Development Associate | Fundraising & Community Impact

Hester Street; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hester Street in New York is seeking a Development Associate to support fundraising and business development efforts. This early-career role focuses on grant writing and communications to advance social justice-driven projects.

The Associate will work with the development and communications team, manage multiple deadlines, and help grow donor relationships across public, private, and individual funders. Strong writing and collaborative skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in development or fundraising.
• Excellent writing skills across formats.
• Experience writing grant proposals, RFPs and funding reports.
• Ability to tailor messages to donors, foundations and government.
• Experience coordinating deadlines and submissions.
• Experience with Salesforce, MailChimp, WordPress or Adobe InDesign is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit grant proposals, RFPs and reports.
• Coordinate proposal deadlines and submissions.
• Collaborate with staff to develop proposals.
• Support fundraising research.
• Help plan fundraising and friendraising events.
• Grow and manage the development contact list.
• Monitor media coverage of projects.
• Maintain website postings.
• Publicize staff speaking engagements.
• Develop and implement new fundraising strategies.

Skills

Grant writing

Fundraising

Excellent writing

Communications

Proposal development

Tools

Salesforce

MailChimp

WordPress

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Hester Street in New York is seeking a Development Associate to support fundraising and business development efforts. This early-career role focuses on grant writing and communications to advance social justice-driven projects.

The Associate will work with the development and communications team, manage multiple deadlines, and help grow donor relationships across public, private, and individual funders. Strong writing and collaborative skills are essential.