Senior Manager of Foundation Relations
New York Botanical Garden
- The Bronx, NY
- $74,250-82,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Partner with the Associate Vice President for Foundation Relations and Garden staff to produce best-in-class fundraising and donor relations results.
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward a dynamic donor and prospect portfolio, personally raising $500,000 or greater in new commitments annually.
- Demonstrate exceptional skill in persuasion through writing, PowerPoint creation, and spoken communication skills.
- Engage Garden staff in moves management activities, including proposal development, devising project budgets, participating in onsite and virtual donor visits, and relevant stewardship activities.
- Maintain active and accurate use of relevant constituent relationship management (CRM) systems, document tracking, and filing systems.
- Conduct high-quality prospect research on donor entities and institutions as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 3-5 years of fundraising, nonprofit membership, or job-related experience within environmental advocacy, sciences, or a related field.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills, sharp attention to detail.
- Propriety, thoughtfulness, sound judgment, and discretion.
- Interest and capacity to work with a multi-generational and diverse identity environment, inclusive of donors, staff, volunteer leaders, consultants, and vendors.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings/ weekends for events and donor visits.
- Driver's license.
- Fluency in Microsoft Word and Excel, and Raiser's Edge or a comparable CRM.
- Bachelor's Degree.
- 5 or more years of successful grant writing experience, preferably in a comparably-sized cultural institution or large non-profit setting preferred.
- Demonstrated success in new foundation donor acquisition strategies preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in securing foundation funding through philanthropic gifts or sponsored research, at or above $100,000 preferred.
- Familiarity with plant science and environmental foundation fundraising preferred.
- Familiarity with the New York area and/or national markets for environmental, scientific, and/or educational nonprofits preferred.
- Knowledge of other Microsoft Office programs and Raiser's Edge preferred.
- 15 Vacation Days
- 13 Paid Holidays
- 12 Sick Days
- Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
- 401K
- Pension Plan