Chief Executive Officer

Job Details

Job Location:

United Methodist Foundation of North Carolina - Garner, NC 27529

The Board of Directors of the United Methodist Foundation of North Carolina (the “Foundation”) seeks a visionary, mission-driven, and relationship-centered Chief Executive Officer to lead a $ faith-based philanthropic and financial services organization into its next chapter of faithful stewardship, strategic growth, and expanded ministry impact. The Foundation has a staff of six with an annual operating budget of approximately $2 million and is responsible for assets of approximately $300 million.

The Foundation serves United Methodist churches, agencies, clergy, individuals, and related partners across North Carolina through investment management, endowment stewardship, planned giving, church finance education, grantmaking, and related philanthropic and financial services.

The next CEO will be asked to honor this strong legacy and to continue its growth while guiding the Foundation through a changing church and philanthropic landscape. The successful candidate will bring executive leadership, fiduciary judgment, fundraising and donor stewardship experience, relational credibility, and the ability to build trust with churches, clergy, donors, unit holders, staff, Board members, Conference leaders, and ministry partners.

The United Methodist Foundation of North Carolina strengthens the long-term financial health and mission capacity of churches, ministries, clergy, individuals, and institutions. Its work includes stewardship resources and services that help churches and ministry partners faithfully manage, invest, and grow resources for long-term ministry impact.

The Foundation’s mission is to enable churches and agencies to build a culture of purpose and generosity through education, consulting, development, and financial services.

• Act with integrity:
  Conduct all work with honesty, transparency, and ethical judgment.
• Execute with accuracy:
  Apply care, precision, and full effort to deliver exceptional value.
• Make it better:
  Continuously improve in service to those who place their trust in the Foundation.
• Remain open to change:
  Stay flexible in approach and delivery while remaining committed to the mission and goals.
• Collaborate willingly:
  Work with others who share the Foundation’s values to advance its mission.

The Foundation invests according to the Social Principles of The Book of Discipline.

Chief Executive Summary

The CEO serves as the Foundation’s chief executive, principal ambassador, fundraiser, and relationship steward. The role is both externally facing and institutionally accountable, requiring the CEO to balance visibility and relationship-building with fiduciary oversight, Board governance, operational discipline, and mission alignment within the United Methodist connection.

• Provide strategic leadership in partnership with the Board, staff, and key stakeholders.
• Serve as the Foundation’s principal ambassador, enhance fundraising, and steward relationships among unit holders.
• Partner with the Board and its committees to support sound governance, long-range planning, and annual goal-setting.
• Oversee prudent stewardship of assets entrusted to the Foundation in partnership with the Board, Investment Committee, and outside advisors or managers.
• Lead in enhancing development, fundraising, planned giving, donor stewardship, and endowment growth through partnership with staff and key stakeholders.
• Strengthen relationships with churches, clergy, laity, unit holders, donors, the Bishop and Cabinet, District Superintendents, Conference leaders, and ministry partners.
• Ensure operational integrity through sound budgeting, internal controls, audit compliance, risk management, human resources, technology, and administrative effectiveness.
• Maintain alignment with the mission, values, doctrine, discipline, and polity of The United Methodist Church, or demonstrate a clear commitment to developing that fluency.

• Strengthen visibility and relationships:
  Be present with churches,…