Future Community Jobs

August 14, 2026 ☀️

Roles You'll Find Here

• Audience, content and news organizations
• Communications first
• General nonnprofit roles: campaiging, organizing, digital
• Fundraising and development
• Foundations and philanthropy
• Agencies, politics, products, projects and more
• Resources: Other job lists, guides, support

🗞️ Audience, content, journalism and news

• Opinion & Features Editor (Contract) : Trellis [Remote in the US]
• Director of Editorial Events : CalMatters [California]
• Managing Editor : Boulder Reporting Lab [Boulder, CO] ⏱️ Apply soon!
• Managing Editor (part-time) : Investigative Project on Race and Equity [Chicago] ⏱️ August 31
• Climate Reporter : CalMatters [Central Valley, CA] ⏱️ August 16
• Editor-in-Chief of Arkansas Today : Deep South Today [Remote in Arkansas]
• Designer, Visual Storytelling and Audience Analytics Manager : The 19th [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 24
• Director of Civic Partnerships : CalMatters [Remote in California]
• Lead Editor : Fuller [Remote] ⏱️ August 17
• News Director : KUNC [Greeley or Fort Collins, CO]
• Government Reporter : The Tulsa Flyer [Tulsa, Oklahoma]

🗣️ Communications

Anything comms. Mostly nonprofits/NGOs. Some foundations.

• Coordinator, Graphic Design : Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) [Washington, D.C.]
• Visual Storytelling & Social Media Strategist : Amazon Watch [Oakland, California]
• Marketing and Communications Manager : Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund [Remote in the US]
• Senior Manager, Communications & Media Relations : Public Rights Project (PRP) [Remote in the US]
• Communications Director : First Descents [Denver] ⏱️ August 17
• Communications Director : Housing California [Sacramento]
• Director, Communications & PR : Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) [New York City]
• Associate Director, Outreach and Communications : American Rivers [Remote in Jackson, Wyoming]
• Donor Communications Writer and Editor : Rainforest Trust [Remote in the US]
• Sr. Manager, Communications, Resilient Forests : American Forests [Remote in the US]
• Communications Manager, Executive Communications and Thought Leadership : Center for Countering Digital Hate [Remote in the US]
• Communication Specialist : Golden Gate Regional Center [San Francisco Area]
• Vice President of Communications and Narrative Strategy : Proportional Representation Hub [Remote in the US]
• Senior Director, Digital Communications : American Progress [Washington, D.C.]
• Chief Communications Officer : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley, CA]
• Senior Director of Communications : For The People (FTP) [Oakland, California]
• Communications Specialist (Content Writer and Editor) : The Agroecology Fund (AEF) [Remote] ⏱️ August 31
• Director, Communications : The R Street Institute [Remote / Washington, DC preferred]
• Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications : The Moth [New York City]
• National Communications Director : Techtonic Justice [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 16
• Senior Digital Designer, Climate Science : Project Drawdown [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 16

⚡ Nonprofit organizations

• Director of Advocacy and Coalition Director : Voting Rights Lab [Remote in the US]
• Sr. Manager, CRM Administration : Share Our Strength [Washington, DC/Remote]
• Deputy Chief of Programs : Public Rights Project (PRP) [Remote in the US]
• Product Manager, Membership Growth and Development : ProPublica [New York City] ⏱️ September 7
• Director of Membership Marketing : Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California [San Francisco]
• Director, Global Movements Program : WhyHunger [New York City]
• Director of Advocacy : Voting Rights Lab [Remote in US]
• Operations Director and People Operations Generalist : The 19th [Remote in the US] ⏱️ August 24
• Director, Digital Mobilization : National Parks Conservation Association [Washington, DC] ⏱️ September 7
• Director of Social Media Production : The Resonance Network [Remote in the US]
• Manager, Events and Conferences : Planned Parenthood [New York City or Washington, DC]
• Associate Director of Marketing : American Rivers [Remote in the US]
• Government Relations Director : American Rivers [Washington, D.C.]
• Program Associate : School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) [Stanford, CA]
• Chief of Staff : Mother’s Outreach Network (MON) [Washington, DC] ⏱️ August 17
• Manager, Legislative Affairs : Common Cause [Washington, DC]
• Senior Program Officer, Resilient Rivers : World Wildlife Fund (WWF) [Washington, DC]
• Senior Manager, Membership & Operations : The Moth [New York City]
• Managing Director, Discovery and Insight : TED [New York City or Remote] ⏱️ August 19
• Executive Director : Young Storytellers [Los Angeles]
• Southeast Regional Director : American Rivers [Remote in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee]

