Partner, Pathways Fund

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New Profit, Inc., a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund in Cambridge, MA, that exists to help social entrepreneurs and their organizations dramatically improve opportunities for children, families, and communities, seeks nominations and applicants for a Partner for its newly established Pathways Fund. The Pathways Fund, launched by New Profit Inc. in its capacity as a Social Innovation Fund intermediary organization, is dedicated to serving low-income youth transitioning from high-school to post-secondary education and productive employment. The Social Innovation Fund is a new competitive grant program housed at the Corporation for National and Community Service designed to expand innovative solutions to social sector problems with evidence of strong results in communities throughout America. To achieve its mission, New Profit provides multi-year grants and strategic support to social entrepreneur-led nonprofit organizations with the potential to create significant, long-term impact on the lives of low-income Americans by tackling persistent social problems in education, workforce development, public health, and other areas. With the support of individual philanthropists and its signature partner, Monitor Group, New Profit has committed more than $65 million in financial and strategic resources to 27 organizations, including such groundbreaking organizations as Teach For America, Year Up, and Project HEALTH. The incoming Partner will play a key role in launching and building the Pathways Fund and its portfolio of nonprofit organizations, and will actively participate in selecting and supporting high-potential organizations to help them achieve their goals to grow their base of evidence and scale their organizations. S/he will contribute to the overall leadership of the Pathways Fund, including helping to create and execute the Fund’s strategy, managing the Fund’s nonprofit portfolio and funder team, managing and coaching junior team members, and representing New Profit and the Fund externally. S/he will also serve as a member of the learning community of the Social Innovation Fund convened by the Corporation for National and Community Service to help the government find new ways to foster social innovation.

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