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Application Deadline: Friday, September 1, 2023
About the Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation invests in great ideas and the people who power them. This has been the case since the Foundation was founded in 1953. Archibald (Archie) and Edyth Bush set up the Foundation with few restrictions, ensuring that board and staff members through the years would have the flexibility needed to meet the challenges of the day. This ultimately set the stage for some of the Foundation’s highest impact work.
Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Foundation operates with a staff of 35, stewards an endowment that has grown to $1.4 billion, and has a combined operating and philanthropic budget for 2023 of $66 million.
The Opportunity
The Bush Foundation is seeking a transformational leader to serve as its next Grantmaking Director for the Bush Fellowship Program. This Grantmaking Director provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Bush Fellowship Program (BFP), in addition to serving as an active resource and leader on all the Foundation’s other funding opportunities.
Reporting to the Vice President of Grantmaking, the Grantmaking Director will join a strong team of three other Grantmaking Directors, five Grantmaking Officers, and a Grantmaking Coordinator. The Grantmaking Director will also partner closely with the Program Operations and Talent, Learning, and Evaluation Teams. The Grantmaking Director is a part of the Foundation’s Management Team, contributing leadership and oversight for organization-wide strategic and operational decisions.
Compensation & Benefits
The salary for this position is $168,578. We offer excellent benefits, including health, dental, life, and disability insurance; generous retirement contributions; professional development; and vacation, sick, and holiday leave.
The Bush Foundation embeds simplicity and equity in its approach to compensation. Salaries are tied to external benchmarks and regularly reviewed to make sure that employee contributions are fairly valued, and that Foundation pay is competitive in attracting talented people. All employees in the same roles are paid at the same rate, regardless of tenure or experience to avoid embedding disparities in the pay structure.
Work Environment
The Foundation operates on a hybrid schedule with our primary office in St. Paul, MN. We are a place-based foundation with a focus on serving the people in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the 23 Native nations that share that geography. Employees are required to live in the region that we serve.
To Learn More
The Bush Foundation has recorded a brief video to introduce themselves and discuss the Grantmaking Director role. On July 13, 2023, that closed caption recording will be available on their website.