What We Do

Our nonprofit CEO focus

Kittleman is the only executive search firm to focus on nonprofit CEO searches.

For over 60 years, Kittleman has defined the industry’s standards and best practices for executive search among nonprofits. 

Our track record in nonprofit CEO placements is unparalleled in the industry. 

Our success speaks for itself: 87% of all nonprofit Chief Executive Officers we have recruited over the past 5 years are still in their positions today.

96%

of all our searches place CEOs with our nonprofit clients

94%

of our CEO placements remain in their job for at least 2 years

87%

of our CEO placements remain in their job for at least 5 years

Why does Kittleman’s focus on nonprofit CEO search matter to you?

Unlike search firms that do a little of everything, Kittleman has invested all of its resources into a single pursuit: discovering the most talented leaders of nonprofits and nurturing our relationships with them. We are not distracted by other business goals. Our energy is not diffused by irrelevant priorities.

Kittleman is committed to finding the next CEO to lead your nonprofit into the future. That commitment drives us to continuously grow our network of nonprofit CEOs and EDs—as well as COOs and CDOs—from which we can deliver a tightly curated pool of candidates perfectly matched to support your organization’s specific mission, needs and goals.

Our focus on nonprofit CEO search is unmatched by any other search firm. And that is why Kittleman is uniquely suited to support your organization’s mission and aspirations.

Kittleman doesn’t claim to do everything. Just the one thing we do better than everyone else.

Your CEO search deserves nothing less than a personalized approach and the utmost attention.

We strive to earn your trust. We care about charitable organizations because we have been on those front lines ourselves.

Every principal consultant at Kittleman has prior career leadership experience in a nonprofit organization. We are dedicated to providing you with the highest professional standards of service in the industry, many of which we created.

You will not be handed off to someone else once we get underway, and you will be treated with the respect and diligence required in every CEO search.