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Thousand Currents

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1999

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

🤲 Charity

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Charity

Thousand Currents is a registered 501(c)(3) charity that supports bold solutions for climate, food, and economic justice by moving resources to grassroots movements in the Global South. For nearly four decades, Thousand Currents has invested more than $31 million in over 1,000 grassroots and movement formations. The organization values collective power and change, developing long-term relationships with visionary grassroots movements led by women, youth, Black, Afro-descent, and Indigenous Peoples. Thousand Currents influences philanthropic giving towards climate justice, economic systems based on ecological regeneration, and food sovereignty, putting communities at the center of decision-making regarding food systems and policies.

📋 Description

• Co-develop and co-lead CLIMA Fund’s strategy for influencing major climate foundations and high-net-wealth philanthropists • Identify target institutions and individuals, develop engagement pathways, coordinate relationship ownership, and track strategic objectives • Build relationships with philanthropic influencers, donor networks, philanthropic advisors, and strategic partners • Design, coordinate, and deliver donor education programming through briefings, publications, webinars, funder events, and conference sessions • Support member organizations in communicating movement-led approaches to funders • Represent CLIMA in philanthropic spaces, conferences, and strategic convenings • Monitor and synthesize emerging trends in climate philanthropy • Develop and implement strategies to expand multi-year, unrestricted funding by 50% by 2028 • Lead cultivation plans, reporting schedules, forecasting processes, and stewardship systems • Write proposals, reports, donor communications, and fundraising materials • Identify and cultivate new philanthropic relationships • Coordinate member intelligence and relationships to pursue strategic donor opportunities • Facilitate the cross-fund Fundraising Team • Maintain development systems, forecasting, and tracking • Strengthen coordination between fundraising, communications, learning, and program functions • Support organizational planning related to fundraising and donor engagement • Attend annual CLIMA strategy meetings and monthly team meetings

🎯 Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in philanthropy, fundraising, partnership development, or related fields • Demonstrated success cultivating and stewarding institutional, family, and individual donors • Strong understanding of climate justice, systems change, and movement-led approaches • Strong understanding of climate philanthropy and philanthropic trends • Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills • Ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with diverse internal and external stakeholders • Ability to produce compelling written and digital materials • Demonstrated success translating strategic vision into actionable initiatives and guiding concepts from ideation to implementation • Experience developing fundraising strategies and donor engagement systems • Ability to translate complex ideas into compelling narratives for diverse audiences • Comfort representing organizations in high-level philanthropic spaces • Project management experience, including managing multiple projects and anticipating obstacles • Experience managing complex initiatives across organizations, networks, or collaborations • Deep commitment to justice, equity, and movement-led change • Experience in the Climate Justice sector preferred • Ability to bridge different cultures, perspectives, and sectors • Collaborative leadership style and comfort working across organizational boundaries • Passion for evolving philanthropy to support systemic transformation • Ability to work approximately 3 hours between 8AM and 12PM PST at least four days per week

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary: $123,000 • Flexible / Remote position • Approximately 5–8 trips per year, both in and outside of the U.S. • Holistic approach to hiring practices • Opportunity to support climate justice movements and systemic transformation