Chief Philanthropy Officer

August 2026 | Denver, CO
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Care Synergy seeks an accomplished Chief Philanthropy Officer to lead and grow an enterprise-wide philanthropy program that supports its family of mission-driven healthcare organizations across Colorado.

About Care Synergy

Care Synergy is a nonprofit network that supports mission-driven, values-based hospice, home health, PACE, and palliative care organizations that provide community-based services. Through its Affiliates, including The Denver Hospice, Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, Colorado PACE, and Pathways, Care Synergy provides centralized leadership and shared resources while enabling each Affiliate to meet the unique needs of its community.

Together, Care Synergy’s Affiliates operate as distinct nonprofit healthcare organizations serving individuals facing serious illness, aging, and end-of-life transitions throughout Colorado’s Front Range. Guided by a shared commitment to collaboration, accountability, service, and respect, Care Synergy has expanded beyond its traditional hospice and home health programs to include Colorado PACE and CAPABLE, broadening its impact across the communities it serves.

As Care Synergy continues to grow, philanthropy will play an increasingly important role in supporting innovation, expanding services, and ensuring long-term sustainability.

For more information, please visit caresynergynetwork.org.

About Philanthropy at Care Synergy

Philanthropy plays an important role in supporting Care Synergy’s mission and the work of its Affiliates. The organization maintains a comprehensive fundraising program that includes major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, grants, corporate and foundation support, stewardship, and special events.

Care Synergy has built a strong foundation of philanthropic support through the generosity of grateful patients, families, and community members. Today, the organization maintains a donor and prospect base of more than 20,000 constituents and generates approximately $2 million annually in philanthropic revenue.

Care Synergy’s philanthropy program is structured as a centralized enterprise function serving its Affiliates. This model brings fundraising leadership together to support enterprise-wide priorities while partnering closely with each Affiliate to advance its philanthropic goals. With a donor and prospect base of more than 20,000 constituents and approximately $2 million in annual philanthropic revenue, the organization is well positioned to strengthen donor engagement and expand philanthropic support over time.

About the Position

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced fundraising executive to lead philanthropy across a growing nonprofit healthcare network. Reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO) will serve as the senior fundraising leader responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive enterprise-wide philanthropy strategy that supports Care Synergy’s mission and strategic priorities.

The Chief Philanthropy Officer will oversee all aspects of fundraising, including major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, corporate and foundation relations, grants, stewardship, special events, and fundraising operations. Working closely with the CEO, Affiliate leadership, and volunteer boards, the CPO will strengthen philanthropic engagement across the enterprise while cultivating relationships with individual donors, foundations, corporations, and community partners.

The successful candidate will lead a philanthropy team that currently includes a Donor Database Manager and Development Specialist while strengthening fundraising systems, donor engagement strategies, and operational processes. This individual will build upon an established fundraising program and help position Care Synergy for continued philanthropic growth across its family of Affiliates.

This position is based in Denver, Colorado. Care Synergy values in-person collaboration and maintains an office-based culture while offering flexibility as needed.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Fundraising Strategy

• Develop and execute a comprehensive enterprise-wide philanthropy strategy aligned with organizational priorities and annual fundraising goals.
• Build upon an established fundraising program to strengthen philanthropic support across Care Synergy and its Affiliates.
• Identify new opportunities to engage individuals, corporations, foundations, and community partners in support of the organization’s mission.
• Establish fundraising metrics and monitor progress toward revenue goals.
• Lead capital initiatives, planned giving efforts, and special fundraising initiatives that support long-term organizational priorities.

Major Donor Cultivation and Stewardship

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors, planned giving prospects, corporate partners, and foundation funders.
• Develop meaningful donor engagement strategies that strengthen long-term philanthropic relationships.
• Partner with the CEO, Affiliate leadership, and volunteer boards on high-level donor cultivation and solicitation activities.
• Ensure consistent donor stewardship, recognition, and impact reporting.

Leadership and Operations

• Lead, mentor, and develop the philanthropy team while fostering collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
• Oversee fundraising operations, including donor database management, reporting, analytics, and data integrity.
• Develop and manage the philanthropy budget while monitoring fundraising performance against organizational goals.
• Ensure compliance with all legal, ethical, and regulatory standards governing charitable fundraising.
• Represent Care Synergy within the community to strengthen partnerships and advance philanthropic support for the organization.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare administration, nonprofit management, or a related field required; MBA and/or CFRE preferred.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressively responsible fundraising and development leadership experience, preferably within a healthcare or nonprofit organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading comprehensive philanthropy programs encompassing major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, grants, corporate and foundation relations, stewardship, and special events.
• Experience leading a philanthropy department and managing a broad portfolio of fundraising activities.
• Proven ability to develop and execute fundraising strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
• Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors and planned giving prospects.
• Experience strengthening fundraising operations, donor systems, reporting, and performance metrics.
• Ability to build productive relationships with executive leadership, governing boards, donors, foundations, and community partners.
• Healthcare fundraising experience required; hospice fundraising experience preferred.
• Experience working with private foundations is desirable.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational leadership skills.
• Valid Colorado driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance.

Compensation

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The salary range for this position is $145,000-$180,000, commensurate with experience, plus bonus.

To express interest, please submit your cover letter and resume in confidence using the form below.