VP of Philanthropy

Scholars of Finance

Vice President of Philanthropy overseeing individual giving and engagement at Scholars of Finance. Building a scalable fundraising institution while leading a high-performing team in the nonprofit space.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be a member of the Executive Team of this organization, build our culture, and steer us toward achieving our mission to transform finance.
Set the vision, goals, and operating cadence for individual fundraising and volunteer engagement, aligned to strategy, revenue, and program outcomes.
Own the number — the pipeline, the forecast, and the path to it — steering fundraising and volunteer engagement efforts day to day across our organization.
Build and run the fundraising operating system (KPIs, dashboards, meeting rhythms, pipeline reviews) that gives leadership a clear view of performance and projections.
Manage budget and resourcing, anticipating seasonal shifts in donor activity and adjusting plans accordingly.
Take on and coach two direct reports, one fundraiser and one revenue operations manager, and strengthen their performance and output.
Build, coach, and develop a high-performing fundraising team that multiplies our collective velocity rather than carrying it alone.
Establish the systems, cadence, and accountability that enable individual giving and engagement to grow nonlinearly as the team expands.
Build a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous improvement among the people you lead — across both fundraisers and operations team members.
Work closely with Partnership, Events and Marketing team members to ensure a strong donor and volunteer experience, and establish clear unified forecasting.
Personally identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of HNW and UHNW donors, building authentic relationships that inspire significant, sustained support.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of relevant experience in nonprofit fundraising, major gifts, or philanthropy linked to finance, education, leadership development, or mission-driven organizations.
3+ years building, managing, and developing high-performing teams across multiple workstreams and timelines.
Evidence of sourcing, closing, and stewarding major gifts and ownership of a significant relationship portfolio — and the appetite to build the function that scales it.
Proven experience building systems, teams, processes, stewarding hundreds of relationships of various types (e.g., donating, volunteering, advising)
Ownership and execution in fast-moving, deadline-driven, high-empowerment environments — you create structure and don't wait to be handed a playbook.
Exceptional written and verbal communication. You write with precision and speed and serve as a credible, compelling face of the organization with affluent leaders.
Proven ability to set and execute a fundraising or revenue strategy with clear goals, data-driven decisions, and measurable outcomes.
Proven comfort with working on a fully-remote team, and the ability to travel up to 10-20% of the time for off-sites and donor meetings.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) match (100% match up to 5% of the base salary)
Generous health, dental, and vision insurance
Unlimited PTO; all federal holidays off
Quarterly team offsites, expenses fully paid when in-person
High-growth culture to accelerate your professional development
A unique company ensuring all team members thrive holistically

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Hard Skills & Tools

nonprofit fundraisingmajor giftsphilanthropybudget managementKPI developmentpipeline managementdata-driven decision makingrelationship managementfundraising strategyperformance forecasting

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentcommunicationcoachingtrust buildingcontinuous improvementstrategic visioncollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solving