The Director of Development (DD) is responsible for leading revenue growth through strategic identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate and individual prospects, as well as peer-to-peer events. This position will be responsible for cultivating and securing financial contributions from individuals, businesses, and organizations in support of APDA’s events, activities, and programs, and by raising public awareness to maximize service delivery and revenue generation potential in the community. The DD staffs board committees, and represents APDA to internal and external stakeholders, donors, prospects, and the public. Willing to ultimately help meet the objectives of American Parkinson Disease Association’s mission.

The Manager, Accounting plays a critical role in managing the organization’s day-to-day financial operations, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial records. Reporting directly to the Controller, this position leads month-end and year-end close activities, prepares and analyzes financial reports, coordinates audit and compliance efforts, and ensures adherence to GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards.

The Human Resources Generalist provides broad, hands-on HR support across a range of client organizations, including nonprofit and mission-driven environments. This role supports day-to-day HR needs across employee relations, recruiting, onboarding and offboarding, leave administration, benefits, compliance, performance management, HR policies, and employee documentation. The HR Generalist works closely with employees and managers, responds to HR questions, helps address workplace issues, and supports HR processes and projects across multiple client accounts. The role requires strong organization, sound judgment, responsiveness, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a client-service environment. Strong candidates will bring well-rounded HR experience and be comfortable working independently across multiple areas of HR. Experience in nonprofit, social services, education, community-based, or other mission-driven organizations is especially valuable. Candidates should also be comfortable building relationships with employees and leaders and adapting to the needs of different organizations.

The Senior Human Resources Manager provides hands-on HR leadership and support across a range of client organizations, with a strong focus on nonprofit and mission-driven environments. This role works closely with clients to address employee relations, compliance, talent acquisition, compensation, leave administration, performance management, organizational development, and other day-to-day HR needs. The Senior HR Manager serves as a trusted advisor to client leaders, helps resolve complex employee issues, supports HR projects and initiatives, and provides guidance to HR team members. The role also requires managing multiple priorities and client relationships while maintaining a high level of responsiveness and service. Strong candidates will bring broad HR experience, sound judgment, strong communication and consulting skills, and the ability to work effectively with leaders and employees at different levels of an organization. Experience working in nonprofit, social services, education, community-based, or other mission-driven organizations is especially valuable. Experience with union or collective bargaining environments is also beneficial.

The Manager, Grants Accounting serves as the organization’s lead resource for compliance and audit requirements related to externally funded programs, particularly government grants. Working closely with Program Directors and cross-functional teams, this position ensures that federal, state, and local grant funds are managed responsibly, accurately, and in full compliance with applicable regulations.

Founded in 1974, Resilience is Illinois’ only stand-alone rape crisis center, providing free, 24-hour services to survivors of sexual violence. With a $3M budget, 34 staff and 150 volunteers, Resilience served 1,500+ survivors last year. The next Executive Director will strengthen infrastructure, diversify revenue, lead strategic planning, and build alignment among staff and Board while advancing equity, racial justice and survivor-centered advocacy. The ideal leader will bring nonprofit leadership, fundraising, financial management, strategic planning and strong communication skills.

Experimental Station is seeking a proactive Gift Officer to serve as a frontline fundraiser. Working alongside our Executive Director and Senior Development Manager, you will manage a portfolio of ~150 mid-tier individual donors—building relationships, conducting direct solicitations, and helping build our major giving program ($5k+). As part of a lean, collaborative team, you will handle both strategic engagement and core administrative tasks like gift processing.

At Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, our mission is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance, envisioning a dance landscape that is relevant and accessible to all.  Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is seeking an experienced fundraising professional to join the Development Team. The Individual Giving Manager helps lead a collaborative team to meet or exceed annual fundraising goals, manages Hubbard Street’s individual giving program, and serves as a dynamic gift officer. This highly visible role engages Chicago’s philanthropic and arts communities while supporting the work of a leading contemporary dance company approaching its 50th anniversary season. Hubbard Street is a hybrid work environment. The Development Team conducts day-to-day operations remotely between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and team members are encouraged to work in person 1–2 days per week. In-person attendance is required for performances, events, and meetings or projects as needed. On average, HSDC hosts one fundraiser per year, approximately 10–15 cultivation and stewardship events, and three performance series in the fall, spring, and winter.

