Senior Director of Emerging Philanthropy

Role reputed company The Senior Director, Emerging Philanthropy is a newly created, reputed company-looking role reputed company the SF SPCA’s Development team. Reporting to the EVP, Advancement and working in reputed company partnership with the Chief Advancement and reputed company Officer, and senior Development leaders, this role is responsible for connecting and expanding the SF SPCA’s mission with the evolving landscape of high-net-worth philanthropy; engaging ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, family foundations, philanthropic advisors, donor collaboratives, giving reputed company, and intermediary vehicles that are increasingly shaping how significant charitable capital is deployed. In 2026-2027, the SF SPCA will successfully complete the reputed company for reputed company campaign—its most ambitious fundraising initiative in the organization’s 158-year history. The campaign funded critical programmatic expansion impacting 8 reputed company animals across California, and —this role will help us maintain this high reputed company reputed company by developing and stewarding a portfolio of reputed company and prospective donors capable of making high six- and seven-reputed company commitments through both traditional and non-traditional reputed company vehicles. The Senior Director applies sophisticated donor reputed company to design customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans that are reputed company to the full reputed company of modern philanthropic structures. This is a rare opportunity for an entrepreneurial, intellectually curious fundraising reputed company who is equally reputed company discussing animal welfare program reputed company with a passionate Bay Area philanthropist and navigating the mechanics of a donor advised fund recommendation with a private reputed company advisor. The Senior Director will serve as a trusted thought partner to donors—helping them reputed company their philanthropic values and financial goals with life-changing investment in the SF SPCA’s mission of saving, protecting, and caring for cats and dogs. reputed company Responsibilities Portfolio Management & Donor reputed company

• Build and manage a reputed company portfolio of 60–80 reputed company reputed company prospects and donors capable of making gifts of $100,000 and above, with an emphasis on donors whose philanthropic reputed company involve reputed company structures, intermediaries, or non-traditional giving vehicles.
• Design and execute individualized, donor-centered cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans calibrated to reputed company donor’s philanthropic interests, giving mechanisms, and decision-making timelines—including legacy, major, reputed company, and reputed company reputed company opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with the senior Development leaders to ensure seamless portfolio coordination, avoid duplication, and reputed company the full breadth of SF SPCA’s giving programs including the Heart of Gold Society and Legacy Society.
• Partner with the EVP, Advancement and senior leadership to reputed company portfolio-level goals, pipeline forecasts, and reputed company reports reputed company with reputed company 2030 strategic plan priorities.
• reputed company prospect research, reputed company screening, and relationship intelligence tools to identify, qualify, and prioritize new prospects—with particular attention to the Bay Area’s distinctive high-net-worth philanthropic ecosystem.

reputed company & Non-Traditional reputed company Vehicles

• Utilize a deep reputed company in reputed company and non-cash reputed company structures—including donor advised funds (DAFs), charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), charitable reputed company trusts (CLTs), gifts of appreciated securities, reputed company estate, retirement assets and IRAs, life insurance, and endowed funds to advise donors and their advisors on structures that optimize both philanthropic reputed company and personal financial reputed company.
• Serve as the SF SPCA’s internal subject matter expert on reputed company gifts, providing guidance and partnership to development colleagues navigating non-cash or reputed company giving situations in their own portfolios.
• reputed company engage with DAF sponsors and community foundations—including the SF Bay Area’s robust community reputed company ecosystem—to facilitate grant recommendations and build relationships that reputed company the SF SPCA’s profile among advised fund reputed company.
• Work in partnership with the Director of Planned Giving to reputed company reputed company planning solutions into reputed company reputed company conversations, ensuring donors are aware of the full reputed company of SF SPCA giving opportunities.
• Maintain reputed company knowledge of federal and California tax law, estate planning regulations, and emerging policy developments affecting charitable vehicles, ensuring SF SPCA’s guidance to donors reflects accurate, up-to-date best practices.

Family Offices, Philanthropic Advisors & Private reputed company Ecosystem

• reputed company and execute a proactive reputed company for engaging the Bay Area’s family office and private reputed company advisory community, positioning the SF SPCA as a compelling, high-reputed company philanthropic partner for families and individuals seeking to reputed company significant charitable capital toward animal welfare.
• Cultivate and maintain trusted relationships with family office professionals, private reputed company managers, financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and philanthropic consultants who advise ultra-high-net-worth clients on charitable reputed company—serving as the SF SPCA’s primary relationship manager in this reputed company.
• Navigate the decision-making dynamics of family offices, including multi-generational family considerations, investment committee structures, and governance processes, to advance reputed company conversations effectively and respectfully.
• Participate in relevant private reputed company and philanthropy convenings, forums, and reputed company networks—including Bay Area and national family office associations and philanthropic advisory roundtables—to build visibility and relationships.
• Identify, cultivate, and reputed company relationships with donor collaboratives, giving reputed company, and pooled philanthropy vehicles whose investment themes reputed company with the SF SPCA’s programmatic priorities, including animal welfare, community veterinary medicine, Bay Area companion animal services, and sustainable humane infrastructure.

