Full-Time

Stand Together Ventures Lead

Development & Fundraising

Posted on 10/31/2025

Stand Together

Stand Together

501-1,000 employees

Philanthropic network funding capacity-building for changemakers

No salary listed

Arlington, VA, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Requirements
  • Deep alignment with the Principles of Human Progress, especially self-actualization, mutual benefit, and bottom-up change
  • Proven experience as a founder, investor, or community builder among high-performing peers
  • A builder’s mindset: entrepreneurial, strategic, and biased toward action
  • Exceptional relationship instincts—ability to earn trust, spot potential, and challenge high-performers to grow
  • Strong operational acumen coupled with a history of fostering accountability and ownership
  • Ability to connect vision to execution, with a track record of delivering results through networks and partnerships
  • Experience contributing to Stand Together's vision and principled approach, and a commitment to stewarding the organization’s culture
Responsibilities
  • Lead Stand Together Ventures: Own the strategy, growth, and culture of Stand Together’s fastest growing donor community, ensuring every partner is positioned to contribute based on their unique comparative advantage
  • Build the Community: Identify, recruit, and onboard high-potential business leaders early in their philanthropic journey—and support their evolution into high-impact partners
  • Drive Partner Engagement: Match partners with our most transformational “100x” opportunities. Support them in co-creating strategies, launching initiatives, and shaping Stand Together’s future
  • Enable Peer Leadership: Create environments—events, salons, working groups—where Stand Together Ventures members connect, learn, and lead together
  • Scale Through Referrals: Design and execute community-driven growth through the Super Recruiter Program, helping Ventures partners identify and engage new members
  • Collaborate Across Stand Together: Work alongside Development, Strategy, Policy, and Program teams to turn partner engagement into meaningful progress on Stand Together’s priorities
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience managing communities, donor groups, or executive peer networks is a plus
  • Standout candidates will believe philanthropy should perform like business—disciplined, focused, and transformational
  • Value principle over process and impact over prestige
  • See donors as partners, not patrons
  • Get excited helping others find their “why” and act on it

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that backs changemakers tackling root causes of America’s problems. It offers funding to build capacity, access to a national network to scale efforts, and a practical playbook of proven methods to grow and sustain impact. Its partners span nonprofit, business, civil rights, arts, and grassroots leaders, reflecting a cross-sector approach to issues like economic opportunity, education, healthcare, and bridging partisan divides. The goal is to help partners implement scalable, evidence-based solutions that transform results across the country.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Arlington, Virginia

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Health reforms in 26 states empower patients and cut provider red tape.
  • Education policies enable public funding for non-traditional school options.
  • Army of Normal Folks unites communities via six local service clubs.

What critics are saying

  • Koch Network ties alienate partners amid fossil fuel backlash.
  • Public schools resist AI mastery learning, delaying Khan ROI.
  • Tough-on-crime shifts cut criminal justice reform funding in 2025.

What makes Stand Together unique

  • Stand Together Trust commits $20M over five years to Khan Academy's AI mastery-based education.
  • Stand Together partners with VSee Health to launch Aimee telehealth service.
  • Stand Together Foundation selects 13 nonprofits for Catalyst Program in 2022.

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Flexible Work Hours

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