💰 Fundraising and Development

• Director of Development and External Engagement : New American Leaders [Remote in the US]
• Development Manager and Writer : New American Leaders [Remote in the US]
• Digital Fundraiser : Amazon Watch [Oakland, California]
• Deputy Director, Digital Fundraising & Advertising : Southern Poverty Law Center [Atlanta / Montgomery, AL / Washington, DC]
• Director of Development : Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) [Meridian, MS] ⏱️ August 31
• Director, Institutional Giving : Shatterproof [Remote in the US / Washington, DC or US East Coast preferred]
• Head of Community and Comms : EarthPercent [West London] ⏱️ August 18

💸 Foundations and Philanthropy

• Chief Executive Officer : Colorado Health Foundation [Denver]
• Program Associate : Four Friends Foundation [New York City area]
• Director of Strategic Partnerships and Director of Programs and Learning : The CLIMA Fund [Remote] ⏱️ August 31
• Strategy Lead and Communications & Content Specialist : Einhorn Collaborative [New York City]
• Program Director, Policy and Advocacy : Rose Community Foundation [Denver]
• Vice President of Programs : Honnold Foundation [Remote in the US] ⏱️ September 14
• Foundation Director : Astra Foundation [London] ⏱️ August 28
• Program Manager, Transition Exchange and Associate Director, Local Economy Lab: Just Transition Fund [Remote in the US]
• Program Manager US & Canada: Plastics Solution Fund [Remote in the US or Canada]

💻 Agencies, data, politics, products & more

• Sales and Growth Manager : Wide Eye [Remote in the US / Washington, DC or New York City preferred]
• Chief of Staff : Third Plateau [Berkeley, CA]
• Director -  Technology Infrastructure & Implementation : Canadian Red Cross [Remote in Canada]
• Staff Product Designer, Mobile : NPR [Remote in the US / Washington, DC]
• Senior Account Manager : GivePanel [Remote in the UK]
• Vice President, Product : Engaging Networks [Remote in the US or Canada / East Coast preferred] ⏱️ September 15

⚒️ Resources

A wildly incomplete list of helpful job boards, newsletters, people, networks and more. Some of these are personal projects and may not be active and updated forever but all are fabulous.

• Working in food systems, food sustainability, agriculture? Check out the North American Food Systems Network job board.
• All Tech is Human runs the Responsible Tech Careers and Job Board. Most roles found there are in for-profit companies. There are also some nonprofit, foundation, and think tank type roles.
• So, You Want To Work in Climate...that's not rhetorical. It's the name of an amazing resource put together by Nicole Kelner. It includes job boards, newsletters, communities, events and more.
• Follow Justin Daugherty on LinkedIn to see links to jobs in climate communications.
• Public Solutions Jobs is a job board for roles in policy, public good research and more. Basically, they're helping find homes for people working in public service whose lives were overturned when Trump and DOGE decided to toss the Monopoly board in the air and storm off like the immature fools they are.
• The folks at All Hands run a huge jobs list and matchmaking service for people looking for roles in nonprofits and social good tech. They also run a Slack community where jobs get posted weekly and a lot of people support one another in their search.
• A friend recommended Never Search Alone, a book by Phyl Terry. Best part might be the hundreds of job search councils, local and sector support groups, supported by the book.
• Democracy Notes, run by Gabriel Lerner, shares out pro-democracy roles in nonprofits, think tanks, foundations and more.
• A Job Opportunities list set up by Pi-Isis Stefana Ankhra.
• Progressive Job Resources is a brilliant compilation of job lists, boards and groups curated and shared by Allison Ehrich Bernstein.
• Mandy Hofmockel runs Journalism Jobs and a Photo of My Dog and it is a super compilation of solid news and media roles plus insights on the sector’s hiring trends.
• Rebecca Aguilar compiles a great list of Journalism Jobs.
• Matt Lockshin’s Job list a super source for roles in progressive organizing and digital leadership. Matt also provides recruiting and job search services.
• Tech Jobs for Good includes hundreds of current tech roles in nonprofits and companies that support nonprofits.
• Ethical Tech Job Resources is a list of job lists mostly centered around progressive technology in the US and UK. It’s built by the community and maintained by me and Edward Saperia, Dean of Newspeak House in London.
• Words of Mouth is a weekly newsletter run by Rachel Meade Smith. Words has a fantastic set of new roles in the arts, writing and editing, creative professions.
• Follow Mandy Van Deven on LinkedIn to get news on open roles in philanthropy and social change leadership around the world. Mandy also shares insights on narrative and systems change.
• Check out The Nonprofit Hive if you’re working in/around nonprofits and would like to connect with new folks via real conversations. Not job specific but a brilliant way to build a network and learn alongside peers.
• Daniel Levitt’s Inside the Newsroom newsletter seems to be a solid resource for journalism jobs.

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