NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING CAPACITY BLDG VISTA

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Training

Job summary

Reading Partners is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children become lifelong readers. As a National Development and Fundraising Capacity Building VISTA, you will strengthen systems and infrastructure for national fundraising efforts, research philanthropic opportunities, build prospect pipelines, and support campaigns to benefit the organization beyond your service term.

You will collaborate with Reading Partners' National Development team, gain hands-on experience in nonprofit

Qualifications

• Experience with prospect research, fundraising, donor relations, data management, or project coordination.

Responsibilities

• Assess development operations and identify opportunities to strengthen systems, workflows, data management, and coordination.
• Research foundations, corporations, institutional funders, and philanthropic partners; develop prospect profiles; maintain a national pipeline.
• Create standardized prospect research and donor stewardship tools, including calendars, tracking systems, communication templates, and recognition resources.
• Analyze donor and prospect data to identify engagement, cultivation, and retention opportunities.

Skills

Communications

Community Organisation

Computers/Technology

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Job description

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING CAPACITY BLDG VISTA

Reading Partners is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children become lifelong readers by connecting them with community volunteers and evidence-based literacy support. For more than 25 years, Reading Partners has worked alongside schools, families, and communities to expand access to high-quality literacy resources for students in historically underserved communities. As a National Development and Fundraising Capacity Building VISTA, you will strengthen the systems and infrastructure that support Reading Partners' national fundraising efforts. You will research philanthropic opportunities, build prospect pipelines, strengthen donor stewardship, support fundraising campaigns, and develop sustainable development operations that will benefit the organization beyond your service term. We are looking for a curious, highly organized, and collaborative individual who enjoys research, problem-solving, and building systems. Strong candidates will have excellent written communication, research, project management, and analytical skills, with an interest in nonprofit development, philanthropy, education, or social impact. Experience with prospect research, fundraising, donor relations, data management, or project coordination is a plus. During your service, you will gain hands-on experience in nonprofit fundraising, institutional philanthropy, prospect research, donor stewardship, campaign strategy, development operations, data management, and national systems building. You will collaborate with Reading Partners' National Development team and stakeholders across the organization while building a portfolio of work with a national education nonprofit.

Member Duties

As a National Development and Fundraising Capacity Building VISTA, you will assess development operations and identify opportunities to strengthen systems, workflows, data management, and coordination. You will research foundations, corporations, institutional funders, and philanthropic partners; develop prospect profiles; and maintain a national pipeline to track opportunities, relationships, deadlines, and next steps. You will create standardized prospect research and donor stewardship tools, including calendars, tracking systems, communication templates, and recognition resources. You will analyze donor and prospect data to identify engagement, cultivation, and retention opportunities. You will support national fundraising campaigns and annual appeals through project plans and tracking tools and document development processes, best practices, and standard operating procedures in a centralized resource library.

Program Benefits

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance
• Training

Service Areas

Community and Economic Development.

Skills

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Computers/Technology
• Fund raising/Grant Writing