Director, National Foundation Partnerships

Teach For America•Bentonville, AR

5d•Remote

About The Position

As a Director on the National Foundation Partnerships team, you will manage and grow a high-impact portfolio of institutional funders. You’ll serve as the primary relationship and grant manager for multiple partners – owning proposals, reports, compliance, and day-to-day engagement – while collaborating with executive, programmatic, and regional teams to deliver an exceptional funder experience. Alongside portfolio management, you’ll lead cross-team special projects to strengthen our prospect pipeline and support complex, high-stakes partnership. This role requires strong judgement, sharp writing, and the ability to move quickly in a dynamic fundraising environment. Reporting to the Head of Foundation Fundraising and Partnerships, you’ll join a virtual team of principal-gifts fundraisers located across the country. This person is ideally based in the Bay Area or Seattle – where TFA has a concentration of current and prospective partners – and can integrate themselves into the local philanthropic community, while staying connected to the national landscape.

Requirements

4 years of fundraising experience, ideally managing institutional partnerships with a track record of growing a portfolio
Excellent written communication for a donor audience, particularly in drafting original grant proposals and reports
Capacity to build rapport and trust with internal colleagues across departments and with funders, including in a virtual setting
Strong project management skills and comfort navigating complex systems to effectively manage grants
Agility and adaptability; the capacity to re-arrange priorities and respond to high-stakes donor requests

Nice To Haves

Ideally based in the Bay Area or Seattle
Can integrate themselves into the local philanthropic community, while staying connected to the national landscape.

Responsibilities

Independently manage a grants portfolio, including drafting proposals and reports and ensuring grant compliance and implementation
Design a robust engagement experience, coordinating relationships across Teach For America and the foundation
Meet directly with program officers and foundation staff
Provide agile support for the Managing Directors’ portfolio of complex institutional partners, including drafting reports, meeting prep, and due diligence responses
Manages opportunity and relationship data in CRM
Directs prospect pipeline development, including coordinating monthly prospect reviews to review qualified prospects and assign next steps with portfolio managers
Sources, researches, and qualifies new prospects (with support from our prospect strategy and research team)
Provides additional team operational support as needed
Participates in both team and organization initiatives (e.g. corps member selection)