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Consumer Reports · 3 days ago

Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$230K/yr - $260K/yr

10+ years exp

Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all. As the Senior Director of Philanthropic Partnerships, you will lead efforts to secure funding through strategic fundraising and relationship building with high-net worth philanthropists and institutional funders to support the organization's mission.

Consumer ElectronicsConsumer ResearchInformation ServicesPublishing

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Bring creativity and thought leadership to help shape CR’s strategies to optimize impact and attract partners and investments

Oversee all activities related to restricted fundraising, setting strategic direction, executing operating plans, and ensuring that fundraising and budgetary goals are met and we are maximizing return on our investment

Collaborate with executive leadership to cultivate influential, high-net worth philanthropists and institutional funders. Partner with communications experts to raise CR’s profile in philanthropic arenas

Prioritize strategies for high value prospects (those with the potential to give six-, seven- and eight-figure commitments), to build long-term sustainable relationships

Position CR to receive cy pres awards as appropriate, including raising CR’s profile in the legal community

Network through events, newsletters, and other engagement opportunities

Help ensure CR’s fundraising policies and practices promote industry best practices, meet the highest standards of ethics and integrity, and protect CR’s brand and reputation

Explore how CR as a social enterprise can leverage impact investing opportunities to achieve measurable social and financial benefits

Lead a nimble team to achieve fundraising goals with a focus on creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, innovative, collaborative, and performance-driven culture

Provide coaching and feedback to encourage and support high performance of team members

Work closely with the Vice President, Consumer Impact to strategically engage President & CEO in fundraising, and report to and engage with the Board of Directors as appropriate

Partner with Finance, People & Culture and appropriate programmatic leads to manage restricted funds ensuring that grant deliverables are met, funds are spent, and CR is positioned for renewed support

Partner with Finance to create annual, monthly, and quarterly financial projections, ensuring that CR’s moves management system that produces projections is kept up to date in real time

Work as a strategic partner to the Chief Marketing Officer to help build a donor narrative, pipeline, and moves management system to move prospects out of CR’s 5 million member file into more substantial giving

Qualification

Philanthropic fundraisingStrategic planningRelationship buildingBudget managementTeam leadershipCommunications skillsChange managementCreativity

Required

Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in leadership positions in major gift or institutional fundraising and development functions or business to business sales functions or comparable, including strategic planning, principal and major gifts, institutional giving

Exceptional written and interpersonal and communications skills, with a demonstrated ability to speak, write and present tailored information in a clear, concise and compelling manner, translating complex ideas into powerful, impactful opportunities for potential partners, with the ability to effectively persuade others to listen, commit to, and act on a new approach

Proven track record in principal gift/grant fundraising, demonstrating ability to create a pathway from cultivation to solicitation to the closing of principal gifts and significant grants

Part of the national philanthropic community and have knowledge of trends, the dialogue on consumer issues, and the venues for engagement

True team leader-recruiting, developing, and managing diverse and talented staff--helping them translate vision into action. Experience overseeing budget, operations and administration

Ability to travel as needed, up to 40% of time to travel to in-person meetings with donors/funders, prospects, vendors, and colleagues locally and across the U.S

Relationship builder with the ability to forge strong working relationships across the organization

Change-maker with the ability to lead others, inspire risk taking & innovation, leveraging internal and external perspectives