Manager, Institutional Giving

Good Reason Houston • Houston, TX

12d • $80,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Good Reason Houston’s Manager, Institutional Giving supports institutional fundraising efforts by executing grant writing and reporting tasks, organizing stewardship and engagement activities for foundation donors, and maintaining the institutional giving pipeline and data systems. This position helps execute multi-year institutional giving strategies, coordinates cross-functional information gathering, drafts grant applications and reports, and maintains accurate grant records. Additionally, the role provides portfolio and general advancement support by preparing donor meeting materials, drafting communications, tracking pledges and payments, and facilitating internal follow-up tasks. It also plays an important role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization’s institutional giving processes. The Manager, Institutional Giving will collaborate across departments to craft proposals, execute donor engagement activities, and prepare stewardship reports. This role reports to the Director of Foundation Relations and works closely with the Director of Corporate Partnership and Engagement. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented, and driven to deliver critical functions of Advancement Team operations. This person must have excellent writing and communications skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, and alignment with the mission and core values of Good Reason Houston.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• At least 2 years of experience in fundraising, with an emphasis on preparing materials for grant submission
• Superior attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize, sequence, and execute projects
• Eagerness to collaborate in a dynamic environment
• Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional personal ownership for meeting goals and track record of follow-through
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word required
• Ability to maintain and update databases with a high level of accuracy
• Demonstrated capacity to be flexible and adaptable in changing environment, able to flex to respond to team needs and take on projects when needed
• Passion about the mission, vision, and goals of Good Reason Houston and how this position contributes to the organization’s success

Nice To Haves

• Experience using donor database, such as eTapestry, Blackbaud, Salesforce, etc., highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Foundation Relations and Director of Corporate Partnerships and Engagement in executing a multi-year strategy for increasing institutional gifts.
• Support a range of activities to cultivate and steward donors and prospects (e.g., conduct initial prospect research, create donor profiles, draft meeting preparation, prepare meeting folders, direct mailings, etc.)
• Expand institutional giving prospect pipeline, identifying and researching new institutional giving prospects, giving potential, timelines, etc.
• Craft compelling, story-driven visual materials that effectively communicate Good Reason Houston’s mission and impact to inspire institutional donors and secure funding.
• Maintain a comprehensive view of funding pipelines across all institutional revenue streams, identifying trends and generating strategic recommendations for funding priorities.
• Ensure impeccable donor stewardship (sufficient appreciation outreach, meet progress reporting, and update meeting requirements and requests, etc.)
• Ensure all substantive donor interactions (e.g. emails, meetings, written outreach, etc) are logged in Raiser’s Edge NXT database within the week that they occur.
• Collect key information cross-functionally to support grant applications and required reporting.
• Draft grant applications and reports in collaboration with necessary stakeholders to ensure timely submission.
• Maintain deep institutional knowledge of Good Reason Houston active grant activities to communicate progress and impact to funders.
• Oversee special stewardship projects such as: follow up letters after events, invitations to special events, etc.
• Communicate and coordinate meetings and special needs for donors; this may require cross functional coordination internally and externally.
• Coordinate information sharing and collect key information and data cross functionally.
• Prepare branded, clear, and impactful meeting materials for scheduled donor meetings.
• Draft donor communications and post-meeting follow-ups to ensure timely and impactful follow-up on all donor activity.
• Monitor active institutional grants in progress to identify follow-up needs to ensure programmatic activities are reported.
• Conduct prospect/donor research and prepare reports for fundraising meetings with donors for Chief Executive Officer, Chief Advancement Officer, Director of Foundation Relations, and Director of Corporate Partnerships and Engagement
• Maintain and track donor pledges, payments, and reporting needs related to institutional giving.
• Other duties as assigned, as the organization’s fundraising program grows.

Benefits

• 401(k) (automatic 3% employer contribution)
• life, medical, dental and vision insurance packages
• Each employee accrues 35 paid time off days per calendar year in addition to the 19 paid holidays per year

What This Job Offers

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