Funder Relations Manager

Job Title: Funder Relations Manager

Employment Status: Full-time exempt (An average of 40 hours per week, but as an exempt employee this position will be expected to work as many hours as it takes to fulfill their job responsibilities)

Compensation Range: $80,000 - $90,000, determined by organizational equity, experience, and qualifications.

Estimated start date: Mid January

Location: This is a remote position. We are a California-based organization, and this individual will be expected to work predominantly on a Pacific time zone schedule.

Reports to: Director of Development

About The Center for Cultural Power:

The Center for Cultural Power (Cultural Power) is a women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature. We support artists through fellowships, training, and opportunities for activation. We create intersectional stories and content addressing issues of immigration, climate, gender and racial justice. We engage movement groups in cultural strategy and organize artists around issues that inspire them. Together with allies, we are co-creating a field of cultural strategy with organizations and practitioners through convenings, design teams, and strategy tables. Our website has more about the organization and our team.

Our staff and board align around the following organizational values:

• Trust
• Collaboration
• Care
• Learning
• Inspiration

We assess our progress and work around the following organizational core competencies:

• Cultural Competency
• Empowers Others
• Ethics
• Strategic Alignment and Partnerships
• Collaboration
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Accountability

Position Overview:

The Funder Relations Manager will be responsible for supporting the establishment of Cultural Power’s individual giving program, including: everyday giving, mid-tier giving, and recurring giving pathways. This role will be a Departmental Contributor at Cultural Power. Roles categorized as Departmental Contributors are individuals who hold certain positions within a particular department, leveraging their seniority and expertise to actively drive the department objectives, initiatives, and overarching achievements.

The Funder Relations Manager plays a key role helping the organization build strong fundraising systems that work cross-departmentally by:

• Managing a portfolio of individual givers by owning prospect research, outreach, stewardship for everyday and recurring givers
• Providing administrative support for individual giving through data entry, notetaking, gift acknowledgement, and regular reconciliation.

Reporting into the Development Director, the Manager will regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in performing the following key areas of expertise:

• Cultural Competency:
  • They promote cultural sensitivity and provide resources for employees to enhance their cultural understanding.
• Empowers Others
  • They delegate responsibilities effectively, providing team members with autonomy and authority to make decisions.
• Ethics
  • They are skilled at recognizing ethical dilemmas, guiding employees through ethical decision-making processes, and resolving ethical conflicts in a just and principled manner.
• Strategic Alignment and Partnerships
  • They translate the organization's vision and goals into actionable plans for their teams, ensuring that each team member understands their role in contributing to the broader objectives.
• Collaboration
  • They create a culture of collaboration by promoting effective communication channels, encouraging knowledge-sharing, and establishing clear objectives that require cross-functional cooperation.
• Project Management
  • They provide guidance and support, monitor progress, and address any issues or obstacles that arise during the project.
• Leadership
  • They support the development of their team members, provide feedback and coaching, and create an environment that fosters growth and collaboration.
• Accountability
  • They provide support and resources to help team members meet their responsibilities, while also providing constructive feedback and addressing any performance issues.

Key Responsibilities:

The Funder Relations Manager will regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in performing the following key areas:

• Managing many detailed processes simultaneously.
• Building and maintaining robust development operations systems.
• Gathering and producing assets that help donors experience and understand our work.
• Navigating Salesforce CRM with efficiency.
• Establishing and maintaining individual donor stewardship and prospecting.
• Leading project management cross-departmentally.
• Performing work which is primarily intellectual with many managerial and thought leadership duties.
• Relationship building and connection between internal staff and externally with existing and prospective donors.

