Executive Director

NEO Philanthropy is a trusted bridge between funders and movement-building organizations in the U.S. As a 501(c)(3) public charity and philanthropic intermediary with a 40-year track record of providing critical infrastructure to a wide range of progressive social justice movements, NEO Philanthropy delivers tailor-made support and innovative solutions in service of equity and justice.

Since its founding in 2003, Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) has raised over $320 million toward building a robust and powerful infrastructure of organizations to ensure all immigrants, regardless of immigration status, have dignity, power to shape change, and agency to determine the quality of their life, community and future. FFF is a key partner to foundations and organizations in building the power of the immigrant justice movement across states. FFF invests in organizations in more than half of U.S. states, giving us the ability to respond to emerging opportunities and threats, understand trends, and identify and fill strategic gaps across the nation to strengthen and build the power of the immigrant justice movement. Through sustained grantmaking, flexible rapid response resources, ongoing technical assistance to grantees, and funder education and coordination, FFF invests in the long-term growth and ability of the immigrant justice movement to thrive, achieve transformational reforms, and win lasting justice.

With a 20-year track record of success, FFF has established itself as one of the largest immigrant rights funder in the country and as a one-of-a-kind funder table for donors interested in learning, strategizing, and coordinating about immigrant justice. We pool resources and coordinate our grantmaking with our Steering Committee members for greater collective impact. With ongoing investment and support from FFF, immigrant-led organizations have made it possible for millions of immigrants to safely drive, work, go to school, receive care, become involved in their communities and build thriving futures.

Launched by NEO Philanthropy Action Fund in 2019, Four Freedoms Action Fund (FFAF) is the leading funder of immigrant justice 501(c)(4) organizations across the country and is an established leader in providing multi-entity capacity building to strengthen the movement’s ability to build power in compliant and strategic ways. Since its launch, FFAF has accompanied the 501(c)(4) immigrant justice movement as it contends for greater power and representation of immigrants and New Americans in our democracy. By doing so, FFAF aims to support the immigrant justice movement to grow the infrastructure, tools, and political power necessary to build a safer, more welcoming society where the immigrant voice is centered in politics and policy.

NEO is seeking a seasoned, respected leader to serve as Executive Director of the Four Freedoms Fund and Four Freedoms Action Fund and a Vice President of NEO Philanthropy. This role serves as a key member of NEO Philanthropy’s senior leadership team. In addition, as a senior leader at NEO, the position supervises a geographically dispersed team, contributes to organizational strategy, manages risk and plays a lead role in fundraising, donor engagement, program strategy and grantmaking.

1. Fundraising, Donor Engagement, & External Relations

• Fundraising: Play a lead role in identifying and cultivating new prospective national and local donors for FFF and FFAF. Actively manage FFF and FFAF’s existing grants from national and local foundations. Oversee all proposal/report writing for the fund and schedule donor briefings and individual funder meetings and check-ins, as needed.

• Donor Engagement and Steering Committee: Manage the FFF & FFAF Steering Committees by receiving guidance and input from members on FFF’s and FFAF’s strategic direction and programmatic priorities. Lead the FFF and FFAF Steering Committees through conversations about how best to support the immigrant rights field and develop creative philanthropic approaches to advancing immigrant justice. Develop and facilitate donor meetings, including but not limited to: Executive Committee meetings; FFF Steering Committee meetings; FFAF Steering Committee meetings; in-person retreats and site visits; docket meetings; and various workgroups. Work with the staff and consultant team to prepare.
• Leadership within philanthropy: Stay abreast of the latest developments and trends in the immigrant justice field. Serve as a resource and partner to FFF donors and funder colleagues who are interested in supporting the immigrant justice movement. Collaborate with funders, collaborative funds, affinity groups, and other intermediaries to mobilize resources for immigrant-led organizations.

• External Communications: Oversee development of newsletters, impact reports, concept notes, and other comms collateral for FFF and FFAF. Organize funder briefings and conference sessions. Coordinate with NEO’s Communications team to plan, coordinate, and implement an external communications strategy for FFF and FFAF.

 

2. Management, Supervision, & Team-Building

• Team–Building: Provide leadership, guidance, and support to a team of 11 staff members plus consultants, who work remotely and who are geographically dispersed. Organize and facilitate meetings and in-person retreats for FFF staff, FFF’s Senior Leadership Team, and FFF’s fundraising team.
• Staff Supervision: Supervise directly FFF’s senior directors as well as the fundraising team. As needed, work with NEO’s HR team to hire additional consultants and/or staff for FFF and FFAF.
• NEO’s Senior Leadership: Help set and implement strategic direction for NEO as part of NEO’s Senior Leadership Team. Works collaboratively with other NEO senior leaders to define organizational culture and establish consistent management practices across all functions within the NEO ecosphere.

