Program Associate

Arabella Advisors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabella Advisors seeks Program Associates on the Managed Organizations team to provide critical, holistic operational support to fiscally sponsored nonprofits like New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund.

You will contribute to back-office functions, including compliance, budgeting, human resources, technology, and project management, helping ensure smooth operations and social impact across the portfolio. Candidates are encouraged to research fiscal sponsorship prior to interviews.

Qualifications

• Experience with nonprofit governance and compliance.
• Familiarity with budgeting, finance, HR, and technology operations.
• Interest in social impact and cross-organizational collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic back-office operational support to fiscally sponsored nonprofits.
• Assist with budgeting, finance, HR, technology, and project management tasks.
• Coordinate grants programs and donor and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Non-profit compliance

Budgeting

Finance

Human resources

Technology operations

Project management

Job description

Arabella Advisors helps foundations, philanthropists and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work together across geographies on issues ranging from the social and economic advancement of women and girls, and conservation of our climate and planet, to reducing poverty and inequity in the United States and around the world. Our staff members are mission-driven and action-oriented, and have a unique combination of experience in philanthropy, business, nonprofits, government, finance, law, and other fields. We combine creative, strategic thinking with knowledge and networks developed through decades of hands‑on experience. The fastest-growing philanthropic advisory firm in the nation, Arabella is also a certified B Corporation.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Program Associates on the Managed Organizations “MO” team provide critical, holistic operational support to Arabella’s fiscally sponsored nonprofit organizations, including the New Venture Fund, the Windward Fund, and the Hopewell Fund—all 501(c)(3) public charities—and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4). These managed organizations house new and innovative public interest projects and nonprofits -- many focused on conservation, global health, and civic engagement -- as well as coordinate collaborative initiatives between donors and administer grants programs. This type of structure is commonly referred to as fiscal sponsorship, and candidates are highly encouraged to research fiscal sponsorship prior to a first interview.

Managed Organizations team members are deeply passionate about the role that smooth, efficient back‑office organizational operations play in achieving social impact. Our colleagues are experienced and skilled in areas like non‑profit (c3) and (c4) compliance, budgeting and finance, human resources, technology, and project management.