Description

The Director of Foundation Relations, Strategic Gifts is responsible for supporting the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities of private foundation donors and prospects of Special Olympics.  This detail-oriented position plays a direct role in the day-to-day functions related to key donors and stakeholders to ensure best-in-class relationship management. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategic Gifts, the Director of Foundation Relations will work closely with several organizational teams across the movement to ensure the organization’s private fundraising needs are met.  Specific responsibilities include:

• Meet annual financial goals as defined by Senior Director of Strategic Gifts.
• Creating and managing the proposal coordination, development, review, and submittal process for private and family foundations.
• Ability to work cross functionally to identify new foundation prospects, while managing a portfolio of 8-12 existing foundation relationships.
• Understanding the needs of each Division's and Region’s funding opportunities.
• Initiating, managing, and facilitating the stewardship and reporting process to foundation funders, this includes the oversight of writing, approval, submittal of such reports and funder's requirements for financial information.
• Developing a suggested cultivation and solicitation strategy for qualified foundation prospects.
• Serve as a guide and resource to secure funding for the Special Olympics in the most efficient and collaborative way.
• In cooperation with the Senior Director of Strategic Gifts, developing strategic gift revenue forecasting, budgeting, and tracking progress.
• Other duties as assigned.