The Director of Foundation Relations in collaboration with the Chief Development Officer directs Feeding America’s efforts to build and steward partnerships with charitable foundations, overseeing the development of a foundation relations strategy and a team of foundation relationship managers.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Manages a team of high performance fundraisers focusing on foundation relations for Feeding America’s national office.
- In collaboration with the CDO, leads the development and execution of a strategy for building and stewarding a robust portfolio of foundation partnerships in support of the organization’s mission.
- Serves as a key member of development leadership within the department.
- Provide strategy oversight for all relationships managed by the foundation team.
- Builds a collaborative relationship with member food banks to ensure coordination in foundation partnerships between local and national levels.
- Meets or exceeds the foundation revenue target set in collaboration with the CDO.
- Ensures that foundation relations staff have access to information relating to the organization’s strategic plan, programmatic updates, and other information necessary to keep foundation partners updated about our work.
Educational Background:
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Skills/Experience:
- Cover letter with resume is required.
- Ten years or more of experience in managing high level donor relationships and fundraising staff or combination of fundraising and other relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience with foundation fundraising.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience in cultivating six- and seven-figure gifts including cultivating new prospects, developing donor strategies, solicitation approaches and donor stewardship.
- Ability to cultivate inter- and intra-departmental teamwork and collaboration.
- Strong proposal development skills.
- A deep commitment to the mission of Feeding America.
- Experience in a relevant programmatic field a plus.
How to Apply:
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Listing Stats
Post Date:
Dec 28 2017
Active Until:
Jan 29 2018
Hiring Organization:
Feeding America
industry:
Nonprofit