Chapter Job Board

PURPOSE OF POSITION: To ensure that donors, corporate partners, and funders who are investing in United Way are receiving the highest level of engagement and recognition from the organization through personalized relationship building and strategic communications, and acknowledgement. Initiates cultivation of new corporate partnerships to ensure the vitality of the organization's corporate giving portfolio.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Gift Solicitation & Recognition: Oversees individual gift solicitation processes and builds relationships with donors through personal interaction and 1:1 meetings by providing the highest quality customer service. Manages designation requests and special handling requests. Manages formal and informal thank-you processes for donors, corporations, and foundation supporters across the Fund Development team. Supports the Fund Development in additional marketing and communication outreach and postage as needed.
2. New Business Development: Identifies, solicits, and engages local businesses with the intent of cultivating them into prospective corporate partners. Conducts outreach, introductory meetings, and relationship-building activities to assess interest and alignment with UWSM’s mission and corporate engagement opportunities. Serves as the initial point of contact for new business prospects and strategically transitions qualified relationships to Corporate Engagement Managers for ongoing stewardship, ensuring accurate documentation and handoff of potential corporate fundraising opportunities.
3. Reporting & Data Management: Accurately records and manages gifts, contact info, pledges, and payment preferences. Assists with reports related to prospective, new, and current donor analytics.

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION:
1. Volunteerism: Occasionally volunteers at programmatic events outside of or during traditional work hours. Occasionally tables at community events to represent the organization.
2. Administrative Duties: Manages printing and inventory of resources for donor solicitation and thank you letters. Carries out postage and record keeping of all printed solicitations. Maintains communication with the finance department to ensure accurate record keeping of pledges and payments.
3. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in business management, marketing, communications, organization management or similar; or 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Competent in MS Office products.
• Ability to learn CRM and giving platform software.
• Commitment to excellence and passion for the mission of United Way of Summit & Medina.
• Interest in the improvement of the Summit & Medina County community.

Website for more information:https://www.uwsummitmedina.org/careers/

Remote Status: On-Site
The Senior Grant Writer is a key member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) Development team, responsible for supporting the team in cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors to support the organization’s K-12 national education programs. Future growth opportunities may include engaging with prospects and donors.

Position Responsibilities:
* Increase the fundraising ability and public visibility of NIHF, its programs, and mission
* Collaborate with the team to implement strategies to cultivate philanthropic partnerships, with a focus on foundations and corporations, in support of NIHF’s K-12 education programs
* Work with the team to write and submit letters of intent, proposals, and final reports to major prospects and donors
* Maintain comprehensive, accurate grant and donor files
* Conduct research on prospects who may support NIHF’s programs and mission
* Manage the team’s shared files and resources, including maintaining relevant templates and updated language for the team’s use
* Support the team’s annual strategic planning process
* Effectively communicate NIHF’s mission and programs to broad audiences
* Other duties, as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Strong writing, verbal, and organizational skills
* Self-directed, performance-oriented individual who has demonstrated initiative and achievement of goals
* Proven proficiency with MS Office applications
* Ability to learn Salesforce or other donor-related databases
* Ability to work effectively under pressure and respond to changing priorities, while adhering to deadlines
* Adept communicator who can effectively represent NIHF
* Proven research and analytical capabilities
* Detail-oriented
* Ability to regularly work in the office and attend in-person meetings.
* Ability to communicate effectively via email, chat, phone, and in-person meetings.
* Requires regular, reliable, and on-time attendance.

Credentials and Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree
* Salesforce experience a plus
* 3-5 years of grant writing experience in a nonprofit

Special Requirements:
* Writing samples will be requested

Website for more information: https://www.invent.org/about-us/careers

• Increase the fundraising ability and public visibility of NIHF, its programs, and mission
• Collaborate with the team to implement strategies to cultivate philanthropic partnerships, with a focus on foundations and corporations, in support of NIHF’s K-12 education programs
• Work with the team to write and submit letters of intent, proposals, and final reports to prospects and donors
• Maintain comprehensive, accurate grant and donor files
• Conduct research on prospects who may support NIHF’s programs and mission
• Effectively communicate NIHF’s mission and programs to broad audiences
• Other duties, as assigned

• Strong writing, verbal, and organizational skills
• Self-directed, performance-oriented individual who has demonstrated initiative and achievement of goals
• Proven proficiency with MS Office applications
• Ability to learn Salesforce or other donor-related databases
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and respond to changing priorities, while adhering to deadlines
• Adept communicator who can effectively represent NIHF
• Proven research and analytical capabilities
• Detail-oriented
• Ability to regularly work in the office and attend in-person meetings.
• Ability to communicate effectively via email, chat, phone, and in-person meetings.
• Requires regular, reliable, and on-time attendance.

• Bachelor’s degree
• Grant writing experience
• 2-3 years of experience in nonprofits/development a plus

• Writing samples will be requested

Website for more information: https://www.invent.org/about-us/careers

Leadership Akron is an independent nonprofit dedicated to advancing community leadership, impact, and influence. We are seeking a strategic, results-driven Development Director to lead all fundraising and revenue-generation efforts supporting our mission and annual operating budget of approximately $1.2 million.

