Program Officer

Program Officer

Colorado Gives Foundation is seeking a Program Officer to serve as a trusted connector across Jefferson County ("Jeffco")—building authentic relationships, listening deeply to community needs and aspirations, and translating those insights into strategic opportunities for impact. At the heart of this role is a simple but powerful belief: thriving communities are built through relationships, listening, collaboration, and meaningful action.

Our philanthropic approach draws on a range of tools, including grantmaking, impact investing, policy and advocacy, data and research, convening, and storytelling. The Program Officer will help bring these tools together in ways that elevate community voice, strengthen partnerships, and create meaningful, lasting change. This role is an opportunity to help shape a more connected, responsive, and equitable county—advancing our shared vision of a community where All of Jeffco Thrives.

Colorado Gives Foundation connects people, ideas, and Colorado nonprofits to make good happen. We are a Jefferson County grantmaker and statewide we invest to build the capacity of nonprofits and donors through Colorado Gives.org, nonprofit endowments and donor services. We make it easy for people to donate to the causes they care about, enabling meaningful change to help our neighbors thrive.

Our work is rooted in attentive listening and a firm commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Together, we strive to build resilient, connected, and thriving communities. Colorado Gives Foundation is where donors find and discover the community impact that matters most to them, which is good for everyone.

• Develop, nurture and sustain relationships with nonprofits, community members, and other stakeholders to understand community needs and enhance customer service
• • Use community listening strategies to assess the issues relevant to our Community Impact Strategy, determine funding opportunities and inform programs or tactics aligned to our focus areas
  • Serve as spokesperson for assigned philanthropic opportunities, including hosting office hours and responding to customer requests
  • Recruit, organize and coordinate community review processes for open/competitive grant opportunities, as assigned
• Implement philanthropic tools (including grantmaking) for assigned focus areas within Community Impact Strategy.
• • Support the development of programming and implementation of philanthropic tools to support community impact efforts
  • Develop and manage directed, responsive and emergent philanthropic efforts aligned with the Foundation’s Community Impact Strategy and community needs, as needed
  • Help identify where specific philanthropic tools and Foundation functions (marketing, communications, Colorado Gives.org) might be helpful to achieve our Community Impact Strategy
  • Conduct due diligence, review grant applications and recommend grant awards and declinations based on alignment with Community Impact Strategy
• Regularly assess the progress of grants and use learnings to support the refinement of operational processes and our Community Impact Strategy.
• • Review impact reports from grantees and identify common themes to both assess and inform our strategy
  • Provide customer support to nonprofit and community partners, including advice, guidance and connections on ideas, projects and applications.
  • Consolidate feedback from community partners on our operational processes and provide input/supporting efforts to improve operational performance
  • Track performance of philanthropic tools to impact metrics in our Community Impact Strategy
  • Implement a continuous community listening approach to inform adjustments to our Community Impact Strategy
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