Senior Advisor; Two positions

Overview

Work Location: Toledo office with hybrid flexibility

The Opportunity

The Greater Toledo Community Foundation has been a force for community investment and impact for more than fifty years. By connecting generosity with meaningful community causes, the Community Foundation is the largest philanthropic institution serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

Guided by a new strategic plan, the Foundation is accelerating its development team. Under new leadership, the Foundation is addressing the region’s most persistent challenges while building pathways toward a more equitable and connected community.

The Foundation seeks a skilled and collaborative Senior Advisor to join its newly created Center for Philanthropy. This is an exciting opportunity to join an exceptional organization at a moment of strategic clarity and momentum.

The Organization

The Greater Toledo Community Foundation’s mission is to create opportunities,
connect generosity, and inspire collective action to ensure a vibrant region where all people thrive. The Foundation partners with donors to create lasting impact through community leadership and convening, strategic grantmaking and innovative philanthropy that addresses the community’s most pressing needs. The Community Foundation is a permanent charitable resource serving the greater Toledo region. With more than $560 million in assets across 1100+ funds, the Foundation is the region’s largest grantmaker, distributing over $30 million annually to support community needs, opportunities and long-term impact.

The Community Foundation provides best-in-class donor services while aligning individual passions with meaningful community impact. In addition, the Foundation designs and hosts innovative programs that strengthen the region’s nonprofit ecosystem.

The Senior Advisor is responsible for advancing the Foundation’s philanthropic growth by building and managing relationships with high-capacity individuals, families and prospective donors. This role focuses on cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major and planned gifts while helping donors achieve meaningful, strategic impact in the community.

The Senior Advisor manages a portfolio of donors and prospects, leads complex philanthropic conversations, collaborates with professional advisors and contributes directly to the Foundation’s fundraising and asset growth goals.

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 100–150 high-capacity donors and prospects.
• Conduct donor discovery, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship with defined revenue goals.
• Develop and implement individualized engagement strategies using moves management principles.

• Secure major gifts, new charitable funds, and legacy commitments.
• Identify planned giving opportunities and collaborate with internal partners on gift structuring and documentation.
• Guide donors through complex philanthropic decisions aligned with their values and the Foundation’s mission.

• Facilitate family meetings and multi-generational philanthropic discussions.
• Support next-generation engagement and long-term family giving strategies.
• Translate donor interests into actionable grantmaking and impact opportunities.

• Build and maintain relationships with attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, and wealth managers.
• Participate in advisor-led donor meetings as appropriate.
• Represent the Foundation in professional and community settings to expand awareness and referrals.

• Partner with internal teams to develop donor-facing impact narratives, reports, and updates.
• Contribute to Foundation-wide fundraising initiatives, campaigns, and strategic priorities.
• Actively participate in team planning, forecasting, and performance review processes.

• New dollars raised and new funds established
• Growth of portfolios and movement through the pipeline
• Planned and legacy gift commitments identified
• Alignment of donor intent with strategic priorities
• Quality and consistency of donor engagement
• Accuracy and completeness of CRM documentation