Atlanta Executive Director
About GreenLight Fund
Founded in Boston in 2004, GreenLight Fund addresses barriers to economic mobility for children, youth and families in high-poverty urban areas by creating local infrastructure and a consistent annual process to:
In addition to funding, GreenLight Fund provides ongoing support to the organizations it brings to a city (portfolio organizations) through access to a national network of partners and city-specific relationships and knowledge, as well as expertise developed through GreenLight Fund's experience in other cities, which helps ensure their success and impact.Currently, in addition to the founding site in Boston, GreenLight Fund has sites in Atlanta, the Bay Area, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Miami, Newark, Philadelphia, the Twin Cities, and our newest site, Dallas. Since our founding, GreenLight has launched and supported 62 innovative organizations across these sites that reached 748,525 children and families last year.GreenLight Fund is poised for continued growth, with a focus on deepening community impact, growing to new cities, building our learning capacity, building strategic partnerships, and centering equity in all that we do. To learn more about GreenLight Fund's work, please visit http://greenlightfund.org/. GreenLight Atlanta has philanthropically invested $2.4M to bring 4 organizations to the city and leveraged an additional $4.5M to drive measurable outcomes for residents navigating poverty and working to overcome barriers to inclusive economic opportunity. In 2024, GreenLight reached more than 60,000 Atlanta residents and families through their portfolio organizations: Capital Good Fund, Center for Employment Opportunities, Inner Explorer, and The Literacy Lab.
The Opportunity
GreenLight Fund is currently seeking a dynamic, passionate, and collaborative Executive Director to lead GreenLight Atlanta forward. The Executive Director will work with a Selection Advisory Council – that includes private sector entrepreneurs and investors, nonprofit leaders, philanthropic leaders, social entrepreneurs, issue experts, and Atlanta residents with lived experience navigating poverty – to identify critical needs in Atlanta and vet, select, fund, and launch the highest-performing national solutions that directly fit the needs of the community. This entrepreneurial leader will also continue to build a strong, diverse coalition to support GreenLight Atlanta and its portfolio organizations, including building and stewarding relationships with donors.This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, results-oriented, and inspiring leader to work collaboratively to deliver a proven model of growing high-performing nonprofits in Atlanta and to engage individuals, funders, and companies to create meaningful community impact in the GreenLight Fund site. Reporting to a Vice President, Site Success, the Executive Director will lead implementation of GreenLight's Method of Impact in Atlanta, partner with peers across the country to find and spread what works and support the national GreenLight network.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Programmatic Leadership
External Relations and Fundraising
Organizational Leadership
Candidate Profile
The Atlanta Executive Director will be an experienced, innovative, and collaborative leader with compelling presence and exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. While no one candidate will possess every quality outlined for this position, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:
Compensation & BenefitsThe salary for this position is $140,000. The compensation package includes:
Candidates must be based in the Atlanta area. This position offers flexibility to work from home or hybrid with the expectation of in-person engagements, including meetings, events, and travel.GreenLight Fund is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBT applicants.
Contact
DSG | Koya has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Cassie Scarano and Ariella Pasackow. To apply, please submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out our Talent Profile no later than June 13, 2025. We will begin screening applications as soon as materials are received and will begin the interview process. All inquiries are strictly confidential.DSG | Koya is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals living with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual living with a disability and need assistance expressing interest online, please email NonprofitSearchOps@divsearch.com. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.
About DSG | Koya
DSG | Koya, a DSG Global company, is the nation's premier search firm dedicated to mission-driven leadership. Since its founding in 2004, DSG | Koya has had an exclusive focus on mission-driven clients and was founded on the belief that the right leader can transform an organization and have a deep and measurable impact on our world. DSG | Koya works with nonprofits & NGOs, responsible businesses, and social enterprises in local communities and around the world.DSG Global is consistently recognized by Forbes on its top 10 list of "America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms" and is an industry leader in recruiting transformational leaders for a changing world. The firm is deliberately different in its approach, with best-in-class teams who have decades of experience in cultivating inclusive leaders, understanding the dimensions of diversity, and building equitable teams.Learn more about DSG | Koya via the firm's website.
To apply, visit: https://www.dsgco.com/search/22155-greenlightatlanta/ jeid-7b841ea3ffb549c8ab91b8dec02297a2
Atlanta Executive Director
About GreenLight Fund
Founded in Boston in 2004, GreenLight Fund addresses barriers to economic mobility for children, youth and families in high-poverty urban areas by creating local infrastructure and a consistent annual process to:
In addition to funding, GreenLight Fund provides ongoing support to the organizations it brings to a city (portfolio organizations) through access to a national network of partners and city-specific relationships and knowledge, as well as expertise developed through GreenLight Fund's experience in other cities, which helps ensure their success and impact.Currently, in addition to the founding site in Boston, GreenLight Fund has sites in…