Institutional Giving Manager

The Center for Family Representation Inc. (CFR) is an award-winning, innovative law and policy organization that serves primarily Black and Brown families and youth in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island with an interdisciplinary legal defense model that serves more than 2400 clients every year. CFR was originally founded in 2002 to dramatically change the trajectory of indigent parents being prosecuted by the Citys Administration for Childrens Services (ACS). Our goal is to defend and protect our clients rights, reduce the harm of family separation and prevent or minimize the time any child spends in the foster system.

CFR provides interdisciplinary family defense with a model that was unique at our founding and that is now being replicated nationally: we assign every client an attorney and a social work staff member, and teams have the support of parent advocates, who are parents with direct personal experience of having been investigated and prosecuted by ACS. CFR was the first agency in the country to integrate parents with lived experience into legal teams and now has 8 parent advocates working in all four of our family defense locations. CFRs Early Defense Practice represents parents during an ACS investigation (to avoid court involvement where possible). Our SCR Practice assists parents in clearing their names from state maltreatment records.

As an agency committed to securing justice for families, we built the Youth Defense practice (YDP) to defend youth at risk of family separation through incarceration. YDP uses the same interdisciplinary model to represent youth being prosecuted in Queens and Manhattan in Supreme Court Youth Parts, during Probation Adjustment and in Delinquency proceedings in Family Court. CFRs Home for Good program provides legal and social work services to CFR clients in immigration, civil legal services and criminal defense matters, to afford clients an efficient and well-coordinated one-stop solution to a range of issues that threaten family stability.

Recognized as experts in our fields, we annually train over 500 practitioners in the city, state and around the country on strategies to promote family preservation and interdisciplinary representation, and we provide community based Know Your Rights presentations to parents, youth and service providers. We advocate at the city, state and national level for policies that reduce the harm of family separation, and promote parent engagement and justice for youth and families.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Development the Institutional Giving Manager is a front-line fundraiser with expertise in nurturing partnerships and prospecting for foundation grants and corporate sponsorships. Primarily responsible for securing funding from institutional sources including foundations, corporations, community sources and in some cases, government agencies providing grants and discretionary funding. The Institutional Giving Manager oversees the portfolio from sourcing, to securing grants, completing grant reporting requirements and all short- and long-term stewardship.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in sourcing and securing institutional funding with excellent grant writing, oral communication, interpersonal, research and organizational skills and is a collaborative team player. The Institutional Giving Manager honors CFRs core values of respecting others, defending the self-determination of every family, championing best practices, fighting systematic injustice and fostering team spirit.

Responsibilities and duties will include:

Institutional Giving:

• Work with the Director of Development to create the annual institutional giving fundraising plan
• Develop and update the schedule of grant applications and reporting deadlines for current and potential funders
• Write grant letters of interest and applications, compile all required materials and submit
• Ensure receipt, recording, and recognition of grants from institutional funders
• Prepare required grant reports
• Execute foundation and corporate grant agreements
• Maintain updated records of institutional funder donations and steward activities.

Collaboration and accountability with internal staff members:

• Consult early with other staff members and collaborate with about materials they need to prepare for an application or report
• Collaborating with program staff as needed for proposal development and including fiscal and operations staff in establishing all grant deliverables
• Work with fiscal staff members to organizational project budgets for applications and financial reports for grant reports
• Participate in team meetings, planning meetings and project development meetings
• Work with the DOD to complete required Board reports
• Keep the Communications Director informed of grants as they are awarded so that they may be recognized in social media and newsletters
• Attend relevant organizational events that may occur on nights and weekends.

Build and strengthen relationships with potential and current institutional funders:

• Establish and maintain relationships between institutional funders and the Executive Director, Director of Development and when necessary program staff and The Board
• Attend Development Committee and Board meetings as requested by the Development Director and events managed and organized by or featuring institutional partners
• Conduct regular communication with current and potential funders to update them on CFRs projects and invite them to CFR events when appropriate
• Develop new opportunities, deepen relationships with current and potential funders
• Develop a method of of engaging Board members in stewardship activities
• Become active in the fundraising community in NYC through professional development opportunities, networking and memberships.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Participation in or take responsibility for any additional assignments from the Director of Development
• Potential to hire, train and supervise an Institutional Giving Intern if deemed needed by Director of Development
• Attend Board Development Committee, Board or Executive Management meetings as required by the Executive Director and/or the Director of Development
• Working partially remote and partially in office as required by the Director of Development

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in relevant fundraising activities including grant writing and a proven track record of accomplishment in this area
• BSc/BA degree in a related field
• Demonstrated experience raising funds and examples of positive outcomes
• Excellent working knowledge Microsoft Suite and Google Workspace
• Working knowledge of a CRM platform; Giftworks a plus
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, as well as ability to synthesize a range of information into tight summaries and compelling proposals
• Proficient in identifying institutional funding sources and in grant research
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, including collaborating with team members across an organization

Annualized Salary - $75,500-$93,100