 

3. Program Strategy Development & Grantmaking

• FFF Grantmaking: Working with FFF donors, program staff, and consultants, provide strategic direction and guidance to FFF’s overall grantmaking and movement and capacity building programs. Oversee all grantmaking processes, as well as activities such as convenings, trainings, and webinars that support grantees. Review all dockets and off-docket grants. FFF’s exceptional program team drives grantmaking strategy for each initiative. The key pillars of FFF’s strategy are: State Power Building, Narrative & Strategic Communications, Enforcement Reform & Decriminalization, Movement & Capacity Building, and Rapid Response. Across these pillars, FFF prioritizes racial and gender justice by investing in historically underrepresented and under resourced immigrant communities, including Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ immigrants.
• FFAF Grantmaking: Working with FFAF donors and program staff, develop, lead, and oversee c4 strategy, grantmaking, and capacity building programs.
• Special Initiatives: Support and develop special initiatives, including the Black Migrant Power Fund, a community-led, trust-based grantmaking fund housed at FFF that supports grassroots organizations on the frontlines of immigrant and racial justice.
• Monitoring, Learning, Evaluation: Oversee process of collecting and analyzing grantee metrics and conducting evaluations.

 

4. Grants Administration, Operations, & Finance

• Budgeting and Planning: Oversee all aspects of the FFF and FFAF budgeting process. Work closely with NEO and FFF/ FFAF teams to ensure adequate tracking and reconciliation of all revenue and programmatic expenditures.
• Legal Compliance: Ensure that grantees and FFF and FFAF’s grantmaking procedures comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

• Risk Management: Working closely with NEO’s senior leadership team, exercise vigilance in anticipating potential risks to FFF’s and FFAF’s work. Address any potential vulnerabilities and safety/ security concerns.

• NEO & NEO AF Board: Submit quarterly updates on FFF’s and FFAF’s work to the board of NEO and the NEO Action Fund. Present to the respective boards as needed.

The ideal candidate is an experienced philanthropic/nonprofit leader who can manage a mature, highly respected collaborative fund, collaborate with donors, grantees, staff and allies, and act as a leader within philanthropy on immigration and immigrant justice.  The successful candidate will have an exceptional leadership and management track record, with a demonstrated ability to mobilize funders and lead and inspire a high-functioning, senior team. The leader must be knowledgeable of trends and dynamics within the immigrant rights movement, stay abreast of the latest developments within immigration/social justice philanthropy and have a commitment to centering immigrant leadership and communities. Qualifications include:

1. A deep knowledge and understanding of the immigrant justice field with an understanding and commitment to the values that drive the work of FFF and FFAF. Possess a clear understanding of the public policy debate on immigration but driven by the principle that our work is centered on the individual immigrants and their families.

2. Demonstrated track record as a national leader within philanthropy and/ or immigrant justice.
3. Proven expertise at fundraising, cultivating relationships with donors, mobilizing funders, and deepening engagement of donors.
4. Exceptional managerial skills in relation to budgets, people, and processes Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and inspire high-functioning teams. Possesses proven executive level skills, and experience recruiting, leading, managing, evaluating and mentoring senior level staff while fostering professionalism and a commitment to strong institutional values and mission.

5. Exceptional ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including donors, grantee partners, funder colleagues, and other intermediaries.
6. Unique awareness of and ability to lead and manage in a complex environment where the presence of threats and risks are common.
7. Proven experience at managing in an environment characterized by high volumes of complex and varied challenges and information.
8. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills- someone who will be a positive and collaborative team leader capable of representing FFF and FFAF in the philanthropic and non-profit communities and with the insight and bridge building skills needed to collaborate with allied program staff, FFF and FFAF donors, and community partners
9. A minimum of 15 years’ experience in the non-profit and/ or philanthropic sector, including management, strategic planning, executing programs and directing complex initiatives.

10. Experience developing and nurturing strong working relationships within the immigrant rights and social justice philanthropy community.
11. A strategic leader and visionary with a keen analytical ability that can be applied to FFF and FFF-AF’s programmatic work.
12. An ability to identify strategic opportunities for organizational growth and provide ideas to innovate current models of work.
13. The character and temperament necessary to be a prudent and thoughtful risk taker when faced with difficult decisions and outside threats. Knows how to properly balance the input from all sides of an argument including their own before acting.

14. A high level of expertise in project management and risk management. Skilled at driving projects to successful completion.
15. Outstanding ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form.

Compensation for this role will vary depending on the experience of the candidate and resulting title. The salary range for this position is $250,000 to $285,000 per year. NEO provides generous benefits, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability, and pet insurance. We also administer FSA, Commuter benefit, and 401k retirement plans and have generous Paid Time Off and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Interested applicants should send an application that includes a resume and cover letter to: jobs@neophilanthropy.org. Please include “Executive Director, Four Freedoms Fund / Four Freedoms Fund Action Fund & Vice President, NEO Philanthropy  – [your name]” in the subject of your email. Applications submitted by Monday, March 2, 2026 will be considered. Only those whose applications are being considered will be contacted. No phone calls please.

NEO Philanthropy is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NEO Philanthropy’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.