The Colorado Health Foundation (TCHF) has a 
vision that Colorado will be the healthiest state 
in the nation. In pursuit of that goal, TCHF 
works collaboratively with grantees across 
Colorado, focusing on three specific goals:
• Encouraging Healthy Living 
• Increasing the number of Coloradans with Health Coverage 
• Ensuring access to quality, coordinated Health Care 

POSITION OVERVIEW:
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive 
Officer, the Vice President of Philanthropy is a 
key member of the Executive Team with 
responsibilities for establishing and 
implementing outcome based strategies and 
providing leadership to the Foundation’s 
Philanthropy team. The Vice President will manage 
the philanthropic investment portfolio and serve 
as the creative leader for new grants and 
investments. S/he will be charged with innovating 
new ideas for both investment and collaboration 
with existing partners and new ones. In the 
future, TCHF will invest around $80 million 
annually in the state and the Vice President will 
be responsible for ensuring these funds are 
invested in programs that have the greatest 
impact in the three areas of focus: Health Care, 
Healthy Living and Health Coverage. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Vice President will provide executive 
leadership in coordinating a dynamic, matrixed 
department consisting of 15 employees. The Vice 
President responsibilities will include the 
following:

Transformative Grant Making
• Lead the investment strategy and oversee the 
research to identify partners and programs that 
can make Colorado a healthier state. 
• Apply investment and grant-making principles to 
aggressively advance the Foundation’s goals in 
the three strategic external programs of healthy 
living, health coverage, and health care.  
• Propose and manage a dynamic, philanthropic 
investment portfolio that represents a breadth of 
investment strategies, including mechanisms for 
funding start-up organizations, structures 
combining grant and loan funding, and overseeing 
program-related investments.
• Identify strategic opportunities and 
efficiencies not currently deployed in 
philanthropy.

Organizational Leadership
• Work creatively and strategically with the 
Executive Team to ensure the organization works 
with purpose, vitality, and relevancy.
• Collaborate with the Investment Analyst, Senior 
Program Officers and other business partners in 
identifying opportunities to maximize TCHF funds 
by investing in philanthropic programs.
• Serve as a mentor, guide and coach to 
Philanthropy team.
• Set expectations and provide leadership to the 
Philanthropy Team for building strong community 
partnerships and collaborating with colleagues 
across the Foundation.  

External and Board Relations
• Manage the activities of the Board’s 
Philanthropy Committee according to TCHF’s 
strategic community outcomes.
• Establish and broaden national relationships 
with businesses, government, nonprofits, and 
other foundations.
• Convene and communicate with partners and 
grantees to share knowledge, achievements, 
progress and best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS: 
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in 
health policy, public administration, business 
administration or similar field.
• A variety of professional experiences including 
a total of fifteen years in grantmaking, non 
profit, and business. 
• Proven track record of identifying 
opportunities and managing the funding of 
philanthropic programs, business strategic 
planning, budgeting and staff development.  
• Solid grasp of strategic mission investing, 
with the ability to work with grant seekers 
reflecting a wide range of financial 
sophistication.
• Managed groups responsible for informing and 
educating a highly diversified audience on 
complex issues, organizational goals, programs, 
and outcomes.
• Success in leading, mentoring, and developing 
high-performance teams based on creativity, 
strategic thinking, risk taking, and 
collaboration; have an established history for 
developing organizational leaders.
• Experience working with Boards of Directors, 
managing Board relations and coordinating 
committee activities.
• Established, strong relationships with national 
funders.
• Strong sense of humility; evidence of working 
in a collaborative environment.
• Impeccable business acumen. 
• Strong customer service and work ethic, 
demonstrate commitment to quality and the ability 
to adapt to and a preference for rapid 
organizational change.
• Ability to travel 10% of time.
• A passion for building the health system for 
and increasing the health of Coloradans.
• Success thriving in challenging environments.
• Outcomes based with a strong appreciation for 
data and results.
• Flexible and committed to shared success; 
disciplined; takes personal responsibility for 
results.
• Decisive leadership skills and professional 
presence; ability to interact effectively with 
varying levels of staff and Boards.
• Ability to demonstrate and earn trust with 
board and staff; reflected to others as a 
visionary.
• Strong creative thinking skills; can quickly 
analyze and synthesize strategies.
• Possesses an astute understanding and ability 
to navigate organizational politics. Balances 
"big picture thinking" with attention to detail, 
is curious and committed to continuous learning.  
• Approachable, a sense of humor, and the ability 
to work effectively in cross-functional team.
• Advanced written and oral communication skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, able to work 
effectively with government officials and senior 
executives.
• Significant executive presence and gravitas; 
can command respect with senior officials and 
TCHF board members.
• Ability to bring other donors and/or 
governments to the table.
• Proven track record in managing and developing 
highly motivated, well educated professionals.

TO APPLY:
If interested, please email your resume in WORD 
to TCHF@bridgespan.org and indicate in your cover 
letter where you learned of the opportunity.