We're seeking an Associate Director of Development Operations to join our high-performing Development team. This role is ideal for a strategic, detail-oriented operations professional who enjoys improving systems, leveraging data to drive fundraising success, and bringing large-scale donor events to life. As the operational backbone of the Development team, you'll oversee donor database management, fundraising operations, gift processing, reporting and analytics, and event logistics while ensuring the team has the tools, processes, and insights needed to cultivate and steward donors effectively.

Sarah's Circle is a non-profit organization working to end homelessness for women in Chicago. The Director of Clinical Services utilizes clinical social work expertise to support the organization in the provision of supportive services that effectively engage clients facing barriers due to trauma and/or mental illness. The Director serves as a resource to housing case managers in all programs, providing consultative support to assess and address barriers. The position maintains a regular presence in all client programs, providing direct client services including conflict resolution, crisis de-escalation, and participation in client meetings and appointments, as needed. The position researches, engages, and coordinates education, training, and staff development opportunities to guide and equip staff to respond to challenging client situations with a trauma informed approach. This position also supervises the Client Resource Coordinators, ensuring a full schedule of client engagement and wellness activities. In collaboration with the Sr. Director of Program Services, this position evaluates and plans programs, working to continuously improve client experience and maintain program alignment with Sarah’s Circle’s commitment to providing services “in a non-intrusive setting which respects each individual’s privacy and fosters change by nurturing the women’s own sense of worth and individual dignity.”

The Executive Director serves as the chief executive and primary ambassador of Open Books, providing strategic leadership while ensuring the organization's long-term financial health, operational excellence, and mission impact. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the role will partner closely with board leadership and staff to advance Open Books’ mission, strengthen organizational capacity, and position the organization for sustained growth. This is a highly visible leadership role that requires balancing long-term strategic vision with day-to-day operational leadership; manages five senior leaders and is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and success of Open Books' 15-person staff along with over 500 volunteers. The role oversees fundraising, literacy programming, bookstore and earned-revenue operations, finance, marketing and communications, community partnerships, and organizational administration while cultivating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This is relationship-driven organization, and the Executive Director's leadership is most effective when it is visible. This role requires regular presence across the organization's three Chicago locations in North Lawndale, Pilsen, and the West Loop, and throughout the community meeting with donors, partners, schools, and stakeholders. While the position is hybrid, candidates should expect to work primarily onsite, with the flexibility to work remotely approximately 1 day per week.

Chicago Abortion Fund is seeking its first Director of Data and Technology to lead and scale the organization's technology, data, and security infrastructure in support of its mission to expand abortion access. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Operations and supervising a Database Manager, this role combines individual contributor and management responsibilities, building CAF's technology stack, shaping a product roadmap, and overseeing staff and outside consultants. In the first 12 to 18 months, priority will go to core infrastructure, security, and data governance, with telecommunications strategy and cross-departmental technology education phased in afterward. Work is approximately 75% strategic oversight and planning, 20% staff supervision and culture building, and 5% other duties. Candidates should bring 7+ years of experience in software development, IT, or product management, knowledge of cloud/SaaS environments, databases, CRM platforms, and multiple programming languages, plus experience with IT security, data privacy, and Telecom/VoIP implementation. A deep commitment to reproductive justice is essential. Salary ranges from $95,000 to $117,000 for a 32-hour, four-day work week, with a hybrid schedule requiring two days per week in CAF's West Loop, Chicago office. Illinois residency is required. Full benefits include 401K match, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and fully employer-paid health premiums.

