Capital Campaign Fund Development Associate

Urban Tilth; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Holidays

Vacation

Annual paid winter break

Medical

Dental

Life insurance

Wellness fund

Job summary

Urban Tilth is seeking a Capital Campaign Fund Development Associate to support fundraising for foundation and government grants, major donor communications, and donor events. You will help draft proposals, funder reports, and manage outreach and media engagement, working within a small team to raise funds for the organization’s capital campaigns.

The role involves updating donor databases, coordinating tours and webinars, and contributing to campaign milestones from $4M to $11M.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in storytelling or fund development for community organizations.
• Ability to share compelling narratives about food, climate, racial and social justice.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong project management abilities and donor responsiveness.
• Experience with Raiser's Edge or Salesforce and email marketing tools.

Responsibilities

• Assist with foundation and government grant research, preparation, and submission.
• Draft and submit major donor proposals and funder reports.
• Update Capital Campaign boilerplate language as projects progress.
• Solicit and manage media engagement including press releases.
• Support donor relations and plan major donor events and funder tours.
• Collect data, stories, and images for funder reports with the team.
• Maintain capital campaign communications, newsletters, and social media updates.
• Update donor database with campaign-related information; travel as needed.
• Participate in program activities to deepen community knowledge.
• Attend funder retreats and staff meetings; contribute to strategic planning.

Skills

Storytelling

Fund development

Grant writing

Donor relations

Excellent writing

Excellent communication

Project management

Donor databases

Google Docs

MailChimp / Constant Contact

Tools

Raiser's Edge

Salesforce

Google Docs

MailChimp

Constant Contact

Job description

Urban Tilth has an opening for a Capital Campaign Fund Development Associate. The Capital Campaign Fund Development Associate will be responsible for supporting all Urban Tilth Capital Campaign fundraising initiatives including but not limited to: assisting with drafting foundation, and government grants; major donor communications; preparation of major donor proposals, funder reports, media engagement and outreach; and assisting with the planning and coordinating major donor events including funder tours, webinars etc. This position will be a member of a small team including the Executive Director, Capital Campaign Consultants, Construction Project Managers, Community Engagement Manager, and Communications Manager, who are responsible for raising funds to support our Capital Campaigns' Annual Milestones (from $4M - $11M).

Position Responsibilities

• Assist with researching, preparation, and submission of foundation and government grant applications
• Assist with drafting and submitting major donor proposals
• Updating Capital Campaign Projects boilerplate language as each project progresses towards completion
• Soliciting and managing media engagement including drafting and distributing press releases
• Service assigned Capital Campaign foundation and/ or government grants in a timely and professional manner to create supportive relationships with agency and foundation partners
• Work with construction team and programs staff to collect data, stories, and images to complete funder reports in a timely and creative manner that truly shares what is happening in the field with our funders
• Support the implementation of Urban Tilth's Capital Campaign Plan including but not limited to assisting with major donor pitches, development of capital campaign language, coordinating funder tours and fireside chats, drafting quarterly capital campaign newsletter and social media updates
• Update our donor database, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge, with capital campaign related foundation and government grant information
• Spend a minimum of 8 hours a month participating in different Urban Tilth programs so program and community knowledge is intimate and tactile
• Attend funder retreats and convenings as needed (requires some travel in and out of State)
• Attend professional development training as needed to continue to improve and update skill sets and or expand knowledge of the areas of food, social, economic, and environmental justice in which Urban Tilth works.
• Attend Urban Tilth monthly all-staff meetings, weekly team meetings, mandatory all-staff events and annual all staff strategic planning retreats.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years experience in working in storytelling or fund development for community organizations
• Clear talent for clearly sharing compelling food, climate, racial and social justice narratives to various audiences
• Excellent writing / storytelling skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Able to anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of donors and meet or exceed their expectations
• Experience in using fundraising databases such as Raiser's Edge or Salesforce
• Experience using Google docs, MailChimp or Constant Contact, social media
• Able to set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.

Preferred Skills

• Some experience with graphic design, videography or photography
• Experience, or interest in working in horizontally managed work spaces
• Experience, or interest in working in diverse communities and supporting environmental and social justice initiatives

Hours

• 40 hours per week (Full-time)
• Minimum of 3 days in person with some opportunities to work from home

Compensation

• Annual salary range: $85,000- $95,000
• Benefits: paid sick leave, holidays, vacation, annual paid winter break, medical, dental, life and wellness fund benefits.

*People of color, North Richmond, Richmond and San Pablo residents, LBGTQ encouraged to apply.