Director of Philanthropy

About Fòs Feminista 

Fòs Feminista is a global intersectional feminist organization advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works through a constellation of affiliated organizations, legal entities, strategic partnerships, and movement relationships with around 200 civil society partners across 40 countries.

Our work integrates advocacy, grantmaking, research, movement-building, sexual and reproductive healthcare, and innovative finance to strengthen feminist organizations and movements worldwide. Operating across multiple jurisdictions and institutional structures, Fòs Feminista brings together legal, political, philanthropic, and movement strategies to advance gender justice and achieve lasting systemic change.

Position Summary
Fòs Feminista is seeking a strategic fundraising leader to help shape the next chapter of our philanthropy program. Reporting to the Philanthropy Lead for Foundations, Governments & Major Gifts, the Director of Philanthropy will play a central leadership role in developing and executing an integrated fundraising strategy that deepens relationships with Fòs Feminista's highest-value supporters, including foundations, governments, donor collaboratives, and individual philanthropists.
This role reflects an important evolution in Fòs Feminista's approach to resource mobilization. As international aid budgets contract and the landscape of philanthropy continues to shift, the distinction between institutional and individual giving is becoming increasingly blurred. Many of today's largest philanthropic investments are driven by high-net-worth individuals who give through family foundations, donor collaboratives, and other philanthropic vehicles that require sophisticated relationship management alongside strong proposal development. At the same time, growing restrictions on public funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights demand that we diversify our funding base and significantly expand our major gifts program.
The Director of Philanthropy will play a pivotal role in advancing this transformation by taking a holistic view of Fòs Feminista's top donors and prospects, developing tailored engagement strategies that combine compelling storytelling, strategic cultivation, executive engagement, and outstanding proposal development. Working in close partnership with the Philanthropy Lead and CEO, this role will represent Fòs Feminista in high-level philanthropic spaces and help position the organization for transformational partnerships that sustain and grow our global feminist alliance. 
The Director will supervise the Associate Director of Institutional Giving while remaining actively engaged in proposal development, donor strategy, and relationship building. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser who enjoys both thinking strategically about fundraising approaches and directly building meaningful partnerships that advance funding for feminist movements and sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice worldwide.

Supervisory Relationship

The Director of Philanthropy reports to the Philanthropy Lead for Foundations, Governments, & Major Gifts and oversees the Associate Director of Institutional Giving. This role may also supervise consultants, interns, and philanthropy officers as needed.

Key responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
•    Play a key role in developing and implementing an integrated philanthropy strategy spanning institutional funders, family foundations, donor collaboratives, and major individual donors.
•    Partner with the Philanthropy Lead, Senior Philanthropy Advisor, and CEO to develop cultivation and solicitation strategies for Fòs Feminista's highest-value donors and prospects. 
•    Analyze trends across philanthropy, bilateral aid, and private wealth to identify emerging opportunities and adapt fundraising strategies accordingly. 
•    Help shape organizational fundraising priorities and revenue goals. 

Relationship Management
•    Personally manage a portfolio of many of Fòs Feminista's highest-capacity philanthropic relationships. 
•    Develop sophisticated engagement plans for donors that leverage senior leadership, board members, alliance partners, and allies. 
•    Represent Fòs Feminista in key philanthropic, feminist, and donor convenings. 
•    Contribute to strengthening the fundraising strategies of Fòs Feminista partners and act as the Partner Focal Point for select partners. Designations and responsibilities of Focal Points are outlined in the Partnership Cluster overview, which can be found here.

Proposal Development & Communications
•    Lead the development of proposals, concept notes, and donor communications for transformational funding opportunities. 
•    Supervise the development of additional proposals and reports across the Philanthropy team. 
•    Ensure donor communications consistently reflect Fòs Feminista's voice, strategy, and impact. 
•    Develop innovative donor communications, thought leadership, and visibility strategies to elevate Fòs Feminista’s work among key philanthropic audiences. 

Team Leadership
•    Supervise and mentor the Associate Director of Institutional Giving. 
•    Strengthen systems for analysis of fundraising opportunities, proposal development, donor stewardship, and cross-functional coordination. 
•    Strengthen Fòs Feminista's use of Salesforce and fundraising analytics to monitor progress toward revenue goals, improve pipeline and portfolio management, and generate insights that inform fundraising strategy and decision making.
•    Build team capacity around both institutional fundraising and major gifts.

Minimum Qualifications
•    A bachelor’s degree in non-profit management and fundraising, public health, gender studies, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
•    8–10 years of progressively responsible experience, including significant fundraising experience securing six- and seven-figure gifts from a combination of foundations, governments, donor collaboratives, and/or major individual donors.
 
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•    Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English, with professional proficiency in Spanish, and a demonstrated ability to craft compelling cases for support for diverse philanthropic audiences.
•    Deep commitment to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and feminist movement building, with a strong understanding of feminist resource mobilization.
•    Demonstrated ability to identify emerging philanthropic trends and opportunities and adapt fundraising strategies in response to a rapidly changing funding landscape.
•    Demonstrated success developing and implementing sophisticated fundraising strategies across governments, foundations, donor collaboratives, and high-net-worth individuals, including proposal development, donor cultivation, and stewardship.
•    Exceptional relationship building and influencing skills, with demonstrated success representing organizations in high-level philanthropic spaces and partnering with CEOs, board members, and other senior leadership to cultivate and secure transformational philanthropic investments.
•    Strong strategic leadership skills, including experience supervising fundraising professionals, partnering with senior leadership to develop ambitious fundraising goals, and leading cross-functional processes that drive organizational decision-making.
•    Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinating across diverse teams and balancing strategic thinking with exceptional attention to detail.
•    Commitment to anti-racism, equity, inclusion, and social justice, with demonstrated experience working collaboratively across cultures and in international settings.
•    Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and donor relationship management systems (Salesforce preferred).
•    Willingness and ability to travel within the United States and internationally as needed.

Location: This position is fully remote and strong preference will be given to candidates based in the US.

Compensation: Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries and a benefits package that includes private health coverage, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick, vacation leave and parental leave, holidays, and flexible working arrangements. The annual salary is USD $132,951.23.
 
Safeguarding Commitments

Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that the health, rights and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations who work and engage with Fòs Feminista ’s Team Members and Associated Persons are respected and protected in their interactions with them and requires all its Team Members and Associated Persons to share this commitment.

The successful candidate must:
•    Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in the United States and the international context.
•    Sign and adhere to Fòs Feminista’s International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct, including the minimum operating standards for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive rights and health and dismantling inequities from a feminist intersectional lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us. 

Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital and partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law. 
At Fòs Feminista, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a diverse workforce in which all social and minority groups are represented. 

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.