About this role
Manage foundation stewardship and cultivation for Earthworks to support climate change and environmental justice programs. The role includes grant writing and reporting, foundation research, and maintaining Salesforce-based information and calendar systems for effective donor relationships.
Key Responsibilities
- Steward and manage a grant portfolio
- Cultivate and raise new foundation support
- Draft, finalize, and submit grant proposals and reports
- Conduct foundation research and briefs
- Maintain foundation relations calendar, files, and Salesforce data
Technical Overview
Non-technical fundraising operations using Salesforce for foundation relations data management. Work includes grant proposal drafting/submission, grant reporting, and tracking program indicators and measures of success for reporting purposes.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a grant and foundation relations professional who can steward a grant portfolio and cultivate new foundation support to meet program income goals. They have strong grant writing and reporting experience, conduct foundation research, and manage foundation relations information in Salesforce, while collaborating closely with program teams.
Must-Have Skills
Steward and manage a specific grant portfolioCultivate and raise new foundation support to meet specific income goalsCollaborate with program teams on grant writing and reportingDraftfinalizeand submit grant proposals and reportsConduct foundation research and briefsMaintain Earthworks’ foundation relations calendarfilesand Salesforce dataStrengthen foundation relationsincluding preparing timely thank-you letters and updatesMonitor program indicators and measures of success for reporting purposes
Tools & Platforms
Salesforce
Required Skills
foundation stewardshipfoundation cultivationgrant writinggrant reportinggrant proposalsfoundation researchbriefsportfolio managementcalendar managementfiles managementSalesforce datathank-you lettersprogram indicatorsmeasures of success
Hard Skills
foundation stewardshipfoundation cultivationgrant writinggrant reportingdrafting grant proposalssubmitting grant proposalsfoundation researchbriefinginformation managementcalendar managementgrant portfolio managementmaintaining filessalesforce data managementthank-you lettersfoundation relations updatesmonitoring program indicators and measures of successphilanthropy team participation
Soft Skills
collaboration with program teamscommunication for grant proposals and reportsrelationship managementorganizational skillscross-program coordinationability to manage a portfolioculture contribution and teamwork
Keywords for Your Resume
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