Foundation Director Jobs in Texas
Foundation Director jobs in Texas are in strong demand, concentrated in philanthropy, higher education, healthcare systems, and nonprofit sectors, with openings at every level from development associate stepping into a first leadership role through seasoned senior directors overseeing eight-figure endowments. Houston, Dallas, and Austin lead hiring activity, anchored by major institutions such as the University of Texas System, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, all of which maintain active foundation operations. The most sought-after specialties in Texas are major gifts strategy, endowment management, and healthcare foundation leadership. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Description
Leadership & Team Management
- Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for the Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR) team.
- Establish clear annual goals, KPIs, and professional development plans for each team member.
- Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and strategic discipline across all CFR functions.
- Ensure alignment and collaboration with frontline major gifts, planned giving, donor relations, Marketing and Communications, and hospital executives.
Strategy & Revenue Generation
- Develop and execute multi-year strategic plans for corporate, foundation, and CMN fundraising that support institutional strategic priorities.
- Oversee the creation of tailored cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for corporate and foundation donors, including major gift proposals, transformational opportunities, and multi-year partnerships.
- Direct the corporate pipeline, including sponsorships, cause-marketing agreements, CSR partnerships, employee-giving programs, and workplace matching.
- Oversee the foundation strategy: LOIs, grant submissions, reporting cadence, compliance, and stewardship.
- Lead annual planning and forecasting for CFR and CMN revenue; track progress to goals.
Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Leadership
- Oversee the CMN program, including national CMN campaign relationships, retail partners and community fundraising.
- Ensure CMN yields strong year-over-year revenue growth through proactive partner cultivation, activation strategy, and stewardship planning.
- Coordinate with CMN national leadership and local partners to strengthen engagement and maximize ROI.
Institutional Collaboration
- Serve as a primary partner to clinical and administrative leaders across Texas Children’s to match hospital priorities with corporate, foundation, and CMN opportunities.
- Collaborate with Hospital’s Director of Strategic Partnerships to ensure coordination and alignment in building corporate partnerships for the hospital.
- Collaborate with Research leadership to develop competitive, compliant grant proposals.
- Work with Marketing and Communications to develop compelling cases for support, impact reports, and partner recognition plans.
- Engage trustees, volunteers, and senior executives to support cultivation and solicitation activity when appropriate.
Prospecting, Analytics & Portfolio Discipline
- Lead systematic prospecting to identify new corporate and foundation funders at the local, national, and international levels.
- Oversee the improvement of data, reporting, and portfolio management systems to drive focus and results.
- Evaluate proposal success rates, campaign performance, funder behavior, and industry trends to inform strategy.
- Implement ROI and prioritization frameworks across the CFR portfolio.
Relationship Management & External Representation
- Represent Texas Children’s as a senior ambassador in corporate and foundation settings.
- Cultivate and steward a personal portfolio of high-value prospects and partners, focusing on strategic opportunities and seven-figure+ potential.
- Ensure the highest standards of ethics, donor confidentiality, and compliance.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 7+ years of Progressive fundraising experience with a strong emphasis on corporate and foundation relations
- 3+ years of Leadership experience managing fundraisers, grant officers, or corporate partnership staff
Preferred:
- Master's Degree
- Health care or academic medicine sector experience preferred.
About us
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Job Description
Leadership & Team Management
- Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for the Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR) team.
- Establish clear annual goals, KPIs, and professional development plans for each team member.
- Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and strategic discipline across all CFR functions.
- Ensure alignment and collaboration with frontline major gifts, planned giving, donor relations, Marketing and Communications, and hospital executives.
Strategy & Revenue Generation
- Develop and execute multi-year strategic plans for corporate, foundation, and CMN fundraising that support institutional strategic priorities.
- Oversee the creation of tailored cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for corporate and foundation donors, including major gift proposals, transformational opportunities, and multi-year partnerships.
- Direct the corporate pipeline, including sponsorships, cause-marketing agreements, CSR partnerships, employee-giving programs, and workplace matching.
- Oversee the foundation strategy: LOIs, grant submissions, reporting cadence, compliance, and stewardship.
- Lead annual planning and forecasting for CFR and CMN revenue; track progress to goals.
Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Leadership
- Oversee the CMN program, including national CMN campaign relationships, retail partners and community fundraising.
