Fundraising Associate, Corporate & Foundation Relations

LRES Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyola University Chicago’s Development team seeks a Development Associate in Corporate and Foundation Relations to support fundraising activities, manage data, and assist with communications and reporting.

Under supervision, you’ll draft materials, prepare budgets and proposals, coordinate events, maintain CRM data, and help build donor relationships. This role offers hybrid work in Chicago and opportunities to contribute to Jesuit mission.

Qualifications

• Oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and word processing.
• Familiarity with databases.
• Familiarity with research principles and tools.
• Work experience in higher education, nonprofits, or customer-facing business.
• Ability to follow guidelines and procedures, and apply general rules to specific problems.
• Ability to work independently and exercise judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with alumni, donors, staff, and faculty, and must have patience and understanding of others.
• Commitment to the Jesuit values of Loyola University Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Draft letters, emails, and collateral materials for use with internal and external audiences.
• Maintain a library of commonly used proposal and report texts and attachments, including budgets, board lists, organizational demographics, and other data points, top donors, and organization/unit descriptions.
• Independently or in partnership with Prospect Management and Research, generate prospect lists for programs, projects, event sponsorships, and other fundraising priorities.
• Format gift tables, budgets, and other support materials for inclusion in proposals, reports, and other submissions.
• Format PowerPoint presentations for use with internal and external audiences.
• Provide Advancement support for event sponsorships, including formatting solicitation materials, drafting correspondence, preparing invoices and pledge reminders, sending invoices, and following up on payments, and providing support at events.
• Independently or in partnership with Advancement Services, create regular and ad hoc reports on fundraising progress, team activity, historical performance, and other topics.
• Manage, distribute, and reply to incoming emails in the CFR shared mailbox.
• Maintain content for internal websites and internal communications such as grant proposal deadlines, RFPs, and limited-submission opportunities.
• Schedule and organize internal and external meetings, including preparation of agendas and materials.
• Serve as CFR team point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce invoices, gift acknowledgments, receipts, and reports in collaboration with Donor Relations, Advancement Information Services, and academic units.
• Maintain the quality and accuracy of corporate and foundation records in the CRM database of record.
• Review incoming corporate and foundation transactions to ensure data integrity.
• Review reports from Sponsored Program Accounting to ensure data accuracy in Advancement CRM.
• Review foundation records in university research administration system(s) and Office of Research Services systems/reports to ensure data accuracy in Advancement CRM.

Skills

Oral & written comms

Excel & PowerPoint

Databases

Research tools

Higher ed experience

Independent work

Education

Associate’s degree required, bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

Loyola University Chicago’s Development team seeks a Development Associate in Corporate and Foundation Relations to support fundraising activities, manage data, and assist with communications and reporting.

Under supervision, you’ll draft materials, prepare budgets and proposals, coordinate events, maintain CRM data, and help build donor relationships. This role offers hybrid work in Chicago and opportunities to contribute to Jesuit mission.