Senior Engaged Philanthropy Officer

Why join The Denver Foundation?

At The Denver Foundation, you'll be part of an organization dedicated to inspiring people and mobilizing resources to strengthen our community. Guided by a vision of a Metro Denver where leadership, prosperity, and culture are shaped by racial equity, we are committed to creating meaningful and lasting change.

As a proactive, collaborative, and resolute leader in reducing racial disparities, we bring together donors, community partners, and changemakers to address the region's most pressing challenges. Joining our team means contributing to impactful work that advances equity, strengthens communities, and helps build a more inclusive future for all.

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• Medical, Life, and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Contributions
• Tuition Assistance

The Senior Engaged Philanthropy Officer is a frontline fundraising and community engagement position, responsible for managing a portfolio of current and prospective donors and grantees. You will work with donors and nonprofits to achieve the foundation’s annual revenue goals, execute on annual grantmaking goals, and integrate the two for optimum community impact.

• Steward a portfolio of donor‑advised fund holders with significant philanthropic engagement and fund activity to provide excellent customer service and hands‑on, personalized support in their philanthropy to drive the foundation’s revenue, endowment, and co‑investment goals. Manage complex donor relationships and serve as a strategic philanthropic advisor to high‑capacity donors and fund holders.
• Identify and cultivate new donors and gifts of all types to the foundation, elevating the foundation’s value proposition for engaged philanthropy through personalized services, impactful products, and donor/grantee connections.
• Promote giving to and through The Denver Foundation via personal consulting with donors, including sharing the importance of permanent and flexible funds with a racial equity focus, that are collaborative and provide community‑based solutions.
• Work with Impact Group colleagues to provide multi‑point donor contact and support for donors and planned giving donors, and prospects.

• Steward and support applicants through funding cycles, ensuring clear communication, responsive guidance, and effective process management. This includes, but is not limited to, responding to grant cycle inquiries, proposal review, follow‑up discernment, providing funding recommendations, and coordination of approval and declination.
• Nonprofit/grantee relationship management. This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining relationships with grantees and assessing annual progress.
• Conduct due diligence on applicants, including review and analysis of the grant proposal and, if appropriate, a site visit by phone, virtually, or in person. Develop and produce written summaries and recommendations.
• Participate with Impact Group colleagues to refine protocols for grant review, including developing, documenting, and maintaining internal systems for the grants portfolio under purview.
• Grantee relationship management. This includes but is not limited to maintaining relationships with grantees, assessing annual progress, and making recommendations, when needed, on course correction.

Donor and grantee portfolio distribution will vary to align with the skills of the relationship management team.

• Contribute to building and sustaining a positive departmental culture that supports commitment to team goals and core values, and that fosters development of individual leadership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Work in collaboration with other Impact Group colleagues and communications staff to tell stories of impact for the community, and for donor‑specific reporting.
• Participate with Impact Group colleagues to identify opportunities for co‑investment and donor/nonprofit collaboration.
• Work with Impact Group colleagues and communication staff to produce events,…