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Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

CHIC is looking for its next Chief Executive Officer only the second leader in the organization's history. This is a rare opportunity to steward a founder transition with care: to build on a visionary founder's legacy while bringing fresh energy, structure, and sustainability to a trusted, community-rooted institution's next era.

About CHIC: CHIC is a Black-led nonprofit dedicated to strengthening women, girls, families, and communities. Rooted in the belief that Black women and girls can build generational legacies of health and wealth, CHIC delivers culturally relevant, whole-family supports that help break intergenerational cycles of poverty and violence, and intervenes in systems education, workforce, and criminal justice that too often fail communities.

The Opportunity: With a team of up to 10 employees and contractors and an annual operating budget of approximately $1.7 million, CHIC is well positioned for a thoughtful leadership transition. The CEO holds overall strategic and operational responsibility for CHIC's staff, programs, finances, fundraising, and mission execution leading across five core areas: organizational strategy, people leadership, board governance, fiscal and operational management, and fundraising and revenue development.

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership & Founder Transition

Lead the organization through a multi-year strategic planning and implementation process that strengthens programs, revenue, operations, talent, and community impact

Steward an intentional founder transition, honoring CHIC's history and founding vision while institutionalizing knowledge, relationships, and practices

Serve as a visible, credible ambassador for CHIC across Denver, Colorado, and the broader nonprofit and philanthropic landscape

Board Governance & Partnership

Partner with the Board of Directors to advance CHIC's mission, strategy, financial health, and governance practices

Provide the Board with timely, transparent, decision-ready reporting on finances, programs, risks, and performance

Build a trusting, candid working relationship with the Board Chair and committees to support sound, timely decisions

Fundraising & Revenue Development

Serve as CHIC's lead fundraiser and chief relationship-builder with foundations, individual donors, corporate partners, and public agencies

Develop and execute a diversified revenue strategy that expands major gifts, institutional grants, individual giving, and earned revenue

Personally cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors and institutional funders, including transitioning founder-held relationships with intention

People Leadership & Organizational Culture

Lead, support, and develop a team of up to 10 employees and contractors through clear expectations and strong management systems

Build a healthy, healing-centered, high-accountability workplace culture rooted in trust, collaboration, and mission alignment

Guide staff through the leadership transition with steadiness, openness, and consistent communication

Fiscal & Operational Management

Oversee CHIC's approximately $1.7M annual budget in partnership with the finance team and Board of Directors

Ensure sound financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and internal controls

Strengthen operational infrastructure, including HR, technology, grants management, and compliance

What We're Looking For

BS/BA degree or equivalent experience in nonprofit management, public administration, social work, education, business, law, public policy, or a related field

Significant senior leadership experience (ED, C-suite, or equivalent) in a nonprofit, public-sector, philanthropic, social enterprise, or mission-aligned organization of comparable size and complexity

Demonstrated experience leading an organization, division, or major department with a budget comparable to CHIC's $1.7M

Proven fundraising success, including donor cultivation, grant writing, proposal development, and revenue strategy

Track record of securing and managing institutional grants, public funding, corporate sponsorships, or major gifts

Experience developing and implementing strategic plans, especially during periods of growth, transition, or financial uncertainty

Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and resource allocation

Demonstrated commitment to racial equity, gender justice, healing-centered practice, and community-led work

Experience working with or in communities directly impacted by poverty, violence, educational inequity, workforce barriers, or systemic racism

Excellent communication skills, including public speaking, writing, storytelling, and facilitation

Ability to partner effectively with a Board of Directors and support strong governance practices

High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, integrity, and the ability to lead with both accountability and care

Preferred Experience

Experience leading a minority-led, community-based, or culturally specific organization

Experience succeeding a founder or long-tenured leader, or leading through significant leadership transition

Existing relationships in Colorado philanthropy, education, workforce development, criminal justice reform, re-entry, or youth development

Experience building new revenue streams or restructuring funding strategies during uncertain financial conditions

Knowledge of trauma-informed, healing-centered, culturally responsive, or restorative approaches

Advanced degree or equivalent experience in a related field

Who We're Looking For

CHIC seeks a leader who is:

Strategic and future-focused able to see around corners and guide the organization through complexity

Fundraising-oriented comfortable asking for resources and building authentic, long-term donor relationships

Community-rooted with deep respect for the wisdom and lived experience of the community CHIC serves

Operationally strong able to turn vision into systems, decisions, budgets, and results

Courageous and adaptive able to make hard decisions while staying grounded in mission and values

Collaborative, humble, and relational able to build trust across staff, Board, funders, and community

Steady under pressure, especially in moments of financial, political, or organizational uncertainty

A thoughtful successor able to honor a founder's legacy without being bound by it

Benefits

Salary: $150,000$170,000

Health and dental insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) match

Professional development

Sabbatical leave after 3 years of service

How to Apply

Please complete the online application and attach your resume and submit a video (5-10 minutes) addressing the following questions.

1. Tell us what drew you to CHIC and why this opportunity resonates with you at this point in your leadership journey.
2. Resource development is critical to CHIC's future. Tell us about how you build meaningful relationships with funders, partners, and the community.
3. CHIC exists to advance generational health and wealth for Black women, girls, and families. What does leading an organization with that mission mean to you?
4. "How do you build and lead a team setting expectations, developing people, and creating accountability while fostering trust and what does a high-performing team look like to you in a nonprofit setting?"
5. What is the future you are working to create for Black women and girls, and how would you position CHIC as a catalyst for that future?

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