INSTITUTIONAL GIVING OFFICER

About United Women in Faith

United Women in Faith – National Organization (UWFaith) is the policy-making body that manages and oversees the programs and projects of United Women in Faith. UWFaith builds supportive communities among women and engages in activities that foster growth in the Christian faith, mission education, and Christian social involvement. United Women in Faith is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds (men and women) to apply for employment. Applicants must meet the minimum requirements in terms of qualifications. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered unless specifically stated otherwise.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Development, the Institutional Giving Officer is responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, and soliciting institutional funders including foundations, corporations, and other grant-making organizations. As a seasoned fundraiser and a self-starter, the Institutional Giving Officer will focus on building and maintaining relationships with institutional partners to secure funding for United Women in Faith's programs and strategic initiatives. Duties include, but are not limited to, researching funding opportunities, writing grant proposals and letters of inquiry, managing grant reporting requirements, conducting site visits and presentations, and stewarding institutional partnerships. Some travel to meet with institutional funders is expected as part of this role (~20%).

This position will be responsible for meeting an annual revenue target by managing a portfolio of foundation and corporate funders, identifying new institutional prospects, and ensuring strong retention of existing institutional supporters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages a portfolio of foundation and corporate funders, including private foundations, family foundations, corporate foundations, and corporate giving programs.
• Researches and identifies prospective institutional funders using foundation databases and wealth screening tools (Foundation Directory Online, Candid, Raisers Edge's Research Point).
• Creates individual funding goals for each institution in their portfolio based on the funder's giving history, priorities, and capacity.
• Develops comprehensive cultivation and solicitation strategies for each institutional funder, including timelines and specific engagement activities.
• Writes compelling letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and funding requests that align with institutional priorities and demonstrate impact.
• Collaborates with program staff to develop fundable projects and gather data/stories that demonstrate outcomes and align with funder interests.
• Prepares and submits required grant reports, financial documentation, and impact statements to ensure compliance with funder requirements.
• Works with the Major Gifts Officer to identify opportunities for blended giving from individual donors connected to family foundations.
• Works with the Director of Development to create reports that accurately reflectportfolio activity, grant performance, and revenue projections.
• Performs analysis and revenue benchmarking to evaluate overall growth and performance in institutional giving.
• Researches corporate partners and foundations, specifically those that have demonstrated commitment to supporting women's advocacy and faith-based organizations through transformational gifts.
• Actively manages relationships with foundation officers and corporate giving managers through meetings, phone calls, site visits, presentations, timely grant reports, and acknowledgements.
• Logs all contact, proposals submitted, grants awarded, and activity reports in the donor database, Blackbaud Raisers Edge NXT.
• Passionately represents United Women in Faith's mission, programs, and impact with institutional stakeholders and actively networks within the philanthropic community to activate support for our mission.

Institutional Giving Officer Team Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates a commitment to United Women in Faith’s mission to serve women, children, and youth, by putting love in action
• Displays a desire to work in support of the values of United Women in Faith as a faith-based organization, using a compassionate, collaborative, mature and respectful approach.
• Supports a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and communicating fundraising and donor engagement best practices and process improvements.
• Annual professional development and training in Grants/Institutional Fundingwill be required.

Position Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Philanthropy, Marketing, NonprofitManagement or related field/area of study.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Raisers Edge NXT 7 a plus.
• At least five to seven years of experience in grant writing, institutional fundraising, or nonprofit development.
• Demonstrated experience in researching, cultivating, and securing grants from foundations and corporations, with proven success in securing five and six-figure grants.
• Self-starter, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Excellent communications, interpersonal and customer service skills; comfortable with public speaking.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be able to clearly articulate United Women in Faith’s mission.
• Ability to relate effectively and professionally with foundation officers, corporate partners, member leaders, volunteers, and program staff.
• Experience working with faith-based organizations and understanding of religious institutional funders specifically the United Methodist Church is an added plus.

United Women in Faith is an entirely remote work environment.

Benefits:

UWFaith offers a very generous benefit plan including health, dental and vision, life, LTD, STD, EAP, paid holidays and an 8% 403(b) and employer matching contributions. Generous time off benefits including August Fridays and Christmas Week.

To Apply:

Resumes, along with a Cover Letter describing your qualifications / interest, as well as experience, can be sent to Michelle Clemons at mclemons@uwfaith.org. Please kindly use the subject line: “Institutional Giving Officer – Last Name, First Name.”

UWFaith offers a very generous benefit plan including health, dental and vision, life, LTD, STD, EAP, paid holidays and an 8% 403(b) and employer matching contributions. Generous time off benefits including August Fridays and Christmas Week.

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