Spark Microgrants
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2013
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Non-profit • Social Impact
Spark Microgrants is an organization focused on empowering communities to drive local change and determine their own paths out of poverty. They provide communities with the opportunity and tools to improve their own lives through innovative approaches and community driven development. Headquartered in New York, they work with various communities, emphasizing the capability of people to lead and govern themselves with adequate resources and support. Their mission includes developing strong, self-reliant communities through partnerships and impactful programs.
Global Development Director
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🕒 April 2
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Spark Microgrants
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2013
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Non-profit • Social Impact
Spark Microgrants is an organization focused on empowering communities to drive local change and determine their own paths out of poverty. They provide communities with the opportunity and tools to improve their own lives through innovative approaches and community driven development. Headquartered in New York, they work with various communities, emphasizing the capability of people to lead and govern themselves with adequate resources and support. Their mission includes developing strong, self-reliant communities through partnerships and impactful programs.
📋 Description
• Develop and begin to beta test a philanthropic round for Spark that encompasses a potential 2x direct growth with 10x leverage. • Drive revenue growth for the organization. • Develop a strategic brief on how Spark hypothesizes it can reach 100 million people over the next decade. • Govern the fundraising team with measurable targets, coaching, and cultivate a supportive environment. • Meet with 10+ partners and 10+ prospective partners to garner input on the strategy with the CEO. • Hire and increase external communications and engagement by 15%. • Hire and manage a senior communications manager. • Support strategic communications to external partners. • Build the brand of Spark’s community-driven work based on the data and culture. • Develop a field building approach to cultivate enthusiasm and understanding of community-driven change. • Identify and cultivate new strategic partners for the organization. • Run cultivation processes and events.
🎯 Requirements
• 10+ years of professional experience combined with a proven track record of closing significant philanthropic gifts or partnerships, including major and multi-year commitments. • Honesty, integrity, and community orientation to your work. • Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and advance a fundraising pipeline from prospecting through close. • Strategic thinking paired with a strong bias toward action and results. • High emotional intelligence and strong relationship instincts. • Comfort operating independently in a senior, externally facing role.
🏖️ Benefits
• Our safeguarding follows a do no harm principle. • Equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals.
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