At this important moment in its history, Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan is seeking a Director of Grants, Foundation and Individual Giving to secure funding from corporate partners, foundations, trusts, and government agencies through preparation and submission of grant proposals and sponsorship solicitations. The position is also responsible for managing elements of the grantor relationship for long-term growth, including appropriate reporting and stewardship activities.
Responsibilities
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward foundations, trusts, businesses and government agencies to secure funding.
- Work with the Chief Philanthropy Officer to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors for donations of $2,000 and more.
- Develop and maintain key long-term relationships with funders.
- Collaborate with the Chief Philanthropy Officer to identify a portfolio of partners with capacity to make five and six-figure or more grants with and without restrictions.
- Research, write, prepare, and submit proposals and grant applications on a timely basis, to appropriate funding sources.
- Compose letters of inquiry, concept papers, and essential documents to support the grant seeking process.
- Collaborate with programs team members to accurately report to grantors on post-award activities, both programmatic and financial.
- Maintain schedule of application deadlines, reporting deadlines and expenditures.
- Host personal visits with prospects.
- Conduct research, prospecting, and solicitation through multiple platforms and sources
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor tracking and record keeping.
- Assist with other fundraising projects as requested and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field is required.
- 3 years of professional grant-writing-experience at a nonprofit, including demonstrated success writing grants that have resulted in five-figure and higher grants.
- Experience managing relationships.
- Experience securing donor designated gifts and unrestricted gifts.
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
- Proven success in development for a mid-sized nonprofit including fundraising from multiple donor channels.
- Experience with relational databases and web-related research tools.
- Ability to compile, interpret and present program and financial information.
- Planning, leading, and managing development projects, including coordinating with peers to achieve desired outcomes, and tracking and reporting on progress to senior managers/board of directors
- Takes initiative and actively seeks to deepen current funder relationships and to forge new ones.
- Skilled in creating powerful, compelling written and oral communications for fundraising.
- Ability to convey complex ideas through brief, simple materials.
- Demonstrate attention to detail, superior organizational skills, solid proofreading and editing skills.
- Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives.
- Skilled at establishing and cultivating strong relationships with peers, across different levels of the organization and externally.
- Annual Girl Scout membership is required.
