Manager, Institutional Giving

Jazz at Lincoln Center • New York, NY

3d • $70,000 - $80,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism. Jazz is one of America’s most profound and enduring cultural contributions, inseparable from the story of this country, its history, its struggles, its democratic ideals, and its continuing evolution. We are stewards of that legacy. The three pillars of our work—performance, education, and advocacy—are one mission expressed three ways, each reinforcing and requiring the other two. You cannot perform without honoring the history that gives the music meaning. You cannot educate without the conviction that what you are teaching deserves to outlast you. You cannot advocate without the lived experience of the art itself. We look for people who feel that wholeness in full, across all three pillars.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5 years of work experience, with 2+ years of experience in grant writing and/or institutional giving.
• Excellent expository writing, research, copyediting, and communication skills.
• Ability to interact with funders and anticipate funder needs.
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office, Asana, and Tessitura.
• Familiarity with prospecting tools such as Candid, Foundation Directory Online, and RelSci (Relationship Science).
• Understanding of complex budgets.
• Familiarity with grant portals, including Fluxx, Grants.gov, and SmartSimple.
• Keen attention to detail balanced with excellent time management.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Results-oriented, with a passionate commitment to the performing arts and an appreciation for JALC's goals and mission.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with local, state, and federal government and compliance policies.
• Knowledge of jazz.

Responsibilities

• Keep JALC's funder relationships moving by serving as a day-to-day point of contact for program officers, following up on requests, sending materials, and coordinating meetings schedules and note taking, and set funder meetings and site visits up for success by drafting internal agendas and organizing preparation meetings with internal teams.
• Draft proposals, letters of inquiry, concept notes, decks, and interim and final reports tailored to each funder's priorities and maintain the team's grant calendar in Asana to ensure every submission meets its deadline.
• Request grant budgets and financial reports from Finance and review them for alignment with the narrative and each funder's requirements and deadlines.
• Serve as the Foundations team's liaison to Development Operations, coordinating gift processing and acknowledgment letters, maintaining funder plans in Tessitura, and ensuring gifts, pledges, and funder activity are recorded accurately and on time.
• Manage foundation donor crediting across print and digital materials, working with Marketing and Development Operations to meet brand and contractual requirements.
• Support Project Pioneer, a multi-year initiative to grow foundation revenue, by working alongside the Associate Director, Institutional Giving with prospect research and tracking outreach, cultivation, and stewardship.
• Prepare briefing materials and internal memos for leadership and help prepare prospect lists for Board Development Committee meetings.
• Support the Events team at events, assist with additional projects, and perform other duties as assigned by the Director, Foundations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health
• Retirement
• Access to JALC programming—from live performances to access at Dizzy's Club to world-class jazz education through Swing University and beyond

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level