Donor Stewardship & Partnerships Lead

NPOWER INC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NPower is seeking a Development Manager, Stewardship to strengthen relationships with corporate and foundation partners. You will own stewardship systems and communications, ensuring accurate funder data in CRM and timely updates to partners.

You will lead donor acknowledgements, create funder updates, and coordinate with Marketing and grant writing teams to highlight impact and milestones. This role emphasizes relationship-focused fundraising and operations excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in nonprofit development operations, donor stewardship, grants management, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce or a comparable CRM, including data entry standards, reports, and dashboards.
• Working Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and reconciling data against source documents.
• Clear, accurate writing for external audiences, with samples of donor or partner communications required.
• Experience coordinating information across teams such as Program, Finance, and Communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a stewardship program for funders with touchpoints matched to each partner’s giving level and interests.
• Lead the donation and grant acknowledgement process, including drafting thank-you cards and formal acknowledgement letters.
• Own the donor communications in partnership with the grant writer and Marketing teams, from content gathering through approval and delivery, including writing regular funder updates on NPower news, student outcomes, events, and milestones.
• Support front-line fundraisers with tailored funder communications, briefing materials, and follow-up.
• Maintain accurate funder, gift, and grant records in Salesforce, including grant terms, deliverables, deadlines, and recognition commitments.
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards on funder engagement and stewardship activity.
• Analyze partner and program data to surface insights that shape stewardship priorities and cultivation strategy.
• Track funder reporting requirements and deadlines across the partner portfolio.
• Gather program, outcome, and financial data from internal teams to support funder reports.
• Identify the information each funder values most and use it to shape reports and ongoing communications.

Skills

Clear writing

CRM skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

Job description

NPower is seeking a Development Manager, Stewardship to strengthen relationships with corporate and foundation partners. You will own stewardship systems and communications, ensuring accurate funder data in CRM and timely updates to partners.

You will lead donor acknowledgements, create funder updates, and coordinate with Marketing and grant writing teams to highlight impact and milestones. This role emphasizes relationship-focused fundraising and operations excellence.