Senior Fundraising Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create, revise, and finalize proposals for grants and major donors, letters of inquiry, and renewal requests for both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations.

• Ensure that grant proposals and reports are submitted by set deadlines.

• Collaborate with Finance & Operations to align grant proposal budgets with grant narratives.

• Utilize Airtable to track grant proposals, deadlines, reports, and relevant documentation.

• Develop quarterly fundraising priorities for the Executive Director and modify them as needed based on circumstances.

• Record fundraising goals, commitments, received funds, and funding gaps for both entities.

• Maintain precise and timely fundraising data and tracking systems.

• Assist in creating plans and proposals to address identified funding gaps.

• Keep the program team informed of work and priorities that influence fundraising strategies.

• Collaborate with the Executive Director to design and execute the end-of-year campaign.

• Lead and facilitate weekly fundraising meetings.

• Assist the Executive Director in organizing public appearances, funder conferences, PSO events, and inviting funders in-house.

• Prepare briefing materials, talking points, meeting schedules, and materials for funders.

• Create fundraising collateral and other messaging targeted at funders.

• Draft written profiles for prospect research on current and potential funders.

• Set agendas and compile follow-up materials for donor meetings and funder briefings.

• Maintain a conference calendar, track significant fundraising and sector events, and suggest attendance.

• Manage the tracking and acknowledgment process for individual donors.

• Write the annual impact report and other narrative documents aimed at funders.

• Compose thank-you and acknowledgment language and ensure timely gift acknowledgments.

• Provide executive support by preparing materials for meetings and conferences, anticipating necessary information or decisions, and delivering high-level updates.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant fundraising experience, including substantial responsibility for foundation fundraising and grant management.

• Strong commitment to social justice and movement-building efforts.

• Experience in crafting accurate grant proposals, reports, and materials for funders using existing organizational language and program information.

• Exceptional writing and editing abilities, particularly for grant proposals, reports, and communications with funders.

• Strong project management skills with the capability to independently manage work from beginning to end.

• Outstanding attention to detail, with comfort in handling fundraising data, budgets, and tracking systems.

• Experience working closely with executive leadership and coordinating input from program, finance, and operations teams.

• Ability to translate complex programs, strategies, and impacts into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

• Familiarity with Airtable or similar fundraising/project management systems is preferred.

• Existing relationships with institutional funders are advantageous, though not mandatory.

• Applicants must reside and have legal permission to work in the United States.

• Generally available Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the local U.S. time zone.

• Willingness to accommodate some domestic travel, approximately 2–3 times per year.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-term Disability, and Health FSA benefits.

• Flexible paid time off, which includes vacation and sick leave.

• 11 paid holidays per year.

• One-week summer break.

• One-week winter break.

• Professional development stipend.

• Stipend for working from home.

• Retirement plan with up to 4% matching.

• Some flexibility in scheduling.

• Eligibility for overtime with supervisor approval.