Responsibilities of the Senior Institutional Giving Lead
Fundraising - Grants Management 7 Strategy (85%)
Government Grants (10%)
Special Events / General (5%)
Responsibilities of the Senior Institutional Giving Lead
Fundraising - Grants Management 7 Strategy (85%)
The Senior Institutional Giving Lead will work closely with the Director of Institutional Giving to help strategically lead and grow Cara’s portfolio of grant funded partners to raise $4M - $5M annually. The individual will focus on securing five-figure and six-figure grants. The Senior Institutional Giving Lead will initiate and maintain regular communications with active and prospective funders through in-person meetings (i.e. site visits), virtual and electronic communications, and other methods of communication such as written correspondence via letters of inquiry, formal proposals, and stewardship reports. The Senior Institutional Giving Lead will work with staff members at all levels to ensure that proposals are of the highest quality, application deadlines are met, and that grantors’ expectations are fulfilled. This includes collaboration with members of the Leadership Team to ensure prospective opportunities are advancing the priorities of the organizations’ strategic growth, with program staff to gather programmatic information to support grant applications, with finance to assist in developing budgets associated with the grant, and with the data & technology team to ensure Cara is accurately representing metrics and outcomes in communications with prospects and funders. This individual shares responsibility with the Institutional Giving team for the continued growth of annual fundraising conceiving and implementing new strategies for growth.
The Senior Institutional Giving Lead will work closely with the Director of Institutional Giving to help strategically lead and grow Cara’s portfolio of grant funded partners…