Director of Philanthropic Engagement

About Tergar Schools Tergar Schools is a Buddhist-inspired K–12 education nonprofit building a new model of learning. We operate a pilot school in Kathmandu, Nepal, and are constructing a larger campus in the Yolmo valley (~600 students) in the Himalayas. Our model rests on a simple starting point: every child possesses basic goodness and its qualities of awareness, love, compassion, wisdom, and joy. And it is our job as educators to help them recognize this and give them tools to sustain this recognition. Our long-term aspiration is to help form people who are resilient, altruistic, and joyful. Why this role exists Tergar Schools needs to build a major-donor engine from close to scratch to cover $600,000+ in annual recurring operating funding, and then keep scaling in the years after. We also carry a significant capital need for constructing a secondary campus in Nepal (Yolmo campus). Today, that strategy and those relationships rest on our Executive Director (who splits his time across two organizations) and our Community Giving & Events Manager (who is part-time and also helps oversee social media and communications). This is not sustainable, and we need additional capacity. This is a critical position within the organization. We have vision, and we have a program taking shape; what we don't yet have is a major philanthropy function that can stand on its own. This role builds it, and owns it. The opportunity This is a builder's role. You will not inherit a mature pipel