Corporate & Foundation Relations Job Description
Corporate & foundation relations
provides expertise and assistance to faculty and staff on all matters pertaining to corporate and foundation giving, including effective cultivation and solicitation strategies and excellent stewardship.
Corporate & Foundation Relations Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Develop and implement strategies to ensure proper cultivation and solicitation of funders for a prioritized series of needs, including project- and programmatic-based support, faculty research, undergraduate research experiences, Center support and innovation/incubator needs for STEM
Identify, create and implement additional cultivation opportunities and events, as needed, to increase involvement and accomplish successful solicitation objectives
Recommend and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies of donors and prospects, working with the Endowment staff, USAFA faculty, and volunteers as appropriate
Develop solicitation goals, objectives, and strategies for development projects and/or specific institutional funders
Manage an active portfolio, and track solicitation assignments and progress
Develop and design systems to track solicitation assignments in progress
Partner with fundraisers, stewardship, marketing and event staff in the planning and implementation of donor cultivation and stewardship visits and events
Develop and design systems to track solicitation assignments and progress
Develop, plan and execute comprehensive prospect strategies to achieve successful cultivation, engagement, solicitations, and stewardship activities, including hosting small events with research staff and prospective donors
With the Assistant Vice President, proactively build and sustain broad-based
Corporate & Foundation Relations Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Corporate & Foundation Relations
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CFRE
Education for Corporate & Foundation Relations
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the corporate & foundation relations job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Education, Foundation, Faculty, Business, Oral Communication, Communications, Management, Communication, Writing, Graduate
Skills for Corporate & Foundation Relations
Desired skills for corporate & foundation relations include:
Cultivation
Solicitation
Stewardship strategies and techniques
Particularly in the area of corporate and foundation relations
Methods
Excel
Microsoft Word
Practices
Capabilities and activities
Corporate and foundation funders and researching prospects guidelines and giving programs
Desired experience for corporate & foundation relations includes:
A minimum of 7 years of experience in higher education fundraising/non-profit management
Proven success in an area related to foundation and corporate relations
Provide overall administrative support for AVP, including scheduling meetings
Provide proactive fundraising support to AVP by tracking prospect activity within portfolio areas, conducting preliminary research on donors/prospects, processing gifts, drafting and proofing proposals/acknowledgements/stewardship letters and reports, and producing call reports and briefings
Compose original internal and external correspondence including briefings, call reports, cover letters, acknowledgments, communication about publications, and other correspondence
Work with C&F staff, Institute staff, physicians and fellows for collection and preparation of proposal components, budgets, attachments, supporting documents
Corporate & Foundation Relations Examples
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Corporate & Foundation Relations Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a corporate & foundation relations. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for corporate & foundation relations
- Identify and track funding opportunities and new prospective funders, and prepare written summaries for circulation
- Copy and scan materials, email/fax, answer phones, facilitate reimbursements
- Work closely with the OSP team and administrative and academic leadership to help faculty identify opportunities for external funding
- Monitor appropriate departmental, business, foundation and fundraising sources to alert the administration to trends or issues that might affect the institution and to advise faculty and staff on funding opportunities
- Collaborate with the staff in the Career Development Center to broaden existing relationships with corporate partners
- Work with faculty to develop and maintain relationships with corporate and foundation funders
- Develop relationships leading to gifts of $250,000 and above, other levels and forms of support critical to the research and teaching enterprise
- Prioritize prospects, prepare background information, and follow up with faculty to ensure completion of agreed-upon action
- Enhance relationships between current and prospective major donors in the school faculty, students, dean, staff and volunteers
- Work with key prospects and donors to identify development opportunities within the school/unit, and devise strategies for involving and fulfilling external constituencies
Qualifications for corporate & foundation relations
- Experience with finding and synthesizing information
- Experience handling multiple projects concurrently, detail-minded and highly organized
- Knowledge of word processing, databases and Internet searching
- Demonstrated knowledge of the foundation and/or corporate sectors as they intersect with universities preferred
- Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and comfort learning about subject areas across all university disciplines preferred
- Frequently perform desk-based computer tasks, sit, and use a telephone, stand/walk
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of corporate & foundation relations. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for corporate & foundation relations
- Develops and maintains external relationships to facilitate funding opportunities
- Lead CNAS’s Corporate Giving program to increase unrestricted general support to the organization
- Co-develop project-specific proposals with program research staff
- Develop a comprehensive timeline that identifies and tracks opportunities to submit letters of inquiry, concept notes, and proposals to major foundations
- Lead the fundraising effort to secure sponsors in support of the organization’s annual conference
- Actively participate in prospect management and tracking using Salesforce in collaboration with the Development Coordinator
- Coordinate with Development, Finance, and Research staff to draft donor agreements, invoice donors, and fulfill all reporting requirements
- Collaborate with Program, Development, and External Relations staff members to vision new and innovative communications collateral and resources to successfully engage corporate prospects
- In coordination with the Senior Vice President, staff weekly prospect management meetings with the CNAS Executive Team
- Understand, uphold, and promote the ethical standards and core values of USAFA and the Endowment
Qualifications for corporate & foundation relations
- Ability to obtain and maintain a California Non-commercial Class driver’s license
- Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal and written communications, including an understanding of diverse communication styles and an appreciation for regional communication differences