- Ensure CMN yields strong year-over-year revenue growth through proactive partner cultivation, activation strategy, and stewardship planning.
- Coordinate with CMN national leadership and local partners to strengthen engagement and maximize ROI.
Institutional Collaboration
- Serve as a primary partner to clinical and administrative leaders across Texas Children’s to match hospital priorities with corporate, foundation, and CMN opportunities.
- Collaborate with Hospital’s Director of Strategic Partnerships to ensure coordination and alignment in building corporate partnerships for the hospital.
- Collaborate with Research leadership to develop competitive, compliant grant proposals.
- Work with Marketing and Communications to develop compelling cases for support, impact reports, and partner recognition plans.
- Engage trustees, volunteers, and senior executives to support cultivation and solicitation activity when appropriate.
Prospecting, Analytics & Portfolio Discipline
- Lead systematic prospecting to identify new corporate and foundation funders at the local, national, and international levels.
- Oversee the improvement of data, reporting, and portfolio management systems to drive focus and results.
- Evaluate proposal success rates, campaign performance, funder behavior, and industry trends to inform strategy.
- Implement ROI and prioritization frameworks across the CFR portfolio.
Relationship Management & External Representation
- Represent Texas Children’s as a senior ambassador in corporate and foundation settings.
- Cultivate and steward a personal portfolio of high-value prospects and partners, focusing on strategic opportunities and seven-figure+ potential.
- Ensure the highest standards of ethics, donor confidentiality, and compliance.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 7+ years of Progressive fundraising experience with a strong emphasis on corporate and foundation relations
- 3+ years of Leadership experience managing fundraisers, grant officers, or corporate partnership staff
Preferred:
- Master's Degree
- Health care or academic medicine sector experience preferred.
About us
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in foundation director jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, public administration, or a related field required
- Minimum five to seven years of progressively responsible fundraising or nonprofit leadership experience
- Demonstrated success in major gifts, capital campaigns, or planned giving programs
- Experience managing foundation boards, donor stewardship, and grant compliance in Texas nonprofit environments
- Certified Fund Raising Executive credential or progress toward CFRE certification strongly preferred
- Proficiency with donor management software such as Raiser's Edge or Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack
Foundation Director Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a foundation director in Texas?
The most direct path in Texas is a bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, public administration, or a related field, followed by progressive fundraising experience within Texas-based nonprofits, hospital foundations, or university development offices. There is no state-issued license required, but the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential is widely recognized by Texas employers as the professional standard. Gaining experience with the Texas Secretary of State's charitable organization registration requirements also strengthens a candidate's profile.
How much do foundation directors make in Texas?
Foundation directors in Texas earn a median of about $96,520 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $64,150 for the lowest 10% to over $164,360 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire foundation directors in Texas?
Employers hiring foundation directors in Texas right now include Houston Methodist, Live Nation, and Baylor University, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Texas's concentration of large academic medical centers, research universities, and community foundations means hiring is spread across a diverse mix of mission-driven institutions throughout the state.
Which Texas cities have the most foundation director jobs?
Houston, Dallas, and Waco have the most foundation director openings in Texas. Houston's dominance reflects its dense cluster of hospital foundations and energy-sector philanthropies, Dallas draws on a mature nonprofit sector and major corporate headquarters with active giving programs, and Austin's growth has brought a surge of newer community foundations and technology-driven philanthropic initiatives that are actively building out leadership teams.
Are there remote foundation director jobs in Texas?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely desk-based fields, since foundation directors are typically expected to cultivate donors, attend board meetings, and represent their institution in person. About 33% of foundation director openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with flexibility most often offered for roles focused on grant writing, donor communications, or planned giving rather than major gifts or board relations.
How can I get hired as a foundation director in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is a development coordinator or annual fund associate role at a Texas university, hospital foundation, or United Way chapter, where many large employers such as the UT System campuses and major Texas health systems run structured development training programs for early-career professionals. Building experience with donor databases, grant reporting, and volunteer management, then pursuing the CFRE credential, positions candidates for a first director-level role faster than any other route in the Texas market.
Where can I find and apply to foundation director jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to foundation director jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings tied to Texas employers. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and specialty, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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