Director of Philanthropic Investments
Company: The Commit Partnership
Location: Dallas
Posted on: March 19, 2023
|
|
|
Job Description:
("Commit" or the "Partnership") seeks a passionate systems
change leader, strongly committed to the Partnership's mission to
increase the regional living wage attainment rate for young adults
in Dallas County to 50% by 2040 irrespective of race, to serve as
the organization's Director of Philanthropic Investments. This
person will report directly to the Partnership's Managing Director
leading its Philanthropy efforts. The Partnership's - Philanthropic
Investments team plays a critical role in ensuring adequate funding
resources are available for the organization to execute initiatives
and make progress towards our North Star goal. Since the
Partnership's founding in 2011, the Philanthropy team has secured
over $136 million represented by a 50/50 split in local versus
national funder investments. Efforts made possible by philanthropic
investment in Commit have helped yield transformative outcomes,
including informing four state legislative sessions across the
years 2017-2023 that collectively created over $7.0 billion of new
and potential annual funding for a state that educates 10% of the
nation's PK-12 students. The work has also accelerated the adoption
of numerous impactful practices enabled by (i) the Partnership's
leading of two statewide learning communities involving -20
districts educating 1 in 4 Texas children as well as (ii) its
formation with Educate Texas of the , which supports numerous
"educational backbone" entities similar to Commit across the state.
- Best practices implemented have included: full-day PreK;
extending the elementary school year to reduce summer learning
loss; creating pathways to a B.A. in Early Childhood Education for
less than $10,000 in total tuition over four years; and
compensating educators higher and sooner in their career based on
their classroom effectiveness and where they teach (vs. solely
based on their seniority).To accelerate progress towards our North
Star goal, the Partnership recently launched Opportunity 2040, a
new, innovative collaboration with the (CPAL), to significantly
improve economic mobility in Dallas County. The full cost of
Opportunity 2040 is $13.4 billion of which $347 million is
projected to be raised - over the next 17-years, from private,
philanthropic investments from local, statewide, and national
investors. Anchored by an initial $50 million anchor investment
from , a national philanthropic fund, Opportunity 2040 strives to
aggregate the first $125 million of flexible philanthropic capital
in the first five years, to be deployed against a set of
data-backed initiatives focused on living wage attainment and
reducing child poverty. This role will have a unique opportunity to
work closely with CPAL, Blue Meridian Partners, and a growing pool
of investors to build an innovative philanthropic model, leveraging
private investments to help access, unlock, and influence
significant and sustainable public funds.About the RoleCritical to
the success of the Philanthropic Investments Team, the Director of
Philanthropic Investments' primary responsibility is to manage a
portfolio of individual investors contributing five-to-seven figure
gifts through the entire donor cycle to reach a portfolio goal of
at least $8-$9 million shepherded annually. As a key lever to meet
this goal, the Director will translate the work and impact of
Commit into compelling and customized fundraising narratives that
secure meaningful investments from local and, in select cases,
regional and national high net worth investors.Our team operates
cohesively and at a fast pace which includes lots of deadlines and
collaboration to get the job done. In addition to -reporting to the
Managing Director of Philanthropic Investments this role will work
in close collaboration with other Philanthropy team members and
internal and external stakeholders to meet organization, team, and
individual goals. Expectations of the role include: -
Our Mission
We believe that through our actions, Dallas County - which educates
10% of Texas and 1% of the nation- can be an inclusive and
prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared equitably.
That's why our true north goal is that by 2040 at least half of all
25-34-year-old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race,
will be provided the opportunity to earn a living wage.
To increase living wage attainment, we must equitably increase
educational success aligned with high-demand jobs, maximizing the
cumulative impact from early education all the way to college,
career, and/or military readiness and accessing and completing a
strong postsecondary education. Our staff aligns community
stakeholders around this shared future roadmap - analyzing data to
lift up strategic initiatives that improve policies, practices, and
funding that grow our community's capacity to serve every student
more effectively.
Our Story
Founded in 2012, this partnership is the nation's largest
educational collective impact organization, composed of backbone
staff and over 200 partners across Dallas County and the state of
Texas working collaboratively to solve systemic education
challenges. Our staff aligns community stakeholders around a shared
future roadmap - analyzing data to lift up strategic initiatives
that improve policies, practices, and funding that grow our
community's capacity to serve every student more effectively.
Together, we work to advocate for excellent and equitable public
education that ensures all students - regardless of race, place, or
socio-economic status - have the power to determine their future
and earn a living wage. We do this work through several ventures
including Early Matters Dallas, North Texas Tutoring Corps, Dallas
County Promise, Texas College Bridge, Dallas Thrives, Commit's
Policy Team, the Texas Impact Network, and several coalitions.
Our Values
Our core values create a mission-driven environment and champion us
to do our best work each day.
Integrity - To best serve students, families, and the community we
will act honestly and ethically in how we make both internal and
external decisions, present data, and communicate with
partners.
Equity & Inclusion - We seek to help transform systems in ways that
ensure every student has access to the resources they need. We do
this by actively and explicitly working with others to create more
equitable outcomes and processes.
Students First - Our decisions are guided by multiple stakeholders,
but ultimately rest upon one question: What is in the best interest
of students?
Systemic Impact - We are patient and persistent as we identify the
most effective approaches to help create lasting systems change.
Once identified, we prioritize and relentlessly attack systemic
challenges with efficiency and excellence.
Humility - We embrace the fact that our community's success depends
on our ability to work cohesively with each other and to constantly
learn.
Joy - It is important we bring a constant sense of optimism and
have fun while taking on this difficult work.
The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks
to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the
stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity
and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business
needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without
regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or
ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity
and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership
status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local
laws.
Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.Powered by JazzHR
Keywords: The Commit Partnership, Dallas , Director of Philanthropic Investments, Executive , Dallas, Texas
|
Click
here to apply!
|