The Work & Responsibilities

Supporting the Establishment of an Individual Giving Program

• Serve as a qualification officer for new leads at the mid- and everyday-giving levels prospects ($10,000 and below) from research, prospect tracking tools, and donor database.
• Manage a portfolio of everyday and recurring givers.
• Support donor engagement through strategic “discovery” activities including, but not limited, to targeted events for prospective donors. Activities for the portfolio will allow for prospect qualification and follow-up solicitation.
• Work with the Director of Development to develop best practices to initiate relationships and move them through the donor continuum to a gift conversation.
• Professionally and clearly articulate Cultural Power’s vision and funding priorities in written communication to prospects and donors.
• Work in partnership with the Development team and senior staff to build relationships to close mid-level gifts.
• Work with Programs to capture results and translate them into engaging, donor-facing assets.
• Collaborate with the Communications Department to create briefing materials associated with activities for potential donors.

Administrative Support

• Manage regular administrative and compliance activities for individual givers, including: gift acknowledgement and managing donor data in Cultural Power’s CRM.
• Track and report fundraising metrics to supervisor.
• Work with the Finance Department to ensure monthly, quarterly, and yearly reconciliation of donation records.
• Manage prospect tracking systems.
• Contribute to the development of strong processes that organize the work of the Development Department and our interface with other departments.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications for the position include:

• Experience in the establishment or early-stage development of individual giving programs.
• At least 3 years of experience in the areas of finance, administration, and leadership support.
• At least 3 years demonstrating knowledge of non-profit gift acceptance compliance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; time management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet time sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to translate programmatic impact to external audiences.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration tools such as Slack and Asana.

Required

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following qualifications:

• High level of cultural fluency, experience working with BIPOC communities and/or organizations, and a commitment to equity.
• A solutions-oriented approach to the work that creates cohesion in teams.
• Prospect Research.
• Supporting C-Suite and Director-level fundraising (scheduling, prep and follow up, tracking)

Preferred

We prefer candidates that have experience in:

• Working asynchronously in a remote setting.
• Online fundraising campaigns.
• Working with artists and culture bearers / working with arts and culture organizations.
• Engaging local, regional, and national donors.
• Familiarity with Institutional Funding.

Compensation & Benefits

This is a full-time, exempt position with a starting salary range of $80,000 - $90,000, determined by organizational equity, experience, and qualifications. We offer a generous benefits package including full medical, dental, vision (100% company paid for employee & 70% contribution towards dependent premiums), life, long-term disability, flex spending accounts, $50 monthly stipend to support cell phone/wifi expenses, and a 401k plan with 3% employer contribution (regardless of employee contribution); generous vacation, office closures, sick leave, bereavement leave, Covid leave, sabbatical policy, and paid holidays. We also offer ample flexibility as a permanently remote workplace.

Cultural Power supports artists and culture makers whose voices are most needed to transform the status quo towards a more just and inclusive future. This includes all artists and cultural workers whatever their individual designations, cultural backgrounds, sexual or gender identity, citizenship status, or color. As such, we strongly encourage individuals from all communities to apply. We are committed to the collective work and intentional investment necessary to consistently move in the direction of equity and inclusion. Cultural Power is an at-will employer.

Application Process

To apply, please send the following to jobs@culturalpower.org with Funder Relations Manager in the subject line:

1. A cover letter outlining why you are interested in working for Cultural Power, your relevant professional experience, and your salary requirements.
2. Your resume.
3. A list of three professional references. Two or more of these references must be previous or current supervisors.

All applications will be acknowledged, but only complete applications will be reviewed. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

We look forward to hearing from you!

This is a full-time, exempt position with a starting salary range of $80,000 - $90,000, determined by organizational equity, experience, and qualifications. We offer a generous benefits package including full medical, dental, vision (100% company paid for employee & 70% contribution towards dependent premiums), life, long-term disability, flex spending accounts, $50 monthly stipend to support cell phone/wifi expenses, and a 401k plan with 3% employer contribution (regardless of employee contribution); generous vacation, office closures, sick leave, bereavement leave, Covid leave, sabbatical policy, and paid holidays. We also offer ample flexibility as a permanently remote workplace.

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