Executive Director of Foundation

Asante • MEDFORD, OR

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About The Position

The Executive Director of the Asante Foundation provides strategic and operational leadership for philanthropy across Asante. The director develops and executes a comprehensive fundraising strategy that advances Asante’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities. Serving as the organization’s chief fundraising strategist and principal philanthropic ambassador, the Executive Director cultivates meaningful relationships with donors, community leaders, physicians, executives, board members, foundations, and corporate partners. The role champions a culture of philanthropy across the organization, integrating philanthropy with Asante’s mission and strategic objectives and helping leaders, caregivers, physicians, volunteers, and community partners understand their role in advancing philanthropic support.

Requirements

• Ten years of progressively responsible fundraising and philanthropy leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success securing major and principal gifts.
• Successful leadership of comprehensive or capital campaigns.
• Experience working with governing boards and senior executives.
• Experience developing and achieving departmental operating budgets.
• Effective leadership of department staff.
• Expertise in major gifts, principal gifts, planned giving, corporate giving, foundation relations, and campaign management.
• Strong financial, business planning, and budget management skills.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing abilities.
• Advanced strategic planning and execution capabilities.
• Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Ability to work effectively with physicians, executives, volunteers, donors, and community leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire philanthropy and build organizational engagement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within healthcare, higher education, or complex nonprofit organizations is preferred.
• A master’s degree in business, healthcare administration, nonprofit management, public administration, communications, or a related field is strongly preferred at time of hire or to be achieved early in tenure.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for philanthropy across Asante.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned with Asante’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Serve as the organization’s chief fundraising strategist and principal philanthropic ambassador.
• Cultivate relationships with donors, community leaders, physicians, executives, board members, foundations, and corporate partners.
• Champion a culture of philanthropy across the organization and integrate philanthropy with Asante’s mission and strategic objectives.
• Engage leaders, caregivers, physicians, volunteers, and community partners in advancing philanthropic support.
• Secure major and principal gifts and lead comprehensive or capital campaigns.
• Develop and achieve departmental operating budgets.
• Lead department staff effectively.
• Work with governing boards and senior executives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for part-time and above employees and eligible dependents beginning within 30 days of hire.
• Employer-sponsored retirement plan with company contribution and match.
• Tuition reimbursement and tuition repayment program.
• Life insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive