Feeding America
Community Philanthropy Developer - Individual Giving
Feeding America, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97204
Community Philanthropy Developer - Individual Giving
The Community Philanthropy Developer - Individual Giving (CPD-IG) will join a growing Community Philanthropy Department of 30+ dedicated, collaborative, values-driven, and effective philanthropic development professionals who are passionate about resourcing an end to hunger and hunger’s root causes. Together we raise more than $44M annually for Oregon Food Bank’s mission and vision - to ensure wellness and justice for our community. We innovate, risk, learn and refine as core practices. We value relationships and aspire to shape Oregon Food Bank into a civic engagement home for donors. We believe philanthropy should be accessible to all facets of our community and, in how we work, we reclaim philanthropy’s true meaning - a love for humankind and any voluntary action for the common good. We vanguard practices and policies that reflect philanthropy’s potential as a more just institution. And we design resource and relationship development programs rooted in equity.Opportunity type:
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Job responsibilitiesPrimary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):Successfully develop and engage with a broad portfolio of individual donors (giving mid to major-level gifts between $1,000-$10,000) with a focus on cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, and work to deepen relationships and advance OFB’s 10 year vision.Discover and qualify donors from mid- ($1,000+) and major-level ($10,000+) cohorts to move to Community Philanthropy Senior Developer - Individual Giving portfolios. Work alongside Community Philanthropy Senior Developer - Individual Giving and Prospect Research & Development colleagues to facilitate smooth transitions to managed portfolios for qualified donors.Develop solid understanding of OFB programs and priorities for your strategic engagement of donors and to retain philanthropic partners - making Oregon Food Bank a political home and facilitating donors’ political journey while fostering transformational and regenerative relationship development over time.Maintain donor records in a detailed and timely fashion in our database to department standards in quantity and quality of information entered in philanthropy systems and technology - Raiser’s Edge NXT.Collaborate with other departments, organizations and groups to build partnerships to enhance collaborative fundraising activities and opportunities. Assist in brainstorming and creating new methods to raise funds for OFB.Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include:To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism.In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to cross-departmental efforts, work culture activities and programming, advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others.Plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission.Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time.Skills and Experience Required:Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.3 years success in nonprofit fundraising with progressive responsibility in donor relationship management, community organizing, or volunteer/client/member services.Interacting with a diversity of individuals personably and respectfully to OFB standards.Demonstrated ability to use persuasive communication to engage current and future donors to raise funds for OFB through the development of proposals, grants, and advocacy calls to action.Ability to generate and personalize phone calls, emails and letters to donors, and respond to donor inquiries in a timely manner for increased communication resulting in greater donor engagement.Demonstrated experience with planning and leading effective meetings and/or events for donors.Demonstrated knowledge, experience and actions incorporating and initiating development and fundraising activities through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.Knowledge of and experience with Moves Management, Community-Centric Fundraising principles, and/or other philanthropic development concepts and methodology.Proficiency with office technology and information systems (including GSuite, Microsoft Office) and donor databases, preferably Raiser’s Edge. Ability to quickly adapt to new software and online tools a plus.How to apply:Apply directly at oregonfoodbank.org/careersAbout the organization:Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.Who You Are:You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.Additional information:Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.Personal living/lived experience of hunger and/or systemic inequity/oppression.
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The Community Philanthropy Developer - Individual Giving (CPD-IG) will join a growing Community Philanthropy Department of 30+ dedicated, collaborative, values-driven, and effective philanthropic development professionals who are passionate about resourcing an end to hunger and hunger’s root causes. Together we raise more than $44M annually for Oregon Food Bank’s mission and vision - to ensure wellness and justice for our community. We innovate, risk, learn and refine as core practices. We value relationships and aspire to shape Oregon Food Bank into a civic engagement home for donors. We believe philanthropy should be accessible to all facets of our community and, in how we work, we reclaim philanthropy’s true meaning - a love for humankind and any voluntary action for the common good. We vanguard practices and policies that reflect philanthropy’s potential as a more just institution. And we design resource and relationship development programs rooted in equity.Opportunity type:
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Job responsibilitiesPrimary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):Successfully develop and engage with a broad portfolio of individual donors (giving mid to major-level gifts between $1,000-$10,000) with a focus on cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, and work to deepen relationships and advance OFB’s 10 year vision.Discover and qualify donors from mid- ($1,000+) and major-level ($10,000+) cohorts to move to Community Philanthropy Senior Developer - Individual Giving portfolios. Work alongside Community Philanthropy Senior Developer - Individual Giving and Prospect Research & Development colleagues to facilitate smooth transitions to managed portfolios for qualified donors.Develop solid understanding of OFB programs and priorities for your strategic engagement of donors and to retain philanthropic partners - making Oregon Food Bank a political home and facilitating donors’ political journey while fostering transformational and regenerative relationship development over time.Maintain donor records in a detailed and timely fashion in our database to department standards in quantity and quality of information entered in philanthropy systems and technology - Raiser’s Edge NXT.Collaborate with other departments, organizations and groups to build partnerships to enhance collaborative fundraising activities and opportunities. Assist in brainstorming and creating new methods to raise funds for OFB.Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include:To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism.In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to cross-departmental efforts, work culture activities and programming, advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others.Plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission.Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time.Skills and Experience Required:Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.3 years success in nonprofit fundraising with progressive responsibility in donor relationship management, community organizing, or volunteer/client/member services.Interacting with a diversity of individuals personably and respectfully to OFB standards.Demonstrated ability to use persuasive communication to engage current and future donors to raise funds for OFB through the development of proposals, grants, and advocacy calls to action.Ability to generate and personalize phone calls, emails and letters to donors, and respond to donor inquiries in a timely manner for increased communication resulting in greater donor engagement.Demonstrated experience with planning and leading effective meetings and/or events for donors.Demonstrated knowledge, experience and actions incorporating and initiating development and fundraising activities through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.Knowledge of and experience with Moves Management, Community-Centric Fundraising principles, and/or other philanthropic development concepts and methodology.Proficiency with office technology and information systems (including GSuite, Microsoft Office) and donor databases, preferably Raiser’s Edge. Ability to quickly adapt to new software and online tools a plus.How to apply:Apply directly at oregonfoodbank.org/careersAbout the organization:Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.Who You Are:You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.Additional information:Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.Personal living/lived experience of hunger and/or systemic inequity/oppression.
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