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and an ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with a diverse campus community (including senior administrators, faculty, staff and students) and volunteers
- Ability to learn, interpret and apply a wide variety of complex rules and regulations
- Proficiency in using standard computer applications, including spreadsheet database, calendaring, email, and online applications
- At least five years of direct fundraising experience identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding prospective corporate and foundation donors and managing high-level volunteers, preferably in a college or university setting, with a verifiable track record of having actively participated in securing major gifts
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Corporate & Foundation Relations Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of corporate & foundation relations. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for corporate & foundation relations
- Learn and understand how the Endowment interacts with USAFA and other development related organizations that support areas of the Academy
- Create a strategic plan for expanding institutional support for high-priority research centers and programs
- Identify, cultivate, and solicit donors and prospects with an emphasis on gifts of $500,000 and higher
- Meet regularly with donors and prospects, requiring significant travel throughout the continental United States and some night and weekend work
- Provide supervision to the Assistant Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
- As needed, conduct targeted research on corporate and foundation prospects and formulate recommendations for actions based on rigorous analysis of research data
- Plan and coordinate campus visits and other special projects
- Work closely with development colleagues to identify, enlist, and interact with key volunteers to develop corporate and foundation partnerships and solicit support
- Develop and maintain a program of donor stewardship, including submission of reports
- Keep abreast of Air Force, USAFA and departmental priorities, programs, personalities, and events
Qualifications for corporate & foundation relations
- Demonstrated experience in educational fundraising with the ability to develop, execute, and manage strategic efforts with corporations and foundations
- Experience securing gifts from corporations, foundations, and government agencies including program and budget development
- Solid ability to organize and manage multiple projects/tasks simultaneously
- Personal computer proficiency required, especially as related to Microsoft Office Products
- Opportunity to work with smart, passionate and enthusiastic team members and volunteers
- Culture of high-performance expectations and accountability
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Corporate & Foundation Relations Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a corporate & foundation relations. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for corporate & foundation relations
- Conduct prospect research on corporations and foundations using electronic tools to identify funders that are a good fit and a good match for NEDA programs
- Create and maintain an effective prospect management and tracking spreadsheet
- Participate in prospect management strategy sessions to review prospects with NEDA dev
- Perform data entry in fundraising system, including donor contacts and information about gifts/pledges, visits and communication
- Identify and track funding opportunities and prepare written summaries for circulation
- Respond to calls and visits from donors, prospective donors, volunteers and sponsors
- Manages the grants and corporate relations team and establishes priorities for work assignments, monitors progress, reviews work products and ensures that high-quality products are delivered in a timely manner
- Plan and implement the corporate and foundation (CFR) giving program to maximize all opportunities for support locally and nationally
- Manages a portfolio of CFR prospects to identify, assess, cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts
- Collaborates with key campus constituents to draft, edit, finalize and submit grant proposals, reports, case materials and acknowledgements
Qualifications for corporate & foundation relations
- Ability to work successfully with Berklee trustees, senior administrators, faculty and college offices to build partnerships with donor
- A minimum of five years of experience managing sponsored events successfully developing initiatives and successful marketing strategies to meet revenue generation goals
- Experienced senior fundraising professional with a demonstrated track record of fundraising success, organizational leadership, strategic planning, and budget management
- Demonstrated ability to work with high-level corporate/foundation representatives
- Demonstrated success in fundraising, proposal writing
- Must exhibit strong interpersonal skills that will enable candidate to work well with diverse groups of constituents and colleagues (on behalf of corporations, incumbent may be responsible for liaising across campus)
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Corporate & Foundation Relations Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a corporate & foundation relations. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for corporate & foundation relations
- Track grant and gift solicitation cycles and monitor reporting requirements
- Works to cultivate existing and new donor relationships with the intent of sustaining and increasing the relationship with the donor
- Works closely with University of Colorado (CU) faculty (may work directly with dean of school or college)
- Represents the University of Colorado Boulder at University events in order to support the University and cultivate donors
- Maintaining Corporate Partners webpages and partner employee resources
- Develop high-quality educators who cultivate leadership skills and mindsets for systems change over time
- Foster a powerful, connected network in pursuit of collective impact in the Indianapolis community for the long haul
- Strategically partner with others in our community to strengthen collective efforts
- Establish measures of success, craft strategies, and determine key tactics in collaboration with the Managing Director, Development (MDD) and Executive Director (ED) to ensure the region meets its corporate and foundation giving goals
- Assess corporate and foundation philanthropy in the local landscape to inform goals and strategies
Qualifications for corporate & foundation relations
- Highly developed skills to communicate the organization's mission, interests and outcomes and an ability to make compelling cases for support to institutional funders focusing on corporations and foundations
- An undergraduate degree with a minimum of five years of relevant work experience and a solid track record of securing gifts
- Experience using development search tools and fundraising databases is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of non-profit fundraising in a policy-oriented organization is preferred but not required
- At least 5 years of fundraising experience – 3 years in foundation grant-seeking and proposal development preferred/experience in higher education or healthcare settings preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and highly developed interpersonal interaction skills