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Executive Director

October 14, 2025

Company Name

Donors of Color Network

Company City

National, Remote

Company State

DE

Job Location

Remote

Company Information

The Donors of Color Network is the first national network uniting high net-worth individuals of color across race and ethnicity to advance racial justice and build power for communities of color.

Job Description

The Donors of Color Network (DOCN) seeks a bold, strategic, experienced, and visionary leader to serve as its next Executive Director. Founded in 2019, DOCN is a landmark force in philanthropy and has already played a pivotal role in advancing racial-justice causes and shifting philanthropic norms. As political and social headwinds threaten hard-won gains, the need for DOCN has never been greater. DOCN requires an Executive Director who will lead its network of accomplished, influential, and committed members with courage, clarity, and conviction.

Reporting to the board of directors, DOCN’s Executive Director will be expected to: advance a strategic vision that fully leverages members’ influence and resources; expand revenue to ensure sustainability and scale; strengthen staff and operations to deliver excellence with efficiency; create unique opportunities that deepen members’ learning, leadership and impact; and cultivate and grow the network itself. Under its current strategic plan, DOCN seeks to increase its membership from 57 to 200 by 2029 and be the leading resource for donors of color seeking to create catalytic change. The next Executive Director must be energized by this rare opportunity to build a powerful philanthropic engine for racial justice—led by and for people of color—that has never existed before. This is a permanent, full-time position that can be based anywhere in the U.S. The salary is estimated between $220,000-$280,000 not including benefits, commensurate with experience.

Donors of Color Network has retained the search firm Isaacson, Miller for this important recruitment. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the close of the search process. Electronic submission of materials is strongly encouraged. Inquiries, nominations, referrals, and CVs with cover letters should be sent below.

Job Qualifications

For this pivotal and visible role, DOCN seeks a leader who is passionate about the organization’s mission and legacy and farsighted about its future. DOCN requires a highly facilitative and relational leader who can deal with ambiguity and fluidity and is open to feedback and course correction.The Executive Director must be adept at interacting with and inspiring people of wealth and those at the highest levels of philanthropic, political, and movement leadership. The successful candidate will also bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal characteristics:

  • Informed, demonstrated passion and sense of urgency for the mission of DOCN and commitment to its values of joy, community, solidarity, and power.
  • Demonstrated fluency in donor engagement and acumen in working with wealthy and/or high-capacity donors.
  • Strong record of astute financial management; ability to balance resources with strategic vision.
  • Exceptional strategic abilities and the capacity to translate big ideas into clear strategies and action.
  • Experience raising resources from a diverse array of sources such as foundations, individuals, corporations, etc.
  • Track record of and appetite for building and growing an early-stage organization.
  • Proven record of strong and accessible team management, including the ability to recruit, inspire, develop, and retain a strong staff, set clear priorities, and delegate effectively.
  • Keen grasp of the political, economic, social, and cultural issues that impact DOCN’s mission.
  • Excellent advocacy skills and a well-honed resiliency to see through challenging circumstances.
  • Very strong relationship-building skills and a wide network of contacts.
  • Ease with a range of stakeholders at all levels and across different backgrounds.
  • Exceptional speaking and writing skills.
  • Public presence and media savvy.
  • Understanding of new and innovative models of outreach, collaboration, and progressive power-building.
  • High integrity, flexibility, approachability, humility, and good humor.

How to Apply

https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/donors-color-network/executive-director