Corporate and Foundation Relations Development Associate

The George Washington University Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) Division is seeking an Corp/Foundation Relations Development Associate for the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team.

DAR is responsible for leading the university’s alumni and fundraising efforts and seeks to promote a culture of philanthropy throughout the university community, including alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, corporations and foundations, patients and other friends. Our goal is to advance GWs mission of excellence in education, research, scholarship, and patient care.

This position drives the day-to-day functions of fundraising support efforts as a key member of the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team. The Development Associate works closely with front-line development officers and represents the CFR office to colleagues in the division, faculty, administrators and staff in university leadership offices; and institutional donors and prospects.

Responsibilities include:

• Researches funding opportunities from institutional donors and distributes through multiple channels, including writing summaries of the RFPs and posting opportunities to the CFR website.
• Supports the CFR team on new and renewal proposal submissions and with reporting obligations.
• Conducts detailed prospect research on institutional donors.
• Coordinates with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) in obtaining award documentation, and tracks proposal submissions and status.
• Provides assistance on drafting gift agreements (in coordination with the Gifts Agreements team), pledge commitments, invoices and gift acknowledgement letters.
• Prepares presentations and other materials for internal and external audiences.
• Tracks fundraising analytics to chart program growth and trajectory.
• Manages the university-wide limited submission opportunities every year working with CFR leadership and the OVPR Research Enhancement Unit.
• Updates the CFR website and LinkedIn page.
• Interacts with corporate and foundation representatives as well as faculty in response to inquiries.
• Assists with management of the corporate sponsorship toolkit.
• Helps maintain the accuracy and integrity of GW’s donor database by ensuring that information is current.
• Performs basic administrative duties such as scheduling and preparing expense reports.

Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.