Buell Foundation
The Director of Responsive Grantmaking reports to the Vice President of Programs and is a member of the Programs Leadership Team. As a member of this leadership team, the Director contributes to strategic discussions related to Foundation giving and other mission-related activities. The Director provides leadership and oversight of responsive grantmaking, which is the primary program of the Foundation. The Director ensures that responsive grantmaking is implemented with a high degree of attention to best practices, quality, consistency, and fit with the Foundation’s funding goals and priorities. The Responsive Grantmaking Director is a publicfacing role and is responsible for representing the Foundation in a variety of settings.
This position supervises a team of professionals and builds and maintains a trusting, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture. The responsive grantmaking team recommends more than $15 million through more than 300 individual grants annually. The Director leads the team in implementing funding strategies and ensures consistency and quality of the due diligence process, including development of recommendations for optimizing the process to improve efficiency and effectiveness. It is anticipated that the Director will carry a partial caseload of grant requests for review in each of three annual grantmaking cycles. In addition, this position oversees preparation of all grant recommendation materials provided to the Board of Trustees and development of educational materials related to trends in the field. As a part of this role, the Director maintains expertise in fields funded by the Foundation (currently early childhood education and development and comprehensive sex education) as well as best practices in grantmaking. The Director collaborates with other foundations and stakeholders to encourage coordinated and aligned efforts that support the mission and vision of the Buell Foundation.