Executive Search for Nonprofits

Executive Search for Nonprofits


Scion Executive Search has extensive experience completing comprehensive executive searches for nonprofits and social services across the United States and internationally.


From health and human service organizations to large relief causes and community foundations, our nonprofit executive search experts specialize in identifying and placing exceptional leadership with nonprofit organizations around the world.

Since 2006, Scion Executive Search has led comprehensive executive leadership searches on behalf of prestigious organizations. Our nonprofit executive search practice proudly supports the national executive and department leadership needs of an expansive array of mission-focused organizations.

In addition to recruitment, networking, and candidate evaluation, our executive search experts counsel our clients on organizational development strategies and effective timelines, as well as provide assistance with leadership transitions to ensure hiring goals are proactively satisfied and long-term success is achieved. As experts in nonprofit executive search who are highly skilled in diversity recruiting, we take great care in curating exceptionally well-qualified executive candidate pools for our clients.

Scion Executive Search is an award-winning firm whose passion for connecting nonprofits to exceptional leadership is boundless. We have been identified as a Forbes “Best Executive Recruiting Firm” in the United States, and we have been identified as a leading firm by the Business Times for thirteen years running. Scion is an award-winning firm with a passion for connecting associations to exceptional leadership.

We are highly skilled executive recruiters, professional networkers, connectors, certified diversity recruiting experts, project managers, and organizational development leaders who thrive on connecting the dots in ways other firms cannot; our goal is to empower and expand the impact of your unique mission through exceptional talent!

Our proven executive recruitment experience and network serve the following mission specializations:

  • Community Organizations
  • Human Services
  • Children & Family Services
  • Health
  • Medical
  • Education
  • Youth & Family
  • Housing
  • Arts
  • Museums
  • Workforce Development
  • Local/Regional Issues
  • Legal & Advocacy
  • Social Justice
  • Human Rights
  • Equality and Opportunity
  • Business/Entrepreneurship
  • Economic Development
  • Natural Resources
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Historic Trusts and Preservations
  • Other Nonprofit Specialties

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Scion Executive Search is an award-winning full-service nonprofit executive search firm that provides clients with extraordinary talent for hire. Since 2006, our partners have been strategically placing nonprofit talent within foundations, organizations, and educational institutions globally. It is our aim to make your organizations’ growth goals an attainable reality.