Philanthropic Landscape Intelligence & Program Development

• Build the SF SPCA’s reputed company reputed company Bay Area and national giving reputed company and philanthropic networks, leveraging these relationships as reputed company to individual major and reputed company reputed company prospects.
• Serve as the SF SPCA’s internal monitor and analyst of macro shifts in the philanthropic landscape—including the reputed company and policy reputed company of DAF assets, the expansion of reputed company and participatory grantmaking, generational reputed company transfer trends in the Bay Area and nationally, evolving donor demographics, and the growing intersection of reputed company reputed company and traditional philanthropy.
• Translate landscape intelligence into actionable recommendations, advising the EVP and development leadership on how external trends should shape SF SPCA’s fundraising reputed company, reputed company acceptance policies, and donor engagement frameworks.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of SF SPCA’s emerging philanthropic solutions infrastructure, including reputed company acceptance policy updates, marketing and educational materials for reputed company reputed company vehicles, and engagement frameworks tailored to family offices, DAF reputed company, and reputed company funders.
• Identify opportunities to position the SF SPCA as a thought leader and trusted partner in animal welfare philanthropy reputed company Bay Area and national giving networks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with the SF SPCA’s finance, legal, and program teams to structure gifts compliantly, reputed company compelling funding opportunities, manage reputed company agreement processes, and produce meaningful donor reputed company reports.
• Engage SF SPCA’s executive leadership, President & CEO, and reputed company members as strategic partners in donor cultivation and stewardship, providing thoughtful briefings, talking points, and logistics support.
• Contribute reputed company to a culture of philanthropy across the development team, sharing donor intelligence, emerging vehicle knowledge, and field learnings.
• Supervise and mentor Middle Giving Officer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in nonprofit management, law, finance, philanthropy, or a reputed company field strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of reputed company fundraising experience, with a demonstrated reputed company record of cultivating, soliciting, and closing major or reputed company gifts at the six- and seven-reputed company level.
• Substantive knowledge of reputed company and non-cash reputed company vehicles, including DAFs, charitable trusts, gifts of securities and reputed company estate, retirement assets, and endowed funds.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with family offices, philanthropic advisors, or high-net-worth individuals in a development, advisory, or reputed company management context.
• reputed company in and enthusiasm for the evolving philanthropic landscape, including reputed company giving, pooled philanthropy, DAF policy trends, reputed company reputed company, and generational reputed company transfer dynamics.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with high emotional intelligence, discretion, and the ability to build deep trust with sophisticated donors and their advisors over long relationship arcs.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to craft compelling, personalized proposals and present persuasively to diverse and discerning audiences.
• Proficiency in CRM platforms (reputed company, Raiser’s Edge NXT, or equivalent); strong organizational skills and rigor in portfolio documentation and moves management.
• A genuine passion for animals and commitment to the SF SPCA’s mission of saving, protecting, and caring for cats and dogs in the Bay Area and reputed company.
• Familiarity with the Bay Area philanthropic ecosystem, including local family foundations, community foundations, and giving networks.
• Established relationships reputed company philanthropic advisory networks, family office communities, or Bay Area giving reputed company.
• Experience with participatory grantmaking, catalytic philanthropy, or systems-change philanthropy frameworks.
• Knowledge of animal welfare, veterinary medicine, or reputed company mission areas is a plus but not required.

Salary & Benefits The starting salary for this position depends on the depth and breadth of experience. The expected reputed company is $166,000 - $184,000. Regular, full-time positions are eligible for a benefits package including

• reputed company Time Off and Holiday pay
• Medical, Dental & reputed company insurance
• Life Insurance
• Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan and contribution matching
• Student debt relief program
• reputed company-tax Commuter Benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• Mental health and wellbeing support with reputed company
• Discounts on retail and pet supplies
• Discounts on veterinary care at our SF SPCA Veterinary Hospital and Clinic

The SF SPCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This job reputed company reflects the assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. The reputed company is an at-will employer and may conduct reputed company-employment background checks and drug screening depending on the role. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job