Vice President, Partnerships & Philanthropy

Social Finance; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Finance, a national nonprofit and registered investment adviser, seeks a Vice President, Partnerships & Philanthropy to raise the organization's visibility and expand its philanthropic support in growth regions including California, Texas and select Midwestern geographies.

Reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the VP will bring relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and advisors who serve them, building a pipeline of support for Social Finance's funds

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior external fundraiser and ability to raise philanthropic funds.
• Ability to identify, qualify, and cultivate relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and their advisors.
• Willingness to travel to growth regions including California, Texas and select Midwestern geographies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior external fundraiser for Social Finance with clear accountability for raising $20M+ annually in grants and investments across all priorities, bringing an expansive, entrepreneurial, and business development-oriented mindset to the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of new funding opportunities.
• Identify, qualify, and cultivate new ultra-high-net-worth individual

Skills

Fundraising

Relationship building

Business development

Job description

About Us

Social Finance is a national nonprofit and registered investment adviser expanding economic opportunity in America. We bring government, philanthropy, and business leaders together to improve systems and put capital to work in new ways. Since our founding in 2011, we have mobilized more than $500 million to create measurable results in workforce and education, health, and housing.

We are driven by the belief that social and economic systems should enable all people to thrive, and the conviction that we can create the most meaningful and measurable change in our communities when governments and markets work together. Our organization is built upon five core values: people, performance, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion.

Our work spans four areas: Impact-first Investing, Workforce and Education Investments, Advisory & Public Sector Practice, and the Social Finance Institute. Our Impact-first Investment team designs, launches, and manages investments that provide solutions for effectively deploying impact capital across a range of social outcomes. Our Workforce and Education Investments team designs, launches and manages financial solutions focused on addressing workforce challenges, including skills acquisition and training access. Our Advisory team partners with government and philanthropy leaders to implement data-driven programs for advancing social impact. And through the Social Finance Institute, we aim to build the field and change systems through actionable research, communities of practice, and educational outreach.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Vice President, Partnerships & Philanthropy is a senior external representative for Social Finance who will raise the organization's visibility and expand its philanthropic supportin key growth regions including California, Texas and select Midwestern geographies. The VP will bring new relationships into a market Social Finance is actively building: ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, family foundations, and the advisors who serve them, cultivating support for Social Finance's funds and advisory services. The addressable market for this work is meaningful. More than $2 trillion sits in private philanthropic capital in the United States, including roughly $330 billion in donor-advised fund assetsand $1.6 trillion in private foundations. This is a distinctive role for a seasoned fundraiser energized by Social Finance's mission and the chance to work at the frontier of philanthropy and impact-first investing

The VP joins at an inflection point: a five-year, $500M fundraising goal within a broader ambition to mobilize $1B in capital. They will bring relationships and fluency with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and the advisors who serve them, and will grow that network from a strong existing base. The role calls for someone who can operate independently and brings an entrepreneurial mindset to build a pipeline of prospective supporters beyond what exists today, and who can serve as a trusted internal connector across Social Finance's matrixed organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior external fundraiser for Social Finance with clear accountability for raising $20M+ annually in grants and investments across all priorities, bringing an expansive, entrepreneurial, and business development-oriented mindset to the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of new funding opportunities.
• Identify, qualify, and cultivate new ultra-high-net-worth individual