Program Director, Arts & Cultures

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ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP) is the umbrella over the
grantmaking foundations created by the late Margaret Cargill:
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and Anne Ray Foundation. MACP
supports efforts to enhance quality of life and prevent and relieve
suffering of children, families, and older adults; preserve and
promote the environment and the arts, and encourage the humane
treatment of animals. This is accomplished through long-term
relationships with strategic grantee partners across seven program
domains: Environment, Disaster Relief & Recovery, Arts &
Cultures, Teachers & Students, Animal Welfare, Quality of Life,
and Legacy & Opportunity. The collective assets of MACP place
it among the 10 largest philanthropies in the United States.

MISSION – Provide meaningful assistance and support to
society, the arts, and the environment.

 

POSITION PROFILE
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ARTS & CULTURES
The Program Director provides leadership and management for the
Arts & Cultures domain. The Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
(MACP), which includes the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and the
Anne Ray Foundation, organizes most of its grantmaking activities
into seven program domains with defined strategies, guided by donor
intent. Across all programs, MACP seeks to support work in and with
communities toward developing solutions that deliver effective,
sustainable programs that provide meaningful assistance and support
to society, the arts, and the environment. The Arts & Cultures
team currently focuses work in three program areas, including
Native Arts & Cultures, Folk Arts & Cultures, and Music
Education.

The Program Director collaborates closely with the domain’s core
team of two Program Officers, Program Associate, along with
Managing Director, Programs, Vice President, Programs, and staff
from other program and functional areas in the philanthropies’
work, all toward building, managing, and evaluating an effective
grantmaking domain. The Program Director is primarily responsible
for ongoing development and implementation of program strategy,
providing direction and oversight to domain grantmaking and
operations, and directly managing the team. Total grantmaking in
the Arts & Cultures Domain is approximately $20 million
annually.

The Native Arts & Cultures Program focuses
on the intergenerational transfer of artistic skill and cultural
knowledge in Native communities within three regions in the United
States and British Columbia: the Upper Midwest, the Northwest, and
the Southwest.

The Folk Arts & Cultures Program focuses on
the intergenerational transfer of artistic skill and cultural
knowledge in communities of practice within two regions of the
United States: the Upper Midwest and Central Appalachia.

The Music Education program has developed
several learning grants to date, focusing on access to music
education opportunities for young people in the North American
regions named above, along with one partnership working in an
international context.

The Director will bring an understanding of and ability to
incorporate aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
(DEIJ) in the practice of philanthropy with grantees and in
community and should demonstrate a commitment to the principles of
MACP’s DEIJ Vision. This includes actively listening and exploring
opportunities to bring ideas and energy to both MACP and the
community, including attention to diverse and overlooked groups and
issues.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Domain Management
Manage program
portfolios aligned with program strategies and translate those
strategies, in collaboration with Program Officers, to develop
proposals and implement grants for selected programs of the
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and the Anne Ray Foundation.
Grantmaking assignments may shift over time as MACP continues to
evolve. Detailed aspects of this work include:

• Provide effective leadership for staff including training and
  staff development, assigning, and directing work and appraising
  performance. The Program Director will work closely with staff,
  taking every opportunity to coach and mentor as they work through
  intricate grant development and implementation and progress towards
  program goals. In addition, this role will emphasize the importance
  of engaging in effective and respectful teamwork and demonstration
  of MACP values.
• Lead department budget development and manage cash distribution
  goals across all three program areas of the domain.
• Oversee and support two Program Officers and a Program
  Associate to manage program portfolios in a manner that fosters
  meaningful and respectful relationships with grantee and funder
  partners, respects workload demands on staff and grantees,
  captures, and applies relevant learning, and keeps staff and board
  leadership appropriately informed of progress, risk and lessons
  learned.
• Occasionally travel with Program Officers and others to source
  new grantmaking opportunities, develop and monitor grant outcomes
  and learning with grantee partners, build constructive
  relationships, and stay current with program strategies and
  relevant fields of knowledge.
• Consult, inform and take guidance from the Managing Director on
  strategy, process, implementation, and evaluation. The goal of our
  reporting structure is to empower and ensure accountability, which
  requires robust communication up, down, and across, to delegate
  more effectively.
• In partnership with Program Officers, develop and oversee
  evaluation plans for the domain in the context of MACP’s evaluation
  and organizational learning goals.
• Maintain accountability for due diligence on all grants within
  the portfolio with support from Program Operations and
  cross-functional colleagues, and in collaboration with legal,
  finance, grants management, and evaluation functions.
• Evaluate opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with other
  funders to multiply overall impact within Arts & Cultures
  domain strategies and focused goals.

