Philanthropy Coordinator
Description
Job Title: Philanthropy Coordinator
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Terms: Full Time
Reports to: Director of Philanthropy, Public Climate Finance Lead
Posting End Date: March 23, 2026
About Us
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) unlocks the power of family forests as a climate solution while helping thousands of landowners care for their land and improve forest health. Through its Family Forest Carbon Program, AFF expands access to the voluntary carbon market for family forest owners from all walks of life while producing high quality forest carbon credits to help companies reach their net zero goals. The organization’s strategic direction seeks to enable family forests to capture and store one billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.
We do not do this alone. AFF works across a broad coalition of conservation partners, corporations, and policymakers to equip family forest owners with financial and technical support to implement sustainable forest management practices on their lands and activate their forests as a critical tool in the fight against climate change.
AFF is in a mode of complex problem solving and rapid iteration. All teams at AFF are working to discover solutions to the planet’s most pressing climate issues through developing and iterating viable and scalable models for impact. AFF is driven by values of our shared purpose, measurable and verifiable results, and learning for continuous improvement to tackle big conservation challenges.
About The Role
The Philanthropy Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the American Forest Foundation’s fundraising efforts by ensuring strong donor stewardship, smooth development operations, and effective coordination across the organization. This is a hybrid position that reports to the Director of Philanthropy, Public Finance Lead. The coordinator helps to maintain high-quality funder relationships through timely communications, accurate data management, and assistance with the preparation of compelling stewardship and proposal materials. The position advances fundraising activities, donor research, data management, and event logistics through cross-departmental coordination.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
https://www.forestfoundation.org/who-we-are/careers/
We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.
Job Title: Philanthropy Coordinator
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Terms: Full Time
Reports to: Director of Philanthropy, Public Climate Finance Lead
Posting End Date: March 23, 2026
About Us
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) unlocks the power of family forests as a climate solution while helping thousands of landowners care for their land and improve forest health. Through its Family Forest Carbon Program, AFF expands access to the voluntary carbon market for family forest owners from all walks of life while producing high quality forest carbon credits to help companies reach their net zero goals. The organization’s strategic direction seeks to enable family forests to capture and store one billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.
We do not do this alone. AFF works across a broad coalition of conservation partners, corporations, and policymakers to equip family forest owners with financial and technical support to implement sustainable forest management practices on their lands and activate their forests as a critical tool in the fight against climate change.
AFF is in a mode of complex problem solving and rapid iteration. All teams at AFF are working to discover solutions to the planet’s most pressing climate issues through developing and iterating viable and scalable models for impact. AFF is driven by values of our shared purpose, measurable and verifiable results, and learning for continuous improvement to tackle big conservation challenges.
About The Role
The Philanthropy Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the American Forest Foundation’s fundraising efforts by ensuring strong donor stewardship, smooth development operations, and effective coordination across the organization. This is a hybrid position that reports to the Director of Philanthropy, Public Finance Lead. The coordinator helps to maintain high-quality funder relationships through timely communications, accurate data management, and assistance with the preparation of compelling stewardship and proposal materials. The position advances fundraising activities, donor research, data management, and event logistics through cross-departmental coordination.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Manage development operations, including donor mail processing, accurate gift entry, and adherence to established gift-processing procedures.
- Maintain high-quality data in the CRM by tracking KPIs, generating reports, and ensuring cross-team data integrity through regular reconciliation with the Finance Department.
- Support compliance with organizational policies and regulations related to insurance, legal, safety, and health requirements.
- Contribute to continuous process improvement by refining workflows, documentation, and systems that enhance development team efficiency.
- Oversee donor stewardship activities, including timely gift acknowledgements and coordination of stewardship premiums.
- Provide research, materials, and administrative support for fundraising efforts across individual, corporate, and institutional giving.
- Assist with event logistics for donor engagement activities such as field tours, webinars, and conferences, including limited travel (2–4 trips annually).
- Build and maintain technical skills by staying current with fundraising tools and trends and serving as a proficient user of key software platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Zoom, Favro, Adobe Acrobat).
- Strong skills using Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft SharePoint, HubSpot, Favro, Adobe Acrobat, and other relevant platforms.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders including partners, donors, volunteers, community leaders, and colleagues.
- Donor-centered orientation, with the ability to prioritize organizational goals above personal preferences when needed.
- Database management competency and systems-level thinking.
- Ability to function successfully in a highly independent role and remote-first work environment.
- Agility (Level 1) - Thriving in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments by anticipating and responding to changes with swift, focused and flexible actions.
- Collaborating with Others (Level 2) - Working together with others in a cooperative and supportive manner to achieve shared goals.
- Ensuring Accountability (Level 1) - Holding yourself and others to high standards of accountability, creating an infrastructure and transparent organization culture that supports and measures personal and organizational responsibility and accountability.
- Problem Solving (Level 2) - Identifying problems and the solutions to them. Your contributions and leadership will be appreciated. Our staff is passionate, dedicated and good at what they do, and will be deeply grateful for your efforts to create and preserve an environment that is both fun and fair.
- Processing and Recording Financial Transactions (Level 1) - Processing financial transactions to ensure the effective recording and tracking of revenues and expenditures.
- Database Administration (Level 2) - Applying methods, practices, and policies to the design and management of databases.
- Event Management (Level 1) - Planning, coordinating, and managing events to achieve specific business objectives.
- Digital Literacy (Level 2) - Engaging with digital technologies to accomplish goals and solve challenges in the workplace.
- You have the unique and exciting opportunity to work with amazing colleagues, partners and landowners to help connect forest landowners with technical and financial assistance to better steward their land and achieve vital landscape-scale conservation impacts.
- Your contributions and leadership will be appreciated. Our staff is passionate, dedicated and good at what they do, and will be deeply grateful for your efforts to create and preserve an environment that is both fun and fair.
- We offer a flexible work environment that respects your life outside of work.
- Salary is commensurate with experience.
- AFF offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
https://www.forestfoundation.org/who-we-are/careers/
We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.