Position Overview
Jewish National Fund-USA seeks a passionate, entrepreneurial Campaign Executive to join our Eastern Pennsylvania team. This role combines general campaign fundraising with JNFuture (Young Leadership Division) growth and engagement throughout Greater Philadelphia and the surrounding region.
You will cultivate and steward donors across age groups, grow the young-professional pipeline, lead strategic programming, and help advance both short- and long-term philanthropic goals. A typical day may include donor meetings, sharing the JNF-USA story, supporting local leadership, planning programs, and representing JNF-USA at community events. The role offers flexibility to meet donors where they are and the opportunity to join a national network of campaign professionals and young Zionist leaders.
This position is based in our Bala Cynwyd, PA office, with regular regional travel and opportunities for national trainings, conferences, and potential international travel to Israel.
Position Responsibilities:
General Campaign:
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward existing and new donors through meetings, events, calls, and Zoom.
- Manage all stages of the donor cycle and maintain strong, long-term donor relationships.
- Provide leadership to regional lay leaders and support planning and execution of key regional events.
- Host Israeli affiliates and coordinate strategic donor and prospect meetings.
- Recruit participants for Missions to Israel and the Global Conference.
- Represent JNF-USA at regional Jewish community events.
- Track all donor activity and outreach using Salesforce.
JNFuture:
- Lead JNFuture engagement and fundraising for young professionals ages 22–40.
- Identify, cultivate, and solicit young-adult prospects through networking, meetings, social media, and research.
- Support and guide JNFuture boards and young leadership committees.
- Plan and execute JNFuture programs in partnership with events and marketing teams.
- Advocate for young professionals in regional campaign strategy and represent JNF-USA at community events.
- Recruit participants for JNFuture trips, missions, and Israel experiences.
- Participate in weekly JNFuture and regional team calls and regular check-ins with your supervisor.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills; strong attention to details and the ability to balance a variety of tasks and deadlines.
- Creative self-starter with the ability to work both independently as a team player
- Excellent oral and written communication, planning, and organizational skills
- A flexible and creative thinker able to find and create new giving opportunities for programs.
- Self-motivated, outgoing and results oriented; ability and desire to set and reach ambitious goals.
- Ability to respect and maintain donor confidentiality.
- Ability to travel mostly throughout region and Israel on occasion except for National Conference, JNF University, JLIS
- Nonprofit boards and/or committees experience a plus.
Perks:
- Days off for all work-prohibitive Jewish holidays, in addition to the secular US holidays
- 3pm close-of-business on Fridays
- Flexible expense reimbursement for mileage and donor meetings
- Top-notch healthcare (including dental and vision)
- Parental Leave policy
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Employer-paid short and long-term disability
- 403(b) with generous 10.5% employer contribution
- Opportunities to travel to Israel
Compensation:
$60,000-75,000
Pay Type:
Salaried
Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role.
WHAT WE DO
At Jewish National Fund-USA, we turn vision and dreams into reality. For almost 125 years, we have built the land of Israel for its people. As one of the most trusted names in philanthropy, our mission is to attract 800,000 new residents to Israel's underpopulated North and South and to be the leading organization for Zionist engagement. We build schools, medical centers, culinary institutes, resilience facilities, emergency response centers, water reservoirs, parks, and playgrounds while creating employment and community service initiatives, along with youth development programs for thousands of young Israelis. We also support Israelis with disabilities, bring hundreds of college faculty members and student leaders beyond the Jewish community to Israel, invest in agricultural R&D, and host the largest gathering of Zionists in the U.S. annually at our Global Conference for Israel. All of this is accomplished as we embark on the largest philanthropic capital project in Israel's history—the $350 million, 16-acre World Zionist Village in the city of Be'er Sheva.
And yes, we also support tree planting. Since 1901, we have helped plant over 260 million trees in Israel, which enabled the country to be one of the few to enter the 21st century with a net gain in trees.
No project, program, or initiative stands alone. Through our circles of impact, everything we do contributes to job creation, economic growth, higher living standards, and more—helping us realize our goal of attracting new residents to Israel's North and South.
OUR CREDENTIALS & PARTNERSHIPS
A registered 501(c)(3) organization, Jewish National Fund is recognized as a 4-star organization by Charity Navigator, America's leading independent charity evaluator, for its sound fiscal management, accountability, and transparency. JNF has also been rated a top charity by the American Institute of Philanthropy and meets the 20 rigorous standards of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance, and the transparency standards of Tzedakah, Inc. No other Jewish organization meets all these standards.
OUR CULTURE
We are ViZion-driven relationship-based, fast-paced, and Positively Israel!
OUR CORE VALUES
Be Bold: Beyond. We are proud and passionate, vocal, and visionary about Israel and Zionism. We pride ourselves on our out-of-the-box thinking and the great things it accomplishes for the land and with the people of Israel.
Belong: Stay long. We are an inclusive and diverse workplace welcoming and respecting all cultures, ages, religions, ethnicities, genders, orientations, and physical abilities. Understanding that a work-life balance is crucial to the success of our organization, we are empathetic, understanding, caring, appreciative, and respectful of one another as we strive to develop and retain our professionals and donors for the long-run.
Be Inscribed: Be the Impact. To walk in the land of Israel and see the impact of our work instills the greatest sense of fulfillment. We strive for each employee to make their mark, leave their footprint, be heard, and feel relevant as together we help ensure the vibrancy of Israel for the next 100 years. We plant the future, not just trees.
Be Kind: Act with Chesed. At JNF-USA we do not underestimate the power of kindness. We use recognition and praise to motivate teams, individuals, donors, and stakeholders. We are proud of our please and thank you's. We listen and lend a helping hand when a co-worker is challenged. Whether random or deliberate acts, kindness is a key ingredient to our positive workplace and mindset.
B'Yachad: Together. Great collaboration between our employees, donors and affiliates in Israel is a priority: everyone matters no matter their role. We recognize that open and inspirational communication, teamwork, and collegiality is a force multiplier in reaching our goals, mission, and vision. Jewish National Fund-USA exemplifies the power of unity.