Movement Resource Organizer

ABOUT MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is an ecosystem of organizations and individuals creating a shared vision and strategy to win rights, control and resources for Black people. Building on the legacy and strategies of past movements, the Movement for Black Lives has created a broad political home for Black organizers, activists, and their organizations. Our ecosystem is held together by politics of abolition, anti-capitalism and radical Black Queer Feminisms, and a value system that fights for the most marginalized amongst us.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Movement Resource Organizer is responsible for building and coordinating M4BL’s donor organizing and political education strategy across individual donors, donor formations, philanthropic networks, and movement-aligned wealth holders. This role will deepen relationships with donor communities such as Resource Generation, Solidaire, donor collaboratives, giving circles, women’s donor networks, and high-capacity individuals seeking to align their resources with movement values and Black liberation work.

The Movement Resource Organizer will develop political education opportunities, cultivate donor leadership pathways, and create engagement strategies that move supporters from transactional giving toward long-term movement alignment, solidarity, and ecosystem investment.

This role serves as a strategic liaison between M4BL’s ecosystem, fundraising efforts, campaigns, and donor communities by helping donors understand the political conditions impacting vulnerable communities, the broader movement ecosystem, and the long-term infrastructure necessary to sustain organizing and liberation work.

The role works closely with Development, Communications, Organizing, and ecosystem partners to expand how M4BL engages wealth, mobilizes resources, and builds durable funding relationships rooted in shared political vision rather than transactional philanthropy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Donor Organizing & Political Education

• Develop and execute donor organizing strategies rooted in movement principles and M4BL’s strategic priorities.
• Coordinate political education spaces, donor briefings, webinars, learning sessions, and movement conversations for donor communities and philanthropic partners.
• Build long-term engagement pathways that move donors from awareness to sustained solidarity and ecosystem investment.
• Help donors understand M4BL’s ecosystem model, movement infrastructure strategy, and the broader political conditions shaping Black organizing work.

Relationship Building & Donor Networks

• Serve as M4BL’s primary relationship manager for donor formations, giving circles, donor collaboratives, and philanthropic affinity groups.
• Build strategic relationships with networks such as Resource Generation, Solidaire, women’s donor networks, family philanthropy spaces, and movement-aligned wealth organizers.
• Identify opportunities for collaborative fundraising, donor mobilization, and aligned ecosystem investments.
• Work closely with the Major Gifts team to transition engaged donors into long-term fundraising pipelines where appropriate.

Ecosystem & Campaign Alignment

• Partner with member organizations and ecosystem partners to coordinate donor-facing opportunities connected to campaigns, infrastructure projects, political moments, and movement priorities.
• Support the development of donor engagement strategies tied to ecosystem initiatives including land projects, community infrastructure, mutual aid, climate resilience, political education, and organizing campaigns.

Narrative & Resource Mobilization

• Help shape donor-facing narratives that challenge extractive philanthropy and encourage values-aligned giving practices.
• Develop written materials and talking points that communicate M4BL's political analysis, ecosystem strategy, and long-term vision.
• Support donor stewardship through curated communications, movement updates, and strategic engagement opportunities.

Note: M4BL responds flexibly to changing circumstances and priorities. This description reflects essential functions but does not restrict tasks that may be assigned.

SCHEDULE

This is a full-time role.  M4BL practices a five-day work week, with core hours of operations between 10:00am - 6:00pm ET.  M4BL offers genuine flexibility and meaningful time off. It also does consequential work in a high-stakes political moment, which means the pace is real and boundaries between “on” and “off” can blur. The right person for this role understands that paradox and has developed their own grounded relationship to the rhythms and demands of movement work.

LOCATION

This position may be performed from anywhere within the contiguous United States. The role requires approximately ten weeks of travel per year for internal staff gatherings, ecosystem convenings, and external conferences, as well as occasional evening and weekend availability. All work-related travel within the 48 contiguous states is covered by M4BL. 

Reports to 

Deputy Director of Philanthropic Operations and Grants

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your resume and responses to the application questions through M4BL's BambooHR portal. Cover letters are not required at this point. Candidates who advance will be invited to share a writing sample.

We encourage applications from people whose experience has been shaped by movement work, community organizing, and other non-traditional paths.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES:

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive hiring process. If you require accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact hiring @m4bl.org

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORKPLACE

The Movement for Black Lives is proud to be an equal employment workplace. We welcome and encourage job applicants motivated to partner with us in addressing social injustice and those with personal experience around injustice. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any of the following factors; race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), age, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and/or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (genetic characteristics, cancer, or a record or history of cancer), military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental and physical, including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and genetic characteristics), and genetic information.