Managing Director, Strategic Grantmaking & Fund Stewardship
Listed on 2026-02-13
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Management
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Overview
The Commit Partnership (Commit) is seeking a bold, strategic, and collaborative leader to serve as the Managing Director of Grantmaking Strategy and Fund Stewardship. This executive-level role will center accelerating economic mobility in Dallas County and across Texas through data-driven, student-success initiatives as part of the Opportunity 2040 plan, and related statewide initiatives.
Strategic advisor and steward of $200M+ philanthropic capital to advance one of the region’s most ambitious economic mobility efforts—serving a region responsible for educating 10% of Texas’ and 1% of the nation’s public-school students. Since 2023, Commit has secured over $200 million in catalytic funding to deploy through grants that advance Opportunity 2040 and support aligned education policies. The Managing Director will oversee the effective deployment, stewardship, and long-term impact of catalytic funding, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the CEO.
This role will supervise a director-level grant operations team responsible for internal operations, systems, analysis, learning, and reporting.
The role offers the opportunity to influence statewide policy, inform other regions across Texas and the nation, and partner with funders and external organizations to maximize financial, social, and systemic returns. If successful, the impact could include substantial lifetime earnings gains and long-term regional benefits tied to increased educational attainment and mobility.
The salary range for this role is $150,000–$182,000 plus a bonus of up to 20%.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the strategic stewardship of Commit’s philanthropic grant portfolios, including multi-year, complex grants aligned to Dallas County Promise, statewide initiatives, the Opportunity 2040 plan, and related initiatives.
- Oversee the deployment and performance of significant philanthropic investments (> $130M secured for Dallas County Promise), ensuring disciplined, transparent, and outcomes-driven grantmaking.
- Ensure alignment between grantmaking strategy and Commit’s Priority Systems, including high-quality educator and system-leader talent, rigorous instruction and curriculum, postsecondary access and success, well-resourced schools and neighborhoods.
- Represent Commit as a capital aggregator and strategic intermediary, including participation in advisory bodies such as the Dallas County Promise Advisory Board.
- Ensure disciplined, transparent stewardship of capital across complex, multi-year initiatives focused on improving long-term student outcomes.
- Serve as a primary lead or through shared relationships with grantees and implementation partners, fostering trust-based partnerships grounded in shared goals and accountability.
- Act as connective tissue across a complex ecosystem of partners—ensuring alignment between grant intent and on-the-ground execution.
- Facilitate regular partner and grantee convenings to share progress, identify challenges, drive continuous improvement, and lead collaborative investment deployment across a growing Dallas County Promise ecosystem.
- Partner with grantees and Commit’s Analytics & Insights and Evaluation & Research teams to define clear grant outcomes and success metrics.
- Track progress across indicators (e.g., Pre-K enrollment, 3rd–8th grade proficiency, college readiness, enrollment).
- Use data to inform strategy, improvement, and storytelling; oversee dashboards, reports, and learning tools for internal decision-making and funder transparency.
- Translate performance data into narratives of impact, learning, and ROI for philanthropic audiences.
- Ensure grant reporting reflects compliance, insight, learning, and strategic value for funders and partners.
- Collaborate with the CEO, COO, and philanthropy team to cultivate new philanthropic relationships and secure aligned growth capital.
- Position Commit as a high-impact, investable partner and produce compelling, data-informed funder updates and…
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