Who is Raheem
Raheem is an organization of lifelong organizers and radical technologists reimagining safety and making police obsolete. As an abolitionist organization, we are not interested in reforming the behaviors or policies of the police.
Instead, we are helping create a life-affirming world that responds to conflict, not with violence, but care. Our team is building new relationships and developing technology that connects people to care before, during, and after crises without the need for police involvement.
Raheem is a predominantly Black, Black-led organization committed to group-centered leadership, and our work will always be informed—and led—by those most impacted by police terror in the United States.
We are queer, straight, and womanist. We are the children of people born during WWII, Jim Crow, and desegregation. Across the country, all of us were born into a world in crisis.
We were raised during America’s War in Vietnam, the 1980’s crack epidemic, and the rise of global capitalism. We came of age during the global HIV pandemic and America’s Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We were born before and during the digital revolution, and have learned, educated others, and organized both offline and online. We have built nonprofits from the ground up, delivered services to those in need, led direct actions, developed tech products, and more.
The job
You’ll fundraise and manage donor relationships toward the development of Raheem’s alternative dispatching system to 911.
The Senior Development & Grants Associate is a new staff position responsible for overseeing fundraising and donor relationship management to maximize donor retention, engagement, and investment. The Development & Grants Associate will work closely with the Executive Director and Chief of Staff to accomplish three primary goals:
- You will define and implement a strategy to carefully source, apply for, then win and steward foundation and corporate grant opportunities.
- You will cultivate, grow, and leverage a diverse, values-aligned philanthropic network.
- You will design and implement project management methodologies that standardize procedures and facilitate transparency and collaboration while reflecting the team’s work style and culture.
Core responsibilities
- Partner with the Executive Director to develop an annual fundraising strategy with quarterly targets and key performance indicators
- Lead prospect development to identify potential fundraising opportunities in alignment with the organization’s mission
- Collaborate with the Executive Director and communications team to write boiler-plate language for grant proposals
- Steward individual donors and giving campaigns
- Finalize proposal and grant report narrative including draft, edit and finalize
- Create and oversee fundraising project management plan; tracking progress to finalize grant applications, awards, etc. - including calendaring deadlines and other requirements
- Partner with the Chief of Staff to complete grant budgets in alignment with narratives and funder guidelines
- Track annual giving donor trends, focusing on donor retention, pipeline movement and building/expanding donor base
- Responsible for day-to-day database management gift processing, and donor profiles
- Finalize and submit application and report content through foundation portal and/or create email submission package
- Cultivate and oversee a fundraising network toward potential funding sources for Raheem
- Facilitate weekly fundraising meeting, reporting on progress and highlight strategy pivots
- Analyze, author and disseminate internal fundraising reports and updates
Requirements
- At least 7 years of proven experience successful fundraising for non-profit organizations
- Credible relationship with funders, high net worth individuals and leaders within the philanthropic community
- Impeccable and effective writing and editing skills, able to take large concepts and communicate them succinctly and directly
- Able to develop funding targets and execute a plan to meet and exceed targets
- Experience with out-of-the-box fundraising tactics and a willingness to lean into things that have never been done before
- Track record as a collaborative leader who excels in managing multiple projects, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced and non-traditional work environment.
100,000 - 120,000
This is a remote position