Executive Director

Yellow Chair Foundation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Yellow Chair Foundation, a Palo Alto-based private family foundation, seeks an Executive Director who will be a dynamic leader with a strong equity lens and strong operational skills to guide the foundation in executing its mission and implementing policies and programs globally.

The foundation funds climate change solutions, educational equity, civil liberties and maternal health, and has partnered with The 360 Group of San Francisco to assist with the search.

Job description

Founded 22 years ago, Yellow Chair Foundation (YCF) is a Palo Alto-based family foundation that funds local, national and global organizations tackling problems at their roots, and shifting systems toward a more equitable and just future. The foundation works in the areas of climate change solutions, educational equity, civil liberties, and maternal health. Yellow Chair Foundation’s grantmaking and the family’s other philanthropic work have totaled more than $290 million to date.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Yellow Chair Foundation seeks an Executive Director who will be a dynamic leader with a strong equity lens and strong operational skills to guide this private family foundation in executing its mission and implementing foundation policies and programs globally.

Yellow Chair Foundation has exclusively retained The 360 Group of San Francisco to assist with this search.