Fundraising Manager

Job Overview

We seek a passionate, results-driven Fundraising Manager to support our fundraising efforts and strategic initiatives that enhance our organization's mission. The ideal candidate will have a strong fundraising and event management background.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research to identify potential funding sources, including grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donors.
• Manage relationships with current donors and cultivate new ones through effective communication and engagement strategies.
• Prepare compelling proposals and presentations for potential donors and stakeholders.
• Craft grant proposals annually supporting the organization's operating, programmatic, and capital fiscal targets.
• Design, in partnership with the Executive Director, a strategy around three annual fundraising appeals and execute those appeals.
• Manage the life cycle for two annual events: EPH's Building Brighter Tomorrows Soirée and Fall Festival.
• Oversee the fundraising department's operations, including crafting thoughtful donation acknowledgments and tracking submission deadlines, reporting requirements, and all other fundraising processes and logistics.
• Manage the organization's CRM (currently Boomerang) to track donor interactions, manage fundraising campaigns, and analyze data for reporting purposes.
• Prepare fundraising performance reports for leadership and stakeholders.
• Represent EPH at community events and donor and community meetings.

Required Experience

• Minimum of two years of fundraising experience, including a combination of grant writing, annual fund campaigns, capital campaigns, or fundraising events.
• Experience in implementing comprehensive fundraising strategies
• Experience executing high-quality events
• Experience in leveraging AI and other tools to cultivate and steward donors and other supporters
• Experience building revenue-generating relationships with donors and other stakeholders.
• Knowledge of best practices in resource development.

Skills

• Strong research skills to identify funding opportunities and assess market trends.
• Strong, compelling communicator (verbal and in writing) who can effectively convey the organization’s mission and impact.
• Comfortable speaking publicly in front of both small and large audiences
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
• Proficient in using fundraising software and communications tools
• Ability to analyze data for informed decision-making in fundraising strategies.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to hold yourself and others accountable, with a capacity to manage across departments/functions and up to leadership to complete the work.

Benefits:

• 403
• 403(b) matching
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Paid time off

Join us in making a difference through impactful fundraising efforts that support our community's needs!