National LGBTQ Task Force

Manager

• Create and drive an institutional giving work plan for each fiscal year with a strategic plan to operationalize growth;
• Align all fundraising strategies with the Task Force’s commitments to racial equity, gender justice, and intersectional movement building.
• Manage a portfolio of high-value foundations, corporate, governmental, and other institutional funders, advancing them through the donor pipeline;
• Research foundation guidelines and criteria to find suitable prospective funders for Task Force work;
• Establish and nurture good relations with foundation officers;
• Partner with the CDO on donor strategy, briefings, and joint visits; when appropriate, set up meetings between foundation officers and the President;
• Work with members of the Board of Directors to find appropriate foundation and corporate funders for the Task Force.
• Manage and write all grant applications, updates, and reports from drafting to submission to all institutional funders.
• Partner with the CDO and Leadership Team to define key fundraising programs, campaigns, and organizational priorities in clear, compelling language;
• Work with the CDO to develop systems for tracking the Task Force’s impact and presenting results in ways that resonate with funders, partners, and external stakeholders;
• Coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects that are funded by grants;
• Compile data and planning documents, interviews and collaborate with program staff at the Task Force to prepare appropriate grant requests and reports;
• Ensure consistent and equity-rooted messaging is used across proposals, appeals, sponsorship decks, donor updates, and external communications;
• Keep the CDO and President and their designees apprised of the status of foundation funding requests.
• Provide additional written materials for the organization as needed.
• Lead the fundraising strategy to secure sponsorships and ensure proper recognition at all Task Force events, including Creating Change and regional fundraisers, from foundation, corporate, governmental, and other institutional funders; Collaborate with the Communications, Marketing & Branding (CMB) and Conference & Events (C&E) teams to ensure proper recognition of sponsors at events and through all appropriate Task Force channels

Institutional Giving Manager