Reporting directly to the President & CEO, the Development Director serves as the organization’s lead relationship builder and revenue strategist, overseeing major gifts, annual giving, grants, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising events. This role works closely with senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and the Development Committee to ensure long-term financial sustainability and growth.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and execute a comprehensive annual fundraising strategy
• Drive revenue across major gifts, individual giving, grants, sponsorships, and events
• Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects
• Cultivate and steward strong donor, funder, and corporate relationships
• Plan and oversee fundraising events and donor engagement experiences
• Partner with and activate Board members in fundraising efforts
• Oversee development operations, CRM integrity, budgeting, and reporting
• Collaborate with staff to create compelling cases for support and donor communications

Qualifications Required:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of progressive fundraising/development leadership
• Proven success in major gifts and donor cultivation
• Strong communication, planning, and relationship-building skills
• Experience using donor databases/CRMs
• High integrity and commitment to Leadership Akron’s mission
Preferred
• Corporate sponsorship and partnership development experience
• Grant writing and funder stewardship experience
• Experience working with nonprofit boards

Work Arrangement:
Full-time position with in-person presence expected for donor meetings, events, and community engagement. Flexibility supported when aligned with fundraising performance and relationship-building needs.

Website for more information: https://www.leadershipakron.org/job-board

The Philanthropic Services Administrator is responsible for executing grantmaking support to donor-advised fundholders, and ensures that both the foundation and grant recipients are in full compliance with IRS, state and Akron Community Foundation regulations. This position works in collaboration with our development and donor engagement department to ensure our fundholder’s philanthropic visions are achieved.

The Philanthropic Services Administrator is the primary contact for the donor-advised fund grant recommendation process from intake, documentation, recording, communication to the grant recipient and check request submission. Additionally, this position is a liaison between internal departments and the public, and provides professional customer service to both internal and external audiences.

Reporting Relationships:
Reports to the Vice President and Chief Development Officer.

Other important relationships include our fundholders and Community Investment staff.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
· Process ongoing grant recommendations for donor-advised funds.
· Assists fundholders regarding the grants process.
· Communicate with grantees, as necessary, regarding fulfillment of grant requests.
· Provide support for online portal access and online grant recommendations.
· Manage online portal updates and communication processes.
· Conduct essential due diligence on grant recommendations and maintain grant records to ensure compliance with current Akron Community Foundation, IRS and state guidelines.
· Maintain donor-advised grantee certification forms to document grantee acknowledgement of prohibited benefits and self-dealing issues associated with accepting donor-advised fund grants.
· Assist in creating fund agreements based on provided information and templates.
· Enhance the services of the foundation through recommendations on policies and procedures.
· Perform administrative tasks as necessary.
· Maintains regular attendance and a visible presence in the office to be accessible to internal as well as external constituents.
· All other duties as assigned.

Required Experience & Education:
• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience
• 2-3 years of experience working in a corporate, government or nonprofit setting
• Paralegal experience preferred

Website for more information: akroncf.org/workwithus

Role Overview:

The Agency Endowment & Engagement Officer supports the community foundation’s more than 300 agency funds. This position will primarily be responsible for assisting agency fundholders with their fund growth activities and ongoing fund distributions, as well as attracting new agency fund partners. This position will also be responsible for planning and executing training programs for our agency funds, as well as for the broader nonprofit community providing services within Summit County. The Agency Endowment & Engagement Officer will assist the foundation’s community investment department for various grantmaking processes and special projects and initiatives as needed.

Reporting Relationships:

Reports to the Vice President, Community Investment. Other important relationships include nonprofits, board and committee members, and Development & Donor Engagement staff.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

· Assist with establishing new agency/nonprofit fund relationships.

· Provide ongoing stewardship to current agency funds.

· Plan, develop and/or facilitate trainings for nonprofits, including assisting in planning and coordinating the foundation’s annual Nonprofit Insights Conference.

· Handle grant processing for agency funds, which includes database management, input preparation, nonprofit due diligence, grantee communication, grant file maintenance and payment submission to accounting.

· Assist with grantmaking activities, including but not limited to site visits, agency evaluations and recommendations to the Community Investment Committee, for the foundation’s competitive and special grants processes.

· Attend committee meetings and take minutes as needed. Prepare minutes for review by senior staff in a concise and timely manner.

· Oversee other materials for meetings such as agendas and handouts and assist in their creation when necessary.

· May attend board meetings when requested by the Vice President, Community Investment or the President and CEO.

· May represent the community foundation at various foundation and community meetings and events, both large and small.

· Enhance the services of the foundation through recommendations on procedures, policies, strategic planning opportunities, etc.

· Maintains regular attendance and a visible presence in the office to be accessible to internal as well as external constituents.

· All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Competencies:

· Ability to collaborate with others, including staff, board, donors, vendors, nonprofits and organizations.

· Professional interpersonal style. Ability to interact well with a diverse range of people. Highly desired personal qualities include self-confidence, energetic and diplomatic.

· Required to maintain confidentiality.

· Ability to multitask and work under the pressure of tight deadlines.

· Ability to handle stress.

· Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

· Strong oral and written communication skills, in particular strong writing and editing skills.

· Strong planning and organizational skills. Ability to complete assignments independently, professionally and in a timely manner. Ability to make decisions about how to manage and organize own workload.

· Strong critical thinking, problem solving, troubleshooting and decision-making capabilities. Demonstrated ability to identify procedural problems or inefficiencies and to recommend and implement improvements.

· Strong work ethic, reliable, self-motivated; seeks out ways to be productive and efficient.

· Detail-oriented and accurate.

· Ability to learn new skills, technology and tasks.

· Proficient with basic modern office technology (computers, phones, copiers, etc.)

· Proficient in Microsoft Office 365/SharePoint and other software/applications.

· Experience with databases/CRMs.

Required Experience & Education:

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

· 3-5 years’ experience at a nonprofit/government institution preferred

Other:

· Work is performed in an office environment.

· May provide backup to other community investment and foundation staff as needed or assigned.

· Must be able to meet outside of standard office hours as necessary.

Website for more information: https://www.akroncf.org/about-us/work-with-us/