SVP, Foundation Relations

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the foundation fundraising program at Covenant House International.

• Obtain transformational philanthropic investments, ranging from seven to eight figures, from private foundations.

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and nurture major commitments from foundations.

• Enhance the foundation portfolio by establishing new relationships with international, national, regional, family, and private foundations.

• Manage a significant portfolio of foundation prospects and funders.

• Create strategies that support core operations, programs, capital projects, endowment opportunities, international initiatives, and policy efforts.

• Facilitate funding discussions and negotiate major grant awards and multi-year commitments.

• Set annual revenue goals and performance indicators.

• Track trends in institutional philanthropy and pinpoint strategic investment opportunities.

• Cultivate relationships with foundation presidents, executive directors, trustees, program officers, philanthropic advisors, and representatives from family offices.

• Design tailored cultivation and stewardship strategies.

• Organize site visits, executive briefings, funder meetings, and strategic engagement activities.

• Ensure efficient grant reporting and stewardship practices.

• Lead, mentor, and develop foundation relations officers and grant writers.

• Set performance expectations, accountability measures, and professional development plans.

• Foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture.

• Enhance proposal development, grant management, prospect tracking, and stewardship systems.

• Coordinate frontline fundraising and grant writing initiatives.

• Collaborate with donor relations, corporate partnerships, affiliate relations, marketing and communications, finance, programs, executive leadership, and board members.

• Develop compelling support cases in partnership with program leaders.

• Participate in the revenue organization leadership team and contribute to fundraising strategies and organizational growth.

• Represent Covenant House to foundation leaders and external stakeholders.

• Advocate for collaboration, accountability, integrity, inclusion, and collective success.

• Provide strategic insights on philanthropy trends, institutional funding opportunities, and revenue diversification.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 12-15 years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising.

• Extensive experience in foundation relations and institutional giving.

• Proven success in securing seven- and eight-figure grants and multi-year commitments from private foundations.

• Demonstrated ability to obtain seven- and eight-figure grants from national, regional, family, and private foundations.

• Experience in building and managing portfolios of major foundation prospects and funders.

• Significant experience in developing new foundation partnerships and generating substantial new revenue.

• Record of success in leading foundation fundraising strategies that promote sustained revenue growth.

• Experience in managing frontline fundraising professionals and grant writing teams.

• Proven experience in collaborating with executive leaders, board members, program staff, and external stakeholders.

• Experience in managing large funding opportunities involving multiple stakeholders and organizational departments.

• Demonstrated capacity to work independently and consistently reach ambitious fundraising goals with minimal supervision.

• Willingness to travel as necessary.

• In-depth knowledge of foundation fundraising and institutional philanthropy.

• Strong understanding of the foundation landscape.

• Proven ability to identify, cultivate, and secure new foundation funding relationships.

• Expertise in comprehensive institutional fundraising strategies.

• Exceptional skills in relationship-building, writing, editing, proposal development, presentations, verbal communication, strategic thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, grant budgeting, compliance, stewardship, reporting, project management, and organizational skills.

• A passion for the mission of Covenant House and a demonstrated commitment to serving vulnerable youth.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabilities and medical conditions.

• Opportunities for staff growth and development.

• National travel for in-person meetings and team gatherings as required.