About Hillspire, LLC
Hillspire is an integrated family office management company serving all the investments, foundations and activities of Eric and Wendy Schmidt and family, including The Schmidt Family Foundation, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and Schmidt Futures, and employing across all entities 400+ employees worldwide.
GPS Team Values
Consistent with Schmidt entity and Hillspire organizational values, our team is guided by core values that shape our internal goals, strategies, and the ways we work as a team and with our partners, including:
● Sense of Purpose - The work we do matters. We don’t lose sight of the larger impact of our day to day work - how it can positively impact grantees and communities.
● Bring out the Best - There is strength in diversity. We need different voices and perspectives to achieve our goals. Using a growth mindset, we strive to bring out the best in ourselves and support different ways of thinking and doing in our work.
● Collaboration - The work we do is too big and too complex to go it alone; collaboration is essential. We remain flexible and adaptable in engaging with others in order to foster shared understanding and make progress towards goals.
● Innovation + Creativity - We passionately imagine new ideas and invent new routes forward. New doesn’t necessarily mean the best. Innovation means acknowledging the work of our predecessors. We advance lessons learned: valuing new experience while not losing the insights of the past.
● Gratitude - We’re grateful for the opportunity to do this work. We stay humble and recognize the privilege inherent in the work we do.
The Opportunity
With substantial growth at Hillspire and across all of the Schmidt entities, Hillspire’s Grants and Philanthropic Services team is poised to play an increasingly pivotal role in supporting the philanthropic ambitions of the Schmidt family. Reporting to a Director of the Grants and Philanthropic Services team, the incoming role will serve as a resident expert in grantmaking and philanthropic practices, leading with a collaborative and client service approach.
Building and maintaining relationships with program leads and business partners across the Schmidt charitable organizations, the position will operate as a resource and thought partner throughout the entirety of the grant life cycle and grantmaking practice. This person will encourage and inspire best-in-class grantmaking strategies and approaches, advise on how to leverage best practices in the sector, as well as help to leverage collective knowledge and skills to benefit the Schmidt philanthropic ecosystem.
Given the expansion of the Schmidt family’s charitable endeavors and ambitions, the new hire will join Hillspire at a time of innovation, increased impact, and elevated leadership in the sector. This role provides an exciting opportunity to influence, support, and implement the philanthropic systems and practices that will foster greater impact in the years ahead.