Libra Foundation: Managing Director

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Libra Foundation seeks a values‑aligned, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as the first‑ever Managing Director. In this newly created position reporting directly to the President of Libra Foundation and Tao Rising, the Managing Director will be a key member of the leadership team and a trusted advisor and thought partner who helps steward Libra’s organizational strategy, culture, and impact.

This role will add expertise and capacity that will allow the President to attend more deeply to the family Board as they refine their larger vision; to stewardship of the full organization across Libra Foundation and Tao Rising; and to Libra Foundation’s external voice, advocacy, and partnerships. The Managing Director will play a central role in translating Board‑approved strategy into cohesive goals across programs, initiatives, and operations, while nurturing a healthy, inclusive, and high‑performing team culture.

The Managing Director will take on critical roles for Libra Foundation including management of a leaderful team; annual and strategic planning; strategy integration across intersectional program areas; communications strategy; and funder organizing and stakeholder engagement, in partnership with or in support of the President.

This is a pivotal moment for Libra as it continues to deepen its trust‑based, movement‑centered philanthropy and strengthen the organizational systems, people practices, and learning approaches that support its work. The ideal Managing Director will be a seasoned team leader, comfortable contributing in a shared leadership model, with a strong sense of self; deep commitment to equity and justice; and a leadership presence grounded in humility, integrity, curiosity, and care.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys and excels at managing, coaching, and developing a leaderful team of strong contributors and thinking at a macro, systems, and organizational level about culture, operations, communications, intersectional program areas, investments, and emerging strategies. Join Libra Foundation to guide a dynamic programs team as it partners with frontline, BIPOC‑led organizations working to transform the criminal justice system and advance environmental, climate, and gender justice.

The Managing Director will join a dynamic 10‑person team inclusive of the Libra Foundation – the family foundation that prioritizes multi‑year, unrestricted grants to frontline, BIPOC‑led organizations that are working in deep community to bring change – and the family philanthropy office where individual family members hone their philanthropic vision, values, and learning goals. The Managing Director will focus on and help lead Libra Foundation (Libra), in partnership with the President and in alignment with Board‑approved strategy.

Established in 2002, Libra began as a vehicle for social change with a mission dedicated to human rights and a focus on drug policy reform, women’s rights, and the right to a healthy environment. Libra’s focus evolved to center US‑based human rights work bringing a strong racial justice lens. This shift spurred the foundation into the next evolution of funding and partnering with organizations led by those most impacted by systemic oppression – largely communities of color that have experienced chronic under investment.

Libra is now known for its funding of BIPOC‑led movements by working at the grassroots to build power in communities, support democratic rights, and to center those most impacted by racial, gender, and environmental injustices.

Libra believes that all people deserve to live free of systemic oppression, economic insecurity, and environmental harm. It is Libra’s desire to promote equity and level the playing field. To that end, trust is the cornerstone of Libra’s philanthropy efforts with 2026 grantmaking of $27 million across three core Program Areas:
Community Safety & Justice, Environmental & Climate Justice, and Gender Justice. Libra has grown in its impact as evidenced by the more than $80 million Democracy Frontlines Fund (DFF) – a national aligned giving strategy to leverage millions…