Leadership
Serve as a member of the MACP
Program Leadership Team to support MACP-wide goals, coordinate MACP
programs and operations, and model the values-based culture and
content and philanthropic expertise the foundation represents to
its employees and its grantees. Specifically:

• Provide effective leadership for program staff, including
  meaningful inclusion; appreciation of non-dominant culture
  perspectives; empowerment and accountability; training and
  individual development; and learning-based approaches to assigning,
  supporting, and reviewing performance. The Program Director will
  work closely with staff, coaching, mentoring, and supporting MACP
  approaches to grant development, oversight, and evaluation.
• Participate in functional-level program planning, learning
  leadership, organizational development, and team building.
• Work in partnership with others to advance the overall
  philanthropic vision of Margaret A. Cargill
• Champion MACP’s vision and commitment to diversity, equity,
  inclusion, and justice (“DEIJ”) by demonstrating awareness of
  systemic racism and other forms of structural injustice and
  committing to advance DEIJ efforts by embedding it into team and
  organization-wide goals and work.
• Demonstrate commitment to intercultural understanding and
  sensitivity with the ability to lead teams through the
  operationalization of DEIJ into strategy, processes, practices, and
  relationships.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum requirement is an undergraduate degree with at least 10
  years of direct experience working with either folk artists, Native
  American artists, culture bearers, and/or music education fields,
  either as a practitioner, grant maker, arts administrator, or
  scholar.
• Graduate-level academic degree in an arts/cultural related, or
  arts administration field, or equivalent level of meaningful
  cultural community/leadership experience is beneficial.
• Diverse and rich experience working with nonprofit or Tribal
  arts/cultural organizations.
• Deep awareness of systemic racism and knowledge of methods for
  incorporating equity, inclusion, and diversity into grantmaking and
  relationships with staff and community.
• Knowledge of place-based philanthropy and capacity building
  that helps support grantees in their efforts to build sustainable
  impact in their community.
• Knowledge, experience, and credibility working in strategic
  philanthropy, with measurable objectives and accountability to
  grantee partners and organization leadership, and a proven record
  of overseeing an annual grantmaking portfolio.
• Experience in at least one of the domain’s geographic areas of
  program focus, including the Upper Midwest, Southwest, Appalachia,
  or Northwest, is preferred.
• Background and understanding of a wide range of artistic and
  cultural communities, expressions, and contexts, with an
  experienced capacity to advance program interests diplomatically
  with Native Nations, educational institutions, arts organizations,
  rural and urban arts communities.
• A solid understanding of nonprofit organizational structure and
  actions to advance social change.
• Management experience with a mature professional team, with
  demonstrated ability to develop strengths of individual team
  members and to build effective, values-based teams.
• An understanding of the key issues in philanthropy, a detailed
  knowledge of grantmaking tools and types, a broad perspective of
  various program areas with deep experience in more than one
  art/cultural field and understanding of principles of trust-based
  philanthropy.
• Proven ability to think strategically; demonstrated record of
  success working with a diverse constituency of partners and
  stakeholders to achieve specific programmatic outcomes.
• Understanding or experience in streamlining processes,
  oversight, and evaluation processes to allow more attention on
  impact and relationships, while continuing to provide strong
  stewardship of resources.
• Demonstrated pragmatism in moving large issues into specific
  program delivery outcomes.
• Strong detail orientation and project management skills with
  ability to maintain perspective on the broader principles driving
  an organization’s work.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills. Professional
  demeanor with proven ability to build collaborative relationships,
  operate in a team environment, and honor donor intent.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Ability to generate innovative ideas and practices.
• Perseverance, resilience, and flexibility in the face of
  change. Experience leading teams through organizational
  change.
• Experience with direct reporting or being accountable to a
  senior leadership team or Board. Demonstrated ability to translate
  the goals and strategies of an organization into actionable plans
  that align to organization values, philosophy, and mission.
• High capacity and enjoyment of balancing multiple priorities
  and tasks simultaneously.

TRAVEL
Up to 20% domestic travel and minimal international travel.

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TO APPLY
Email resume and cover letter to Lars Leafblad, lars@ballingerleafblad.com.

Applications will be accepted until April 19, 2024 or until the
position has been filled, which may be earlier. There will be an
immediate and ongoing review of candidates, so we encourage and
appreciate early applications. All inquiries will remain
confidential.

 

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies is an equal opportunity
employer and encourages candidates of all identities, experiences,
orientations, and communities to apply.