Development Manager

Summary

Join iMentor as a Development Manager to play a key role in executing institutional fundraising and stewardship strategies across foundation, corporate, and government revenue sources.

Requirements

• 5 years of work experience with 3+ years' experience in relevant field with demonstrated success in grant and proposal writing, development, member/constituent services, or journalism/public relations; experience in the nonprofit sector a must
• Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate clear, persuasive, and concise thoughts
• Strong researcher and relationship mapper; experience with philanthropy research tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Candid, ProPublica, etc. preferred

Responsibilities

• Write exceptional grant proposals and reports, letters of inquiry, internal briefing documents and memos, and other donor materials
• Proactively manage internal grants calendar and schedule to ensure proposals, deliverables and reports are submitted on time
• Update and maintain iMentor’s Salesforce database of institutional funders and prospects
• Work with development team to steward donors through communications, presentations, outreach, site visits and donor appreciation
• Research corporations, foundations and government grant makers, for strategic alignment
• Support the execution of cultivation strategies by drafting e-mail outreach, meeting agendas, meeting talking points, presentation decks, meeting follow-up, and other ad-hoc collateral
• Manage stewardship calendar and schedule to ensure that we are designing and executing on a comprehensive touchpoint strategy throughout the year for institutional donors

Benefits

• Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• 18 days paid annual vacation (increasing annually to 21, 23, 25), 13 paid holidays + your birthday + one floating holiday
• 401K match up to 4%
• 1 hour of wellness time off per week for wellness activities of your choosing
• 9 weeks of paid parental leave