Partnerships Associate

Coefficient Giving is hiring a Partnerships Associate to support work with our growing list of donors. We believe the next few years represent a unique opportunity to significantly scale philanthropic funding across our cause areas and the Partnerships Associate will play a vital role in making that happen. This is a generalist role you will support donor outreach run events and create materials that help philanthropists connect with our highest-impact funding opportunities.

This role requires you to work at least two days a week from our San Francisco office. Well support candidates who are not already based in this area with relocation costs.

Were also looking for a Partnerships Operations Lead. If that sounds more like you we encourage you to take a look at the job description.

About Coefficient Giving

Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) is a philanthropic funder and advisor. Since 2014 weve directed over $5 billion in grants as part of our mission to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. We work with a range of donors who share our commitment to cost-effective high-impact giving. Our current funds include Science and Global Health R&D Navigating Transformative Artificial Intelligence Abundance & Growth Farm Animal Welfare Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness and more. In 2025 we recommended more than $1 billion to high-impact causes.

Were proud of our track record:

• Our grants to evidence-backed global health programs have saved over 100000 lives and our farm animal welfare grants have improved the lives of over 3 billion animals.

• We supported the late-stage clinical trials for the R21 malaria vaccine now being scaled to protect millions of kids globally.

• We were the earliest major funder of the YIMBY movement to build more housing. Our grantees have led the charge on major wins like City of Yes in New York and SB 79 in California which will enable hundreds of thousands of new housing units.

• We jump-started the field of AI safety and security and have played a vital role in addressing other existential threats such as mirror bacteria.

About the Partnerships team

Our Partnerships function launched in 2024 leveraging our internal research and grantmaking expertise to direct donors to the highest-impact funding opportunities 2025 Partnerships helped direct more than $200 million to high-impact causes outside our core relationship with Good Ventures. We see the coming years as a unique opportunity to be even more ambitious in scaling this work.

The Partnerships team builds relationships with philanthropists interested in cost-effective giving within global health global catastrophic risks and/or farm animal addition to matching donors with the most promising funding opportunities across our portfolios we are building an advisory practice to offer bespoke support to emerging philanthropists seeking a more comprehensive strategy.

Day to day the team manages many workstreams at once: it cultivates relationships with ultra-high-net-worth donors develops proposals and reports plans events coordinates with expert program teams to launch new funds and works with grants and legal to structure how money moves.

About this role

Your job is to help the Partnerships team connect with donors and communicate our work. Youll provide direct support to senior team members with donor outreach serve as the Partnerships lead and coordinate with Operations to produce donor events and collaborate with Communications on donor-facing materials. This role sits at the center of how we engage with donors and because we are a small growing team youll get to shape how that work evolves. This team moves quickly and prioritizes speed and responsiveness. On any given day your priorities may shift without warning. Were looking for someone who finds that energizing not destabilizing.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to build skills in donor engagement and philanthropic communications while contributing to high-impact work. You will have a wide portfolio that provides an inside view of the front lines of sophisticated donor cultivation and stewardship. The role reports to Liz Givens Director of Partnerships.

The Partnerships Associate will:

• Support relationship building. Help cultivate new donor relationships by supporting outreach preparing briefing materials and ensuring timely follow-up. Research prospective donors and run regular portfolio reviews to assess the status of donor relationships and identify next steps.

• Deliver donor events. Coordinate with the Operations team to plan and execute events that bring together donors and Coefficient Giving team members. Articulate event goals design outreach strategy maintain invitation lists ensure internal stakeholders are well-prepared and coordinate timely follow-up. Create a Partnerships event playbook to document best practices.

• Create donor-facing materials. Work with the Communications team to produce content that helps donors understand our work and funding opportunities impact reports proposals presentations and other collateral tailored to donor audiences.

• Support senior leaders. Support senior team members in their donor engagement. Help them prepare for meetings coordinate follow-up and stay on top of their donor portfolios.

• Triage central communications. Manage the Partnerships inboxes to ensure all messages are routed and actioned appropriately.

• Pitch in where needed. Contribute to team priorities as they a small growing team flexibility is essential.

What were looking for

Were looking for people with 13 years of professional experience who are excited to grow in a donor engagement or partnerships role.

• Strong communication. You write clearly and professionally. You can adapt your style for different audiences from busy executives to external partners.

• Organization and follow-through. You manage multiple workstreams quickly and efficiently without dropping details. You keep systems clean and follow through on commitments.

• Attention to detail. You enjoy planning and executing events that bring our community together and creating communications that our donors will appreciate.

• Relationship-oriented. You have good instincts for stakeholder management. You stay organized across multiple workstreams keep the right people in the loop and bring structure to projects that might otherwise drift.

• Collaborative mindset. You work well within and across teams partnering with Communications Operations and other functions to get things done.

• Ownership and initiative. You take responsibility for your work and proactively look for ways to improve. Youre comfortable making judgment calls with incomplete information and dont need to escalate every decision. You know when to act and when to check in.

• Comfort with AI tools. You dont need to be a developer but you should be interested in using LLMs and automation to reduce manual work.

• Mission alignment. Youre excited about Coefficient Givings mission and approach. You want to help direct more resources toward high-impact causes.

The ideal candidate for this position will possess many of the skills and experiences described above. However there is no such thing as a perfect candidate. If you are on the fence about applying because you are unsure whether you are qualified we strongly encourage you to apply.

Were particularly interested in candidates with the following backgrounds though many other backgrounds may be a good fit:

• Development fundraising or donor relations in nonprofit organizations

• Policy research or program roles especially within Coefficient Giving cause areas

• Event planning coordination or production in nonprofit corporate or political contexts

• Communications marketing or content creation especially for external audiences

• Executive assistant chief of staff or operations roles supporting senior leaders

Role details & benefits

• Compensation: We anticipate total compensation for this role of $143750 (including an unconditional 401(k) grant of $18750). This includes 10% upward adjustment for a location in San Francisco.

• Location: This is a full-time onsite role in our San Francisco office. If you dont live in this location youd need to relocate (wed assist with relocation costs).

  • Unfortunately we arent able to sponsor visas for this role so candidates must have work authorization in the U.S. to apply.

• Benefits: Our benefits package includes:

  • Excellent health insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the US for you and any eligible dependents) and an employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement for certain other personal health expenses

  • Dental vision and life insurance for you and your family

  • Four weeks of PTO recommended per year

  • Four months of fully paid family leave

  • A generous and flexible expense policy

  • Support for remote work

• Start date: Ideally wed like new hires to start as soon as possible after receiving an offer but we can be flexible for exceptional candidates.

We aim to employ people with many different experiences perspectives and backgrounds who share our passion for accomplishing as much good as we can. We are committed to creating an environment where all employees have the opportunity to succeed and we do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability or have any other questions about applying please contact .

Please apply by 11:59 p.m. PT on May 3 2026 to be considered. We will consider candidates on a rolling basis so earlier submission is recommended.

U.S.-based staff are typically employed by Coefficient Giving LLC which is not a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As such this role is unlikely to be eligible for public service loan forgiveness programs.

We may use AI to assist in the initial screening of applications including to detect whether candidates have used AI models in drafting their applications. Decisions are always made by a human on our team. If you have any questions about our use of AI tools you can email .

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