Director of Philanthropy

🔥 13 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $123.6k - $133.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

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The Narwhal

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

📱 Media

💰 $10k Grant on 2023-04

Consulting • Legal • Media

The Narwhal is a non-profit, ad-free independent journalism organization based in Canada, focused on in-depth reporting about the natural environment. Their work includes investigative journalism, opinion pieces, and analyses on topics such as climate change, environmental laws, Indigenous rights, and renewable energy. The Narwhal is committed to producing high-quality journalism without the influence of advertisers, relying instead on reader support and donations. They also advocate for press freedom, occasionally taking legal actions to defend this right. Their reporting is aimed at providing readers with fact-based insights into significant environmental and political issues, primarily in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop an annual fund development plan and calendar with organizational leadership • Create and implement initiatives to achieve impact goals and attract financial support • Lead cross-departmental collaboration to align priorities and fundraising opportunities • Track and analyze fundraising metrics and implement lessons learned • Manage, mentor and support the Development Coordinator • Ensure fundraising practices uphold The Narwhal’s values, donor privacy and editorial independence • Evaluate fundraising capabilities, identify strengths and gaps, and map future revenue potential • Develop fundraising revenue forecasts and budgets, monitor performance and report to the Executive Director and leadership team • Develop a diversified portfolio spanning legacy gifts, donor-advised funds, foundation giving and major gifts • Build and maintain foundation relationships and align funding priorities with The Narwhal’s goals • Establish relationships with new foundations to grow grant revenue • Lead grant development and management, including prospect research, project scoping, grant writing, budgeting and reporting • Maintain an institutional giving pipeline and calendar with follow-up and stewardship • Establish grant-writing processes, templates and workflows • Develop cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for major donors • Oversee prospect research and identify opportunities to increase donor support • Support the Executive Director’s donor engagement and directly engage donors and prospects as needed • Plan and manage strategic cultivation and stewardship events • Conduct donor and prospect research, reporting and written correspondence • Communicate with donors, foundations, staff and external partners by email, phone, video conference and in-person meetings • Attend donor and foundation meetings, organizational meetings and special events across Canada

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years’ senior-level experience working directly for a foundation or successfully fundraising from foundations and major donors for an organization with annual revenue of at least $3 million • Experience raising money from both individuals and foundations • Track record of personally cultivating, soliciting and closing major gifts and multi-year foundation commitments, with a portfolio in the range of $2 million+/year • Strong writing skills for proposals, emails and briefing notes • Experience managing, mentoring and supporting fundraising staff and/or cross-functional teams • Experience building and leading effective teams during organizational growth and evolution • Ability to represent an organization in high-level external settings and build trust with a broad array of stakeholders • Ability to see the long-term strategic picture while building systems required to deliver results • Proven track record writing successful grant proposals and grant reporting • Experience with fundraising databases and project management tools • Salesforce and Airtable experience is an asset • Understanding of why journalism matters is an asset • Connections to foundations and donors who care about the environment are an asset • CFRE certification is an asset • Must be eligible to work in Canada • Regular travel within Canada required • Occasional evening or weekend work may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Group health, vision and dental benefits and a health spending account • Flexible workplace with a vibrant, collaborative culture • Work-from-home stipend or work from a shared office in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton or Toronto • GRSP base contributions after three months • Four weeks of vacation per year, plus your birthday off • 10 personal days per year • Organization-wide holiday shutdown • Professional development opportunities and fund • Two-month top-up program for EI-protected leaves • Paid assignment during the hiring process