Institutional Giving Manager

About Brighter Bites

Brighter Bites is a nonprofit that creates communities of health through fresh food with the goal of changing behavior among children and their families to prevent obesity and achieve long-term health. Brighter Bites is an evidence-based, multi-component elementary school, preschool, and summer camp program that utilizes reliable access to fruits and vegetables, nutrition education, and consistent exposure to recipes and messages featuring fresh food. To learn more about Brighter Bites, visit https://brighterbites.org.

Role

The Institutional Giving Manager is responsible for securing significant funding from foundations, corporations, and government sources. Key duties include identifying, cultivating, and stewarding a portfolio of national institutional funders; writing timely and compelling letters of interest, grant proposals, and reports; managing funder relationships; increasing grant submissions through mentoring and training of the larger Brighter Bites’ team; meeting the overall institutional giving deliverables to achieve annual fundraising goals.

Position Description

– Strategy & Management: Continually develop and manage donor pipelines, implement institutional giving strategies, and achieve annual institutional fundraising goals.

– Proposal & Report Management and Writing: Research, write, and submit timely and compelling grant proposals, letters of interest, and progress reports to institutional donors; continually update grant writing resources and tools; oversee the submission of grant proposals, letters of interest, and progress reports drafted by other development and program staff.

– Donor Cultivation & Stewardship: Support the cultivation and maintenance of relationships with foundations and corporations, ensuring strong engagement and investment in the organization. Set timelines for funder touch points and interactions to deepen relationships and generate repeat and increased gifts.

– Team Leadership: Train and mentor the larger Brighter Bites team, empowering them to contribute to proposal writing; oversee proposal development and submissions by program and leadership team members.

– Financial Stewardship: Work with colleagues to develop program budgets for restricted grants and communicate restrictions to all necessary parties once the projects are funded.

– Project Management: Support the management of awarded grants by collaborating with necessary internal departments and external partners to ensure the timely achievement of our grant goals.

– Relationship Building and Collaboration: Work closely with program teams and senior leadership to identify opportunities and advise on engagement strategies with institutional funders.

Requirements

– Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as nutrition, public health, nonprofit management, or business administration

– 5 years working in nonprofit fund development or nonprofit leadership

– Excellent written and verbal skills

– Ability to draft compelling proposals and communicate about Brighter Bites’ mission and programs across a variety of audiences

– Capacity to build trusting relationships with stakeholders across a variety of sectors

– Skilled collaboration across teams to advance proposals and reports

– Excellent computer skills with proficiency in MS Office

– Ability to manage competing timelines and deadlines across multiple projects while ensuring the highest-quality deliverables

Operational and Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those required of an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

– Must be able to sit at a computer and type extensively

– Must be able to occasionally lift produce boxes/bags weighing between 10-50 pounds, and aid in the set-up of various events

Work Schedule

– Full-time, exempt.

– Must be available for calls and meetings during regular business hours

Brighter Bites partners with Insperity and offers a generous benefits package, including:

Insperity Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Basic Short-Term Disability (employer-paid)
• Basic Term Life and Personal Accident Insurance (employer-paid)
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter Benefits Program
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)

Additional Brighter Bites Benefits

• 401(k) – Available after 3 months of employment, with discretionary employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) –
  • 112 hours (14 days) per year
  • Up to 144 hours (18 days) per year after 8 years of service
• Paid Medical Appointments – 16 hours for employee and/or immediate family
• All Federal Holidays + Additional Holiday Office Closures, including:
  • Fourth of July week
  • Thanksgiving
  • Friday before Christmas Eve through New Year’s Eve
• Professional Development Reimbursement – Up to $1,000 per year and two paid days off for professional development

Fluency in English (written and verbal) required