Supporting economic development programs for cities...

About Briza

Briza is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a ten-year goal: meaningfully improve one million lives by finding local programs that work and helping them multiply. We focus on the roughly 15,000 cities across the US where local governments and community organizations are quietly driving economic development and going unnoticed.

We document those solutions as replicable playbooks, identify local leaders who can run them elsewhere, and connect them with the funding to do it. We use AI heavily to make research and matching faster and more scalable.

What You’d Be Taking On

Briza is early. We have a clear model, growing research infrastructure, and a small team of part-time contributors. What we don't yet have is partners who can help build the organization, shape its strategy, build key relationships, and take ownership of a significant piece of the work.

Who We’re Looking For

The most important thing is genuine, deep interest in local governance and community impact, and the belief that local government is underrated, underresourced, and full of untapped potential.

Backgrounds that would be a strong fit:

• Experience working in or closely with local government - city staff, elected officials, city managers, council advisors, municipal consultants
• Nonprofit leadership or operations - running programs, managing grantees, working with foundations
• Community organizing or civic engagement work
• Public policy research or practice - especially at the state/local level
• Journalism or communications focused on government, cities, or social impact

We're intentionally looking for contributors who complements the founder's background rather than mirrors it. The founder comes from technology and venture capital, so we'd love collaborators who bring relationships, credibility, and intuition in spaces Briza is trying to reach.

You don't need to be technical. You do need to be comfortable working in an early-stage environment where things are still being figured out.

What Makes This Worth It

• Real ownership over the organization
• Work that compounds - the research and relationships you build now become the foundation of something that could reach millions of people
• Flexibility - this role can be remote and can adapt to the number of hours you can commit