Institutional Giving Manager

National LGBTQ Task Force

The National LGBTQ Task Force builds the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBTQ people, and working to create positive, lasting change and opportunity for all.

Institutional Giving Manager – Remote

[New York, NY; Washington, DC; Miami, FL – Preferred]

Position Summary

The Institutional Giving Manager is a management-level position on the Task Force’s Development team and reports to the Chief Development Officer (CDO). The Institutional Giving Manager collaborates with the CDO in the planning and execution of multi-year fundraising strategies that grow, diversify, and sustain revenue in alignment with the Task Force’s mission and strategic priorities.

The Institutional Giving Manager oversees a portfolio of top foundation, corporate, governmental, and other institutional funders, and works with the Leadership Team and members of the Task Force Board of Directors to cultivate and sustain a pipeline of funding.

Position Primary Responsibilities

Strategy & Revenue Growth

• Create and drive an institutional giving work plan for each fiscal year with a strategic plan to operationalize growth;
• Align all fundraising strategies with the Task Force’s commitments to racial equity, gender justice, and intersectional movement building.

Portfolio & Donor Engagement

• Manage a portfolio of high-value foundations, corporate, governmental, and other institutional funders, advancing them through the donor pipeline;
• Research foundation guidelines and criteria to find suitable prospective funders for Task Force work;
• Establish and nurture good relations with foundation officers;
• Partner with the CDO on donor strategy, briefings, and joint visits; when appropriate, set up meetings between foundation officers and the President;
• Work with members of the Board of Directors to find appropriate foundation and corporate funders for the Task Force.

Narrative Development & Reporting

• Manage and write all grant applications, updates, and reports from drafting to submission to all institutional funders.
• Partner with the CDO and Leadership Team to define key fundraising programs, campaigns, and organizational priorities in clear, compelling language;
• Work with the CDO to develop systems for tracking the Task Force’s impact and presenting results in ways that resonate with funders, partners, and external stakeholders;
• Coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects that are funded by grants;
• Compile data and planning documents, interviews and collaborate with program staff at the Task Force to prepare appropriate grant requests and reports;
• Ensure consistent and equity-rooted messaging is used across proposals, appeals, sponsorship decks, donor updates, and external communications;
• Keep the CDO and President and their designees apprised of the status of foundation funding requests.
• Provide additional written materials for the organization as needed.

Events & Campaign Support

• Lead the fundraising strategy to secure sponsorships and ensure proper recognition at all Task Force events, including Creating Change and regional fundraisers, from foundation, corporate, governmental, and other institutional funders;
• Collaborate with the Communications, Marketing & Branding (CMB) and Conference & Events (C&E) teams to ensure proper recognition of sponsors at events and through all appropriate Task Force channels.

Qualifications

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in institutional fundraising and/or grant writing and reporting;
• Exceptional writing and organizational skills, including attention to detail;
• Proven record of securing six- and seven-figure, multi-year foundation awards;
• Excellent time and project management skills;
• Experience in LGBTQ or social justice nonprofits a plus;
• Ability to stay current on organizational activities, research and policy;
• Strong knowledge of donor database software (Raiser’s Edge preferred);
• Sensitivity to confidential information.

The Task Force is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, personal appearance, family responsibility, political affiliation or any other status protected by applicable law. Women, transgender people, veterans and people of color are encouraged to apply.

Our benefits package includes — health, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts, annual and sick leave; 403(b) plan. Trans health benefits, LTD, STD, Life Insurance, wellness plans, technology stipend and more.