreenLight
- Full coverage of all mental health visits through Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Safe Harbor 401k: GreenLight will match 100% of the first 3% of salary and 50% of the next 2%
- Short and long-term disability and life insurance fully paid by GreenLight
- 11 company-wide holiday closings and 3 floating holidays
- Generous PTO and parental leave
- Up to $75 per month of cell phone reimbursement
- Up to $100 per month of WiFi reimbursement
- Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
- Access to Holisticly (40 Holisticly credits per month)
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