Foundation & Corporate Giving Manager

Organization Overview

Breaktime (www.breaktime.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working to break the cycle of young adult homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security. Our vision is a world without young adult homelessness. By providing employment, wraparound services, and financial support, Breaktime ensures that every young person has the tools they need to achieve job, financial, and long-term housing security.

Breaktime prides itself on our supportive, flexible, and rewarding work environment. We offer valuable benefits such as unlimited paid time off, 401k matching, 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, Flexible Savings Accounts, and flexible hybrid work. Breaktime is rapidly expanding as an organization, and we believe there are significant opportunities for advancement.

Roles and Responsibilities

Overview: The Foundation & Corporate Giving Manager is Breaktime’s lead strategist for all private institutional revenue. Managing a robust portfolio of foundations and corporate funders, the Manager drives prospect research, proposal development, relationship cultivation, grant compliance, and impact reporting. Drive measurable fundraising results by securing $2.9 million in institutional support in 2025 and $3.025 million in 2026 through a targeted portfolio of 100-150 corporate and foundation partners. Track and report on pipeline progress monthly, maintain a 70%+ renewal rate, and generate a minimum of 20 new five and six-figure prospects annually.

This role requires persuasive writing and storytelling, consultative partnership building, a strong belief in Breaktime’s mission, and data-driven forecasting, ensuring Breaktime secures and sustains the funding that fuels its mission. Proactively network, engage, and promote Breaktime through funding opportunities, mission-aligned initiatives, and volunteerism.

Responsibilities:

• Pipeline Strategy & Management (50%)
  • Design the annual roadmap for foundation and corporate revenue; set monthly and quarterly targets aligned with Breaktime’s annual budget and campaign goals.
  • Maintain a live 12-month calendar of LOIs, proposals, reports, and stewardship touchpoints.
  • Conduct prospect research to identify new funders whose priorities align with Breaktime’s programs.
  • Participate in regular strategy meetings with the VP of Development and Executive Director to create opportunities for increased donor engagement for deeper connections to Breaktime’s mission.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities to build and strengthen Breaktime’s national presence among institutional funders, with a focus on securing transformational support from national foundations and corporate partners.
• Proposal Development & Submission (25%)
  • Lead narrative and budget creation for grants and sponsorship proposals, ensuring accuracy, mission alignment, and compliance with funder guidelines.
  • Collaborate with Programs and Finance to gather outcomes data, develop project budgets, and craft measurable objectives.
  • Submit approximately 150 proposals, renewals, and reports annually, ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000 for various purposes.
  • Lead the planning and execution of institutional fundraising strategies to meet ambitious annual goals of $2.9M in 2025 and $3.025M in 2026.
• Relationship Cultivation & Stewardship (15%)
  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with funders through site visits, pitch meetings, conference calls, and personalized updates.
  • Design recognition and engagement opportunities (e.g., volunteer days, impact storytelling, impact reports, event sponsorships) that deepen funder loyalty and retention.
  • Promote volunteer opportunities (primarily Flight Boosters, Career Navigators, and opportunities in the Resource Hub) to corporate partners and work with the VP of Development to secure sponsorships/donations in conjunction with these opportunities.
  • Coordinate executive and board participation in key funder interactions.
  • Establish a strong presence in the community, attend networking events, and foster collaborations with non-profit partners and funders to expand new funding opportunities.
• Data Integrity & Compliance (10%)
  • Record all activity in Salesforce: opportunity stages, ask amounts, deadlines, and outcomes; maintain accurate revenue forecasts.
  • Track grant terms and ensure reporting and acknowledgment requirements are met.
  • Provide monthly revenue and pipeline reports to the Vice President of Development and the Finance team.
  • Ensure that grant acknowledgement letters are sent promptly and that proper grant agreements are approved and saved.
  • Regular reconciliation with the VP of Development and the finance team.

Reports to: VP of Development

Supervises: Up to three interns/volunteers and an external grant writer

Working Conditions: Occasional standing and walking for extended periods while staffing cultivation events, funder tours, or volunteer days; ability to lift and transport up to 20 lbs of materials (e.g., donor packets, display items). Prolonged periods of seated, computer-based work; frequent video-conference meetings; repetitive keyboarding and screen use. Ability to attend occasional evening networking events and weekend volunteer days.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of progressively responsible experience securing and managing foundation and/or corporate gifts in a nonprofit setting.
  • or 6 years of experience in lieu of a degree.

Technical Proficiency

• Advanced use of Salesforce (or a comparable fundraising CRM) for opportunity tracking and analytics.
• Advanced use of Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive) for collaborative writing, budgeting, and reporting.
• Comfortable with Trello (or similar project-management tools) and Slack for cross-team coordination.
• Familiarity with prospect-research platforms (e.g., Candid, iWave) and virtual-meeting technology.

Grant & Sponsorship Expertise

• Proven track record of successfully securing five and six-figure corporate and foundation grants and consistently meeting or exceeding fundraising targets.
• Strong budget development, financial analysis, and compliance skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to craft compelling narratives for a diverse audience.

Core Competencies

• Persuasive writing, storytelling, and presentation abilities.
• A relationship builder who can engage senior executives, program officers, CSR committees, and the board of directors.
• Ability to work as an independent leader and as a team member in a collaborative environment.
• Meticulous attention to detail, deadline management, and revenue forecasting.
• Strategic thinking and analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Cultural competency and an authentic community engagement approach.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and alignment with Breaktime’s values of Young Adults First, Radical Inclusion, and Collaborative Innovation.

Breaktime carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

We value and welcome equivalent lived and professional experience. Research suggests that qualified women, marginalized identities, Black, Indigenous, and/or Persons of Color (BIPOC), may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We believe in diversity and inclusivity at Breaktime, and encourage candidates from various backgrounds to apply if they believe they have the necessary skills to thrive in this role.

Breaktime champions radical inclusion. We strive to be an organization where everyone feels welcome, particularly those who are most often excluded and discriminated against. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Breaktime does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of housing status, race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable federal, state, or local law.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.