IHF seeks a Director of Communications to join its Leadership Team. While IHF has worked with communications consultants and contractors, the Director of Communications will be IHF’s first full-time staff communications hire and will help shape and evolve the role. This role will support IHF in advancing its strategic work through spend down, focusing on the critical role IHF’s narrative plays in advancing our legacy and philanthropic impact and using communications to leverage our partners’ impact now and after we sunset. Additionally, this role will support internal communications including the Foundation team’s effective reporting and engagement with the Foundation’s Board of Directors. The ideal Director of Communications is a compelling storyteller, a voracious consumer of local and national media and a gifted communicator who is intellectually curious and has the facility to write and speak about complex social issues and sectors in a way that inspires action.

Bronzeville Wellness Collaborative is seeking its first Executive Director (ED) to lead its planning, development, and early implementation as well as initially manage the center’s operations. This role is responsible for the clinical leadership and community accountability; additionally, the operational responsibilities will ensure high-quality, sustainable care while assuring regulatory compliance and demonstrating sound financial stewardship. This role will also be responsible for hiring the core leadership team, including the inaugural Clinical Manager.

The Senior Program Manager will support system change projects and community health equity projects including the Illinois Medical Respite Capacity Building Initiative and the Alliance for Health Equity. Work will include managing a program for medical respite expansion across Illinois (as part of IPHI’s health and housing strategy); leading project management for technical assistance and systems change projects, including coordination of subject matter experts, service providers, and people with lived expertise; project management and engagement support; synthesis of policy input related to Illinois’ Medicaid 1115 Waiver implementation and other policies to address homelessness; developing training content; writing and editing reports; qualitative data analysis; coordinating meetings and events; and supporting communications initiatives.

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Twos Teacher to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in early childhood education and a commitment to educating and caring for young children. Work with children ages 2–3 in a small classroom of no more than 10 children and two teachers. Plan engaging, play-based activities, support children’s learning, and observe and document their developmental milestones and progress. Build strong relationships with families through conferences, playgroups, family events, and individualized goal-setting. This part-time position follows a Monday–Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., six hours per day, for 185 days each year. Benefits include fall, winter, and spring breaks, summers and federal holidays off, 10 paid time off (PTO) days, and professional development and training opportunities.

Deborah's Place is Chicago's largest provider of supportive housing dedicated to serving women experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to open doors of opportunity by providing safe, stable housing and comprehensive supportive services that foster healing, recovery, and independence. We are seeking an experienced and relationship-driven Development Director to lead our fundraising strategy, strengthen donor engagement, and expand philanthropic support for our mission. Report to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Development Director provides strategic leadership for the organization's development program and works closely with the Board of Directors, staff, donors, and community partners to secure the resources needed to advance our work. The Development Director provides leadership and oversight for all functions of the Development Department, with primary responsibility for cultivating and soliciting individual donors and prospects, growing the annual giving program, and expanding major gift philanthropy. The Director develops and implements fundraising strategies that strengthen donor relationships, increase philanthropic support, and advance the organization's strategic priorities. Working in partnership with the CEO and Board of Directors, the Development Director leads fundraising planning and execution while fostering a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization.

At Deborah's Place, we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Our mission is to open doors of opportunity for women experiencing homelessness by providing supportive housing and comprehensive services that foster healing, stability, and independence. We are seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and mission-driven Development Coordinator to support our fundraising and donor engagement efforts. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in nonprofit development while making a meaningful impact in the lives of women in our community. The Development Coordinator supports the day-to-day operations of the Development Department through accurate gift processing, donor database management, and administrative support. This role is responsible for maintaining donor records in Raiser's Edge NXT, processing charitable contributions, preparing donor acknowledgments, supporting gift reconciliation, and assisting with donor stewardship activities. The Development Coordinator also supports the organization's in-kind giving program and serves as the staff liaison to the Young Professionals Board. Working closely with the Development Director, Grants Manager, Communications Coordinator, and Finance Department, this position plays an important role in ensuring efficient fundraising operations and an exceptional donor experience.

