Engaged Philanthropy Officer

The Denver Foundation•Denver, CO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engaged Philanthropy Officer is a frontline fundraising and community engagement position responsible for managing a portfolio of current and prospective donors and grantees, as well as administering the foundation’s Community Grants Program. This role works with donors and nonprofits to achieve the foundation’s annual fundraising goals, execute annual grantmaking goals, and integrate the two for optimum community impact. The Denver Foundation is dedicated to inspiring people and mobilizing resources to strengthen the community, with a vision of a Metro Denver where leadership, prosperity, and culture are shaped by racial equity. The organization is committed to creating meaningful and lasting change and acts as a proactive, collaborative, and resolute leader in reducing racial disparities by bringing together donors, community partners, and changemakers to address the region's most pressing challenges.

Requirements

Minimum of five years of experience in fundraising, donor services, donor relations, philanthropic advising, and/or relationship management.
Knowledge and understanding of the local nonprofit sector.
Has a learning orientation that’s focused on building a continuous improvement and learning culture through assessment of outcomes and promoting organizational change.
Strong people-centered skills with the ability to build genuine and lasting relationships with stakeholders.
Superb verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to balance multiple responsibilities successfully.
Maintains strict confidentiality while exercising sound professional ethics.
An unwavering commitment to racial equity.
Belief in the model of community foundations.
Commitment to the philosophy of the Impact Group, bringing together all philanthropy at the Foundation.
Build meaningful connections with stakeholders representing diverse perspectives, cultures, and experiences.

Nice To Haves

Experience in major gifts, donor-advised funds, planned gifts and/or complex assets, or management of a donor portfolio.
Experience with grantmaking and grant administration.
Knowledge of Foundant CommunitySuite or CSuite.and/or other CRM software for moves management.

Responsibilities

Steward a portfolio of fundholders to provide excellent customer service and hands-on, personalized support in their philanthropy to drive the foundation’s fundraising, endowment, and co-investment goals.
Cultivate new donors and gifts of all types to the foundation, elevating the foundation’s value proposition for engaged philanthropy through personalized services, impactful products, and donor/grantee connections.
Develop and maintain meaningful donor relationships that support long-term philanthropic engagement.
Promote giving to and through The Denver Foundation and contribute to donor communications on the importance of permanent and flexible funds with a racial equity focus that is collaborative and provides community-based solutions.
Engage in donor support services, including but not limited to: Donor research, Fund reviews.
Participate in funding cycles and lead administrative support for the process management of the foundation’s Community Grant Program.
Respond to grant cycle inquiries, proposal review, providing funding recommendations, and coordinating approval and declinations.
Manage nonprofit/grantee relationships, including maintaining relationships with grantees and assessing annual progress.
Conduct due diligence on applicants, including reviewing and analyzing grant proposals.
Participate with Impact Group colleagues to refine protocols for grant review, including developing, documenting, and maintaining internal systems for the grants portfolio under purview.
Contribute to building and sustaining a positive departmental culture that supports commitment to team goals and core values and that fosters the development of individual leadership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Work in collaboration with other Impact Group colleagues and communications staff to tell stories of impact for the community and for donor-specific reporting.
Participate with Impact Group colleagues to identify opportunities for co-investment and donor/nonprofit collaboration.
Work with Impact Group colleagues and communication staff to produce events, convenings, and other opportunities for donor engagement and donor/grantee connection.
Leverage grantmaking expertise and work with other Impact Group colleagues to provide content for donor research requests.