Vice President, Fundraising

TNTP; United States; On-site; USD 189,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

TNTP seeks a Vice President, Fundraising to lead a multi-year strategy that sustains and accelerates impact. You will build a world-class fundraising function, manage senior donor relationships, and partner with the CEO and Board to align priorities with TNTP’s mission.

This fully remote, national role focuses on scaling fundraising capabilities, driving revenue, and advancing educational equity across the country.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive fundraising leadership at the senior/executive level.
• Proven success building portfolios with foundations, corporations, and major donors.
• Strong pipeline management, forecasting, and performance metrics.
• Strong executive presence and partnership with CEO/Board on strategy.

Responsibilities

• Set and deliver a multi-year fundraising strategy aligned to TNTP’s plan.
• Lead and grow a diversified fundraising portfolio across sources.
• Close high-value, multi-year commitments and manage top funder relationships.
• Partner with leadership to align narratives and funding priorities.
• Build a world-class fundraising team and scalable operations.

Skills

Fundraising leadership

Strategy & planning

Donor engagement

Executive partnership

CRM systems

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Proposal software

Job description

Flexible Location (U.S.)

WHO WE ARE

TNTP brings research, policy, and consulting together to reimagine America’s public education system. We are a fully remote, national organization of over 600 full-time TNTPers with expertise from a variety of fields, united by the vision to change outcomes for all students. Working collaboratively, we dig into educators’ toughest challenges, and we provide actionable solutions grounded in evidence. This work takes place in schools and districts across the country, and our national position allows us to spot trends, collect and analyze data, and advocate for policy changes that introduce greater impact at scale. We work across sectors and partner with school systems to ensure that the 3.5 million young people who graduate high school every year have pathways to economic and social mobility. Learn more about us, what we do, and working here.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Vice President, Fundraising is a senior enterprise leader responsible for setting, strengthening, and delivering a multi-year fundraising strategy that sustains and accelerates TNTP’s impact. Beyond driving revenue results, this role is charged with building a world‑class fundraising function and culture—ensuring TNTP has the right models, processes, systems, and capabilities to fund its evolving strategic priorities over time.

Key Responsibilities Include

Strengthen the Fundraising Function & Culture

• Assess and strengthen TNTP’s fundraising model, culture, processes, and systems to ensure they are fit for current needs and future growth.
• Build a shared, enterprise-wide understanding of how fundraising happens at TNTP, what must change, and how leaders and teams across the organization contribute to success.
• Lead the evolution from strong execution today toward a more scalable, proactive, and strategic fundraising function capable of delivering on Years 2–3 priorities.

Enterprise Fundraising Strategy & Strategic Plan Alignment

• Own and deliver a multi-year fundraising strategy and revenue model aligned to TNTP’s strategic plan, impact goals, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure new and emerging priorities in the strategic plan are resourced effectively, including:
• Education-to-Career (E2C) initiatives,
• AI-enabled work and innovation, and
• TNTP’s research agenda, all of which will be primarily funded through philanthropic sources.
• Translate strategy into clear annual plans, ensuring early groundwork is in place to execute more ambitious goals in future years.

Portfolio Leadership, Diversification & Growth

• Lead a robust and diversified fundraising portfolio spanning institutional philanthropy (foundations and corporations) and individual giving.
• Expand and diversify funding across:
• Geographies,
• Donor types (e.g., new foundation segments, national and regional funders, individual investors), and
• Giving structures (e.g., multi-year, unrestricted, innovation-focused funding).
• Personally manage and close a portfolio of highest-priority funder relationships, including principal-level prospects.
• Lead TNTP’s public funding strategy, including federal, state, and local funding streams—setting direction for identification, pursuit, and stewardship of government grants aligned to organizational priorities.
• Ensure strong alignment between public and philanthropic funding strategies, leveraging blended funding approaches to expand scale, sustainability, and impact across TNTP’s work.

Organization-Wide Partnership & External Engagement

• Serve as a strategic partner to program, research, and regional leaders—helping them align priorities, narratives, and funding strategies.
• Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, and Board to strengthen TNTP’s external positioning, expand the funder network, and activate leadership in fundraising.
• Shape and operationalize a compelling value proposition that reflects TNTP’s evolution, innovation, and impact.

Team Leadership & World-Class Capability Building

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing fundraising team, strengthening skills, clarity of roles, and operating norms.
• Build a world-class fundraising team with strong strategic thinking, relationship management, execution excellence, and learning orientation.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development pathways in a distributed, remote environment.

Systems, Infrastructure & Operational Excellence

• Strengthen fundraising infrastructure and operations, including CRM (Salesforce), prospecting, forecasting, proposal development, reporting, and data quality.
• Ensure strong coordination with Finance on budgeting, grant management, compliance, and risk.
• Use data and insights to continuously improve decision-making, prioritization, and funder experience.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years of progressive fundraising/development leadership, including experience setting strategy and delivering results at the senior/executive level.
• Demonstrated success leading teams to ambitious revenue goals, with strong command of pipeline management, forecasting, and performance metrics.
• Proven ability to cultivate, solicit, and steward high-value relationships with foundations, corporations, and/or major individual donors, including closing complex, multi-year commitments.
• Strong executive presence and partnership skills—able to advise and elevate leaders (including CEO and Board members) in fundraising strategy and donor engagement.
• Experience building and improving fundraising infrastructure and processes (e.g., CRM/Salesforce, prospecting, proposal and reporting workflows, data quality, and team operating rhythms).
• Strategic and analytical mindset with comfort translating organizational strategy into revenue plans, budgets, and resourcing decisions.
• Skilled people leader with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent, including managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Commitment to TNTP’s vision, values, and operating principles, and to advancing educational equity and opportunity for students.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

WHAT WE OFFER

• The salary range for this position is $189,253 - $283,880.
• New hires can typically expect a starting salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint, aligned to experience, qualifications, and our commitment to equity in compensation.
• TNTP offers a compelling Total Rewards package, including competitive mid-market salaries, generous PTO, and comprehensive benefits with programs designed to support the physical, mental, and financial wellness of employees and their dependents. We suggest learning more about our benefits (Spoiler alert: we’re closed the last two weeks of December).

Position Type

Regular

The priority application deadline for this position is September 10, 2026.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status, or any other protected category.

TNTP is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. TNTP does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, arrest record, conviction record, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law.

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