Advance Illinois seeks an experienced Director of Development to grow and diversify the funding base we rely on to support our $3.7M annual budget. The organization launched in 2008 and has been highly successful in building a loyal base of foundation and individual donors. The ideal candidate will be committed to strengthening public education and be adept at communicating Advance Illinois’ mission, vision and strategies to a wide range of outside partners. In addition, they will be a strategic thinker, able to craft and execute campaigns, events, and outreach designed to introduce Advance Illinois to new partners. The Development Director reports to the President and manages a Senior Grants Associate, along with interns and vendors. The Director works with other members of the Senior Leadership Team to inform and support broader organizational priorities, operations, and culture. We are looking for a proven leader and self-starter who is able to work independently, is comfortable working in a collaborative team environment, and able to partner not only with staff members but with a diverse network of outside partners and stakeholders.

The Family Support Coach provides home and community-based services to young moms using the evidence-based Parents as Teachers model. This role includes parent coaching, case management, and group programming. The coach works closely with Doulas and other team members to deliver high-quality, trauma-informed support to families in Chicago.

The Moran Company is pleased to partner with the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship to recruit the organization’s Executive Director. Founded in 2010, the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship (MIE) partners with communities throughout the United States to establish and maintain quality CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) programs. Headquartered in Effingham, Illinois, MIE grew out of a movement that began in Effingham County in 2008, when educator Craig Lindvahl — now known as the "Architect of CEO" — facilitated the very first CEO class with 20 high school students. What that class created proved so powerful that neighboring communities quickly took notice, and in 2010 the Midland Institute was formed to support the national expansion of CEO's proven model. Today, MIE provides tools, training, and technological support to roughly 82 CEO programs across ten states — Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah. The CEO Program partners with business and community leaders to equip high school students with real-world entrepreneurial skills. Rather than learning in a classroom, participants spend each day immersed in local businesses, guided by community mentors as they create and run real ventures. MIE's vision is to be the standard for entrepreneurship education in the United States, delivered through world-class customer service, guidance, and content to its CEO communities. MIE supports its communities through a proven launch process, ongoing facilitator and board support, regional support teams, the proprietary CEO+ technology platform, and national opportunities for students and alumni. The Executive Director serves as the chief executive of the Institute, leading a dedicated staff and reporting to a volunteer Board of Directors. The Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship seeks a seasoned executive leader to guide strategy, strengthen operations, and drive organizational growth across its expanding national network. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will lead staff, oversee financial stewardship, and ensure the CEO Program continues to scale, innovate, and deliver measurable impact. The role requires strong business discipline, operational rigor, and the ability to build relationships with donors, investors, government entities, corporate partners, and community leaders. This is an opportunity to lead a respected, mission-driven organization that equips young people with entrepreneurial skills and strengthens communities nationwide. The Executive Director will set organizational strategies with the Board, expand the CEO Program into new communities, and ensure alignment around priorities, processes, and performance expectations. This leader will oversee operations, develop staff, strengthen organizational culture, and use key performance indicators to evaluate program effectiveness. The Executive Director will also serve as the Institute’s primary external representative, cultivate business and donor relationships, lead fundraising and revenue strategy, and manage financial resources responsibly. The successful candidate will have at least five years of executive or senior leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to set strategy, lead teams, manage complex operations, build strong relationships, and represent an organization publicly. Preferred qualifications include experience with fundraising and revenue development, multi-site or franchise-style program models, and nonprofit board governance, along with a willingness to travel 30% to 50% and a commitment to strengthening opportunities for young people and local communities. The Midland Institute offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and qualifications. The salary for the Executive Director position is $115,000 annually. MIE offers a benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Eligibility may vary based on employment classification and plan requirements. The search for the Midland Institute Executive Director is being conducted by The Moran Company. Questions about the position can be directed to John Gravley, The Moran Company; john (at) morancompany.com. To apply for this position, submit cover letter and resume to John Gravley, The Moran Company, via the secure online portal. Resume should include all professional education and experience, dates of employment (month and year), and position/title and organization names. Cover letter should articulate relevant experience and fit with the stated preferences of the position.