Director, Institutional Giving

Repair the World; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Repair the World is seeking a Director, Institutional Giving to lead grant writing, reporting, and institutional fundraising strategy for a national nonprofit. This role manages the grants portfolio and supervises the Donor Communications Manager.

As the organization’s grant writing lead, you will translate programs and impact into compelling narratives for foundation partners while ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables and coordinated donor communications across programs, finance, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in fundraising, nonprofit development.
• Experience writing and managing foundation proposals and reports.
• Experience with proposals in the $50,000 to $1,000,000+ range.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience supervising staff and supporting professional growth.
• Experience with CRM systems and donor research tools.
• Passion for Repair the World’s mission and commitment to building thriving Jewish communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead grant writing for foundation proposals, letters of inquiry, and grant reports.
• Translate programs, impact, and priorities into compelling narratives aligned with funder interests.
• Collaborate with program, evaluation, finance, and leadership staff to gather content and required data.
• Ensure timely submission of grant deliverables and maintain high storytelling quality.
• Adapt language to reflect funder priorities while maintaining Repair the World voice.
• Manage relationships with external grant writing consultants as needed.
• Maintain a grants calendar and internal processes across teams.
• Coordinate internal inputs for submissions, including budgets, narratives, and outcomes.
• Support stewardship communications for institutional supporters with timely updates.
• Supervise the Donor Communications Manager and guide donor communications across materials.

Skills

Grant writing

Storytelling

Grants management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Leadership

Internal communications

Donor relationship management

Editorial/story craft

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world. We believe that service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will inspire and catalyze one million acts of service toward repairing the world.

Repair is building a national Jewish service movement of flourishing Jewish communities that serve in pursuit of a just world. Repair mobilizes young adults to serve in their communities, catalyzes service through deep partnerships within Jewish communal organizations, and inspires people to take action through national service campaigns that inspire broad participation around shared themes. Our mission provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful service and learning as a Jewish value, builds capacity for nonprofit partners to meet their missions, and deepens connections across lines of difference.

Position Overview Repair the World is seeking a highly skilled writer and project manager to serve as Director, Institutional Giving. This role leads the development, writing, and submission of grant proposals and reports while managing the systems and processes that support Repair the World’s institutional fundraising.

The Director, Institutional Giving serves as the organization’s lead grant writer, responsible for mission-driven storytelling and institutional fundraising. Repair the World’s institutional grant portfolio totals approximately $13M annually. This role translates Repair the World’s programs, impact, and vision into compelling narratives for foundation partners while ensuring institutional supporters receive clear, timely communication about our work and impact.

In addition to overseeing the organization’s grants infrastructure, the Director will supervise the Donor Communications Manager and help align donor storytelling across proposals, reports, and broader development communications. Working closely with colleagues across programs, finance, data, marketing, and development, this role ensures strong internal coordination and high-quality grant deliverables.

This full-time, exempt position reports to the Senior Director, Development, and supervises the Donor Communications Manager. The Director will be a member of Repair the World’s seven-person Development team. This is a remote position with a preference for candidates living in or near a Repair community: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; or San Francisco, CA.

Position Responsibilities

Grant Writing and Reporting (55%)

• Serve as the lead grant writer for the organization, drafting, editing, and submitting foundation proposals, letters of inquiry, and grant reports.
• Translate Repair the World’s programs, impact, and priorities into clear, compelling narratives aligned with funder interests.
• Collaborate with program, evaluation, finance, and leadership staff to gather content, outcomes data, and financial information for proposals and reports.
• Ensure timely submission of all grant deliverables and maintain high standards of clarity, accuracy, and storytelling.
• Adapt core organizational language to reflect funder priorities while maintaining Repair the World’s voice and values.
• Manage relationships with external grant writing consultants as needed.

Grants Management and Systems (10%)

• Maintain and regularly communicate a comprehensive grants calendar covering proposals, reports, renewals, and stewardship updates.
• Develop and maintain clear internal processes for grant development and reporting across development, program, and finance teams.
• Coordinate internal inputs for grant submissions, including budgets, narratives, outcomes, and required attachments.
• Maintain organized grant records and documentation to support institutional knowledge, compliance, and learning.

Institutional Stewardship and Communications (10%)

• Support stewardship communications for institutional supporters, including written updates, impact materials, and narrative assets.
• Partner with frontline fundraisers to ensure institutional donors receive timely and meaningful communication about Repair the World’s programs and impact.

Supervision and Donor Communications Oversight (15%)

• Supervise the Donor Communications Manager, providing direction, feedback, and professional development support.
• Review and guide donor communications materials to ensure alignment across grant proposals, donor updates, and broader development messaging.
• Foster strong coordination between grants and donor storytelling functions.
• Manage a small portfolio of national foundation partners, supporting stewardship and proposal development in collaboration with senior development staff.

Core Competencies

• Exceptional Writing and Storytelling: Demonstrated ability to craft compelling, mission-driven narratives that translate programs and impact into persuasive grant materials.
• Grants Management & Systems Thinking: Proven ability to build and sustain institutional fundraising infrastructure, including grant calendars, internal workflows, and timely submission of deliverables across a large portfolio.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skilled at partnering across teams, including program, finance, data, and marketing, to gather the content and information needed to produce high-quality grant submissions.
• Project Management & Attention to Detail: Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines with accuracy and follow-through, holding complex processes without sacrificing quality.
• Leadership & Management: Demonstrated experience supervising and developing staff, with the ability to provide clear direction, meaningful feedback, and foster a collaborative and empowering work environment.
• Institutional Relationship Management: Ability to support meaningful, ongoing communication with foundation partners, ensuring funders receive timely, high-quality updates on Repair’s programs and impact.
• Service Mindset: Commitment to serving others, grounded in a belief that we can make a difference in making the world a better place by serving alongside our neighbors to meet community needs.

Position Requirements and Skills

• 7+ years of experience in fundraising, nonprofit development, writing, or a related field
• Demonstrated success in writing and managing foundation grant proposals and reports
• Experience writing grant proposals in the $50,000 to $1,000,000+ range
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience supervising staff and supporting professional growth
• Experience with Salesforce or a comparable CRM system
• Familiarity with donor research tools and project management platforms preferred
• Passion for Repair the World’s mission and commitment to building thriving Jewish communities through Jewish service

Repair the World Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Jewish institutions. This includes Black, Latinx, and Asian people, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds.

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, status as a disabled or veteran, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other conditions of employment.

Compensation

Compensation at Repair the World is based on the salary band for the role and the cost of living for the location. The starting salary for this full-time, exempt role is $90,000 – $115,000, dependent on experience. Benefits package includes paid time off for service in addition to vacation, sick time, personal days, and holidays. Employer covers 100% of full-time employees’ health premiums (medical/dental/vision) for most plans and 50% for dependents. Additional benefits include retirement matching, professional development funds, employer-paid short and long-term disability coverage, plus access to the Jewish Learning Collaborative and our Economic Access Fund. In addition, employees who have been with Repair for at least six months are eligible for 16 weeks of paid parental leave (pro-rated for employees with Repair the World less than 6 months).

This position is not included in Repair the World’s staff union-represented collective bargaining unit.