Jefferson Community Foundation: Director of Finance & Gift Planning
Jefferson Community Foundation is seeking a collaborative and strategic professional to join our team as the Director of Finance & Gift Planning.
As the Director of Finance & Gift Planning, you will cultivate and manage relationships with JCF fundholders to ensure their highest level of satisfaction with support for their charitable giving. With the input of the CEO and Director of Nonprofit Services, you will share tailored grantmaking suggestions with fundholders to manifest the community impact they seek to make now and in the future. You will advise them on strategies for replenishing their funds in ways that maximize their tax benefits and investment strategies to grow their advised funds over time. You will educate and inform fundholders and community members by hosting workshops, issuing briefings, and facilitating networking events in Jefferson County. Finally, you will develop meaningful partnerships with professional advisors (CPAs and estate planning attorneys) to increase the number of advised fund holders at JCF.
Jefferson Community Foundation (JCF) is an innovative and thriving community foundation that serves Jefferson County, a community of small towns on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. At JCF, our goal is to help people become effective changemakers who know how to make a tangible impact on the community issues they care about most. By working on an integrated systems level across seemingly different neighborhoods and issues, JCF is moving the needle on the biggest challenges facing our community, including housing, jobs, education, health care, environmental protection, and more. After a record-breaking fundraising year in 2024, we are eager to build on our momentum and grow our team, so that we can welcome more people into our changemaking network and have an even greater impact on our community.
If you are a strong relationship builder with experience in finance and a deep understanding of the financial benefits of charitable giving who has a desire to make a real difference in a special community, please read on and consider becoming a part of the Jefferson Community Foundation Team!
Read the full job description here.
Starting salary range: $90,000-$100,000/yr DOE; full-time, exempt position
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
To Apply: Email a resume and cover letter to KC Upshaw at KC@KinshipHR.com. Applications received by July 25, 2025 will be given full consideration; early applications are strongly encouraged!
