Current Opportunities

• The Flinn Foundation has no open positions.

Openings are posted here and announced on the Flinn Foundation LinkedIn page and local job boards, such as those of AZ Impact for Good, the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation, and the Arizona Bioindustry Association. Each posting lists the email address for submission.

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Applications are first reviewed by staff teams, generally followed by at least two interview rounds. Each applicant is notified of their status. The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Flinn Foundation

The Flinn Foundation is a privately endowed grantmaking organization established in 1965 by Dr. Robert S. and Irene P. Flinn. Its mission is to improve the quality of life in Arizona to benefit future generations.

The Foundation makes grants and operates programs in four philanthropic areas, aiming to:

• Advance the bioscience sector through research grants and stewardship of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap;
• Enhance undergraduate education for high-achieving students at Arizona’s public universities through the Flinn Scholars Program;
• Elevate the fiscal and creative capacity of arts and culture organizations throughout the state; and
• Strengthen civic life and leadership through the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership.

The Foundation’s Board of Directors includes 10 leaders in medicine, health research, technology, business, and finance. The Foundation’s 20-member staff is led by President and CEO Tammy McLeod, Ph.D.

Working at Flinn

Location

The Flinn Foundation is in the heart of Phoenix’s arts district, just north of downtown. We built our facility as a place to convene the community; in addition to staff offices, it includes two large conference rooms available at no cost to nonprofit organizations working in our areas of interest.

Staff generally work in the office at least four days per week. Because the Foundation serves the entire state of Arizona, many staff travel frequently to meet and work with grantees, program participants, and other collaborators.

Compensation

Position announcements include a salary floor. We benchmark salaries against nonprofit-foundation salary surveys.

Benefits

Employee benefits include:

• Paid holidays, sick leave, vacation; paid time off for jury duty, voting, and serving as a poll worker; paid leave for maternity/paternity/adoption and bereavement.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts with employer contribution; telehealth insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional-development support.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• Covered parking and electric-vehicle charging.

Culture

Our mission encompasses all of Arizona, and all Arizonans, and our success requires a commitment to inclusive excellence in our operations and our philanthropy.

Because those philanthropic areas of interest are diverse, we look for opportunities to bridge them, whether through collaborative projects across organizations we support or bringing program participants from one area into the work of another.

Such cross-pollination happens when staff know one another’s strategies and goals well. We encourage staff to learn continuously about all of the Foundation’s work, solve common problems collaboratively, and attend one another’s program events. Everyone pitches in when a team needs help.

People at the Flinn Foundation tend to stay, and responsibilities grow with them.

Values

Staff identified five values that reflect and guide the work, ethics, and character of the Foundation:

Candor: We practice straight talk and believe in truth over harmony, within our team and across the community. We acknowledge failure without excuses to learn. In respectful communication, we address the relevant party with transparent intentions.

Trust: We embrace our identity as stewards of Irene and Robert Flinn’s legacy and vision. We ground our words and actions in integrity and assumption of good faith. We defend others when they are absent, don’t gossip, and refuse to stir the pot.

Innovation: We interrogate the status quo in processes and programs and seize mission-driven opportunities. We employ design thinking and rigorously experiment and evaluate, prizing improved quality and increased productivity. We collaborate across programs and strengths and engage in regular reflection to ensure a learning environment.

Empathy: We treat our constituents as customers. We listen to their needs, champion their goals, and co-create with them. We welcome the challenge of empathizing with disparate audiences: colleagues, grantees and program participants, and the people of Arizona.

Fun: We find satisfaction in challenge and hard work—but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We feel healthier and happier and perform best when we are having fun. We support each other when we fall short and celebrate each other’s successes.