President & CEO

St. Joseph, MO

Full Time

Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri

Executive

President & CEO

Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri

St. Joseph, Missouri

The Moran Company is pleased to partner with the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri to recruit the organization's next President & CEO.

Organizational Background

The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2009, serving 18 counties in northwest Missouri. Its mission is to perpetually improve residents’ quality of life by promoting and facilitating charitable giving, helping donors support causes they care about - now and in the future - and ensuring that locally raised funds remain invested locally. The foundation manages more than $35 million in assets distributed among over 220 funds, covering grants, scholarships, and regional initiatives. One of its signature programs, Maximize NWMO, helps communities build leadership capacity, identify priorities collaboratively, and work toward shared goals in economic vitality, health, education, and quality of life.

Located in St. Joseph, MO, The Community Foundation employs three staff and is governed by a Board of Directors that includes 18 dedicated community volunteers. The President/CEO of The Community Foundation is a key civic leader in the region.

Position Summary

The Community Foundation is seeking a dynamic leader to serve as its next President/CEO. This position requires a passionate and strategic individual who can provide effective leadership and continue to grow the Foundation’s donor pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

Build and Maintain Strong Community Presence: Enhance the Foundation’s visibility and impact through networking, media outreach, partnership-building, and community engagement activities.
Provide Strategic Direction and Oversight: Develop, recommend, and implement clear strategic plans approved by the board, use data-driven insights to measure performance, and continuously adapt to keep the Foundation aligned with its mission.
Maintain Financial Sustainability and Budget Management: Lead budgeting efforts, monitor financial performance, and propose strategic resource allocations to sustain and grow the Foundation.
Fundraising and Donor Relations: Serve as the chief fundraiser to attract and close new donors while expanding existing relationships, ensuring the Foundation’s financial stability and growth.
Operational Management: Direct every aspect of daily administration - resolving operational issues and ensuring continuously uninterrupted, fully functioning operations.
Ensure Regulatory and Operational Compliance: Oversee all organizational processes and fund administration, maintaining rigorous adherence to legal, ethical, and regulatory standards.
Manage and Develop Staff: Build a high-performing, mission-focused team through effective hiring, mentorship, performance reviews, and a supportive organizational culture.
Run and Manage All Active Committees: Recruit, onboard, lead, and operationally execute clearly defined objectives, driving measurable organizational outcomes.
Maintain a Robust and Effective Board: Proactively identify and recruit new board candidates, provide ongoing training, and ensure board members remain engaged, informed, and capable of advancing the Foundation’s mission.
Facilitate Effective Board Governance: Supply timely, accurate information and recommendations that enable the Board to make informed financial, legal, and strategic decisions.

Professional Qualifications and Personal Attributes

The ideal candidate will have a passion for philanthropy as a vehicle to strengthen the community. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in managing staff and will be capable of communicating with a wide range of audiences. Specifically, the ideal candidate will possess the following attributes, skills, and experience.

Communication Skills: Skilled at weaving narratives that resonate with different stakeholder groups, from large-scale philanthropic foundations to grassroots donors.
Inspirational: The personality to motivate staff, volunteers, and board members through a compelling vision of philanthropy’s impact on Northwest Missouri’s communities.
Nonprofit Leadership: Demonstrable success in a leadership role, preferably as an executive director, CEO, or senior manager within a nonprofit or philanthropic environment.
Fundraising: A record of meeting or surpassing fundraising goals, particularly in major gifts and planned giving. An ability to work with reasonably sophisticated financial and legal tools to promote real estate gifts, stock transfers, and bequests to The Community Foundation.
Financial Acumen: Ability to create, analyze, and manage budgets in a resource-constrained setting, make strategic cuts or investments, and remain transparent in reporting to the board and stakeholders.
Entrepreneurial Drive: Ability to balance the need for innovation with the realities of compliance and financial stewardship.
Hands-On Management: Willingness to take on frontline tasks - from donor cultivation to IT troubleshooting - ensuring no gap exists between strategy and execution.
Local Connections: Strong ties to and an understanding of the local community.
Compliance: A firm grasp of state and federal regulations, IRS guidelines, and ethical standards that govern charitable giving.
Talent Acquisition and Staff Development: Capacity to inspire, manage, and retain a talented team.
Bachelor’s degree required: advanced degree preferred.

Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is $105,000 - $110,000.

Statement of Non-Discrimination

The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Institution and EEO/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability, or age.

Application Process

The search for The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri’s President/CEO is being conducted by The Moran Company. Questions about the position can be directed to Mike English, The Moran Company; mike (at) morancompany.com.

To apply for this position, submit cover letter and resume to Mike English, The Moran Company, via the secure online portal. Resume should include all professional education and experience, dates of employment (month and year) and position/title and organization names. Cover letter should articulate relevant experience and fit with the stated preferences of the position.

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