Advisor, Philanthropic Services – Social Change Leaders

Tides is a nonprofit and philanthropic organization committed to advancing social justice.  We work across the social sector to shift power to communities of color and other groups historically denied power.  

Centering equity and justice in everything we do, we collaborate in deep partnership with movement leaders, nonprofits, donors, foundations, and corporations to amplify the impact of their work by providing services like fiscal sponsorship, donor advised funds, grant making, and a variety of innovative solutions. Learn more at tides.org. 

The Role 

The Advisor, Philanthropic Services, is a core member of the Philanthropic Services team and the broader Partnership Services Department at Tides. This team provides integrated services for individual, family, foundation, and social change leader partners to support grantmaking, impact investing, advocacy, donor collaboration, and strategic advisory solutions. The Advisor manages a portfolio of partner relationships with diverse needs, interests, and values. This position will primarily support individuals and organizational partners. The Advisor provides sector knowledge and strategic advising to help elevate the impact social change leaders seek to achieve, as well as thought partnership on the tools and compliance that can help advance their social justice goals and needs. 

This position is classified as part of our collective bargaining unit (SEIU 1021).  

What you will Do 

Partner Management (70%) 

• Manage a portfolio of donors and fund partners, with a focus on collective action funds and single entity funds, to strategically guide fundraising and grantmaking that often supports community organizing, civic engagement, and amplifying community voices to address systemic racism, voter protection and other injustices. 
• In partnership with the Philanthropic service team, facilitate and oversee each partner’s operational day-to-day engagement with the Foundation. 
• Proactively establish short- and long-term partner engagement goals to increase strategic giving among fund partners, tracks and measures partner engagement activities and their outcomes. 
• Lead, plan, implement, and continually refine services, programs and projects that work to streamline Tides partner solutions or meaningfully engage partners in the philanthropic services of Tides and with other partners in ways that will maximize resources and expertise to meet community needs. 
• Keep Tides staff and partners informed of important issues affecting organizations, programs, and funding needs through meeting and communicating regularly with nonprofit leaders and other subject experts; monitor trends and policy changes affecting the philanthropic sector at large. 
• Conduct site visits/Zoom check-ins, organizational analysis, research projects, and other activities to support Tides efforts to build community knowledge strengthen under resourced/under-represented groups - especially BIPOC leaders, organizations, communities, and others that face systemic barriers to power. 

Department Advancement (25%) 

• Seek to impact the sector through replicable programs that provide highly valuable, cutting-edge partner services. 
• Support the development and implementation of program-wide activities, as needed, including drafting blogs and perspectives that highlight Tides’ work in action. 
• Serve on organizational and/or departmental project teams, as needed. 
• Participate in onboarding and mentorship of new staff; co-develop department team-building activities. 

Network Engagement (5%) 

• Represent Tides at conferences, webinars, gatherings, professional associations, and other external events. 
• Collaborate with Strategic Partnerships and the Partnership Services departments to develop strategies to move partners up the ladder of engagement. 
• Support proposal development, as needed, based on areas of expertise and interest. 
• Work cross-functionally to support networking-building opportunities and convenings, strengthening the Tides brand and point of view, as well as harnessing the wisdom and skills of our network. 
• Develop and maintain broad external relations with philanthropic partners. 
   

What you will Bring 

• Strong alignment with Tides’ Vision, Mission, and Approach and our organizational valu