Senior Foundation Relationship Manager
- Employer
- Greater Chicago Food Depository
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Closing date
- Feb 22, 2022
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Donor Relations, Planned Giving
- Fields
- For-Profit Companies
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Overview
The Senior Foundation Relationship
Manager is a critical role on the Corporation, Foundations and
Organizations (CFO) team. This person will primarily focus on
institutional relationships, balancing a portfolio of existing and
new foundation and organization donors. This role will steward
partners through a moves management process and deepen connections
to the mission of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. A successful
candidate will be familiar with Chicagos philanthropic landscape,
possess strong networking skills, and have experience managing and
advancing institutional partnerships, especially foundations. The
Senior Foundation Relationship Manager will work closely with the
Director of Foundation Relations and Grants to significantly
increase foundation and organization revenue to support the
expansion of key programs and new initiatives.
Responsibilities
· Cultivate, solicit and steward a
portfolio of approximately 50-100 current foundation/organization
donors and new prospects on the CFO team
· Proactively coordinate activities
and high-level communications to meet partner needs
· Coordinate internal teams to drive
and inform prospecting and partnership design
· Write and/or collaborate on select
presentations, proposals and reports
· Establish and maintain strong
relationships with Food Depository program team members to ensure
strong working relationships to foster a collaborative work
environment
· Organize and participate in tours
and site visits; prepare pre-meeting briefs for the team
· Assist with planning and budgeting
activities for the CFO team and participate in planning with the
development team
· Track portfolio management
activities in Raisers Edge
· Participate in weekend and evening
events as needed to advance the organization's philanthropic
objectives
Experience
· Minimum 10 years of experience and
demonstrated success in development with an emphasis on
cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major foundation support
Knowledge & Skills
· Committed to organizational mission
of providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in
our community
· Working knowledge and understanding
of poverty-related issues and a thoughtfulness to the impact of
hunger on Cook County
· Demonstrated ability to build and
maintain positive relationships, take initiative, set priorities
and handle multiple relationships efficiently and effectively
· Excellent communication skills
including writing
· Proficiency with MS Office- Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
· Experience with database management,
Raisers Edge a plus
· Proof of covid vaccination required
for employment.
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