Position: Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations
Functional Area: Development & Sales
Organization: Summer Search
Location: San Francisco
Metro Region: San Francisco
Overview:
Summer Search is a dynamic national non-profit organization that transforms the education and life-prospects of low-income young people. Summer Search makes a holistic, five-year investment in students that yields impressive results. In 2011:
95% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch
96% of our seniors went onto post-secondary school including 94% to college
85% of our students currently in college were persisting and on track to graduate
96% of our seniors went onto post-secondary school including 94% to college
85% of our students currently in college were persisting and on track to graduate
For compelling stories of our students’ individual transformation, visithttp://www.summersearch.org/about/stories.aspx andhttp://vimeo.com/user1642384/videos
Founded in 1990 in San Francisco, Summer Search has expanded to North San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Seattle and Philadelphia. In the past five years, we’ve more than doubled students served as a result of a successful $20M national growth campaign. This growth can be attributed to the passion and dedication of a team that lives and breathes a culture that prizes high-performance and authentic relationships. Our team has been able to generate sufficient revenue for Summer Search to grow rapidly during a period when many nonprofits retracted.
Today, we serve over 2,000 students with a $14M organization wide budget, of which the National Support Center raises over $3M. We’ve just launched a new five year strategy that grows students served to more than 3,500 and increases our budget to $25M, of which the Support Center will raise over $6M. With proven results and an ambitious and well developed growth strategy, Summer Search is poised to become a force in the education field. Much of our success is attributed to our phenomenal staff and board talent and we hope you’ll join our team.
Position:
Summer Search is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Director of Foundation and Corporation Relations to lead and increase fundraising from foundations and corporations. As a member of the national development team, the Director will develop and implement an institutional funding strategy to raise over $2 million in support of national operations and growth. Additionally, the Director will support the fundraising efforts of Summer Search’s seven regional sites, creating consistency, sharing best practices, and identifying opportunities for collaboration across the entire network. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and entrepreneurial development professional to play a significant role in growing Summer Search’s impact nationwide.
Responsibilities:
- Create and implement a comprehensive institutional development plan to fund national operations, growth and multi-site operations, attracting new foundation and corporate funders, as well as increasing current funders’ support for and relationship with Summer Search.
- Research, identify, develop, and cultivate new relationships with foundations and corporations, building out a pipeline of funders with the capacity to make $100K+ gifts. Leverage Board members and other key stakeholder’s contacts throughout the network in building relationships.
- Thoughtfully manage and grow existing relationships with current funders, maintaining relationships with funders.
- Partner closely with regional leadership to execute development strategies, facilitating cross-site collaboration and proactively identifying opportunities to coordinate regional and national efforts.
- Provide coaching and support to regional Executive Directors and development teams to create consistency and efficiency in institutional fundraising strategies and best practices across the network.
- Develop and manage an institutional calendar to ensure that proposals, renewals, and reports are submitted on time. Craft proposals, letters of inquiries, briefing materials for meetings and site visits, internal memos, and other grant-related documents.
- Represent Summer Search at strategic outreach opportunities, including meetings, conferences, and events to cultivate and manage relationships with institutional funders.
- Collaborate with Summer Search’s marketing department to raise the profile of Summer Search in the philanthropic and corporate communities.
Qualifications:
- At least 7 years of professional development experience, with a track record of raising significant funds from institutional sources. Experience raising money for a national or multi-site organization is highly desirable.
- A background in business development, strategic partnerships, or corporate giving is a plus.
- Ability to think strategically and implement tactically, with the ability to take an idea from concept to completion.
- Equally comfortable playing external and internal roles, demonstrating a professional and warm demeanor in developing relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience serving as a representative of an organization, with a natural ability to build rapport and credibility with foundation and corporate leaders and with program officers.
- Strong sense of teamwork, with the ability to forge trusting relationships with and provide support to remote teams.
- Excellent writing skills, with demonstrated experience in crafting successful grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and other funding-related communications.
- Comfort with ambiguity and ability to succeed in a highly entrepreneurial and dynamic culture; willingness to “build the plane while flying it.”
- Ability to thrive in a mission-driven environment with a strong culture; passionate commitment to Summer Search’s mission, vision, values, and strategic direction.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
To Apply:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format, to Emily Edwards athttp://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1956., Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
