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Soles4Souls

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Soles4Souls is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing relief and opportunity through the donation of shoes and clothing. By partnering with community-based nonprofits and schools, Soles4Souls helps distribute new shoes and clothing to those in need, including children experiencing homelessness. They focus on transforming these donations into opportunities for education and employment, thereby offering a hopeful future for individuals in crisis situations. Soles4Souls operates globally, extending the life of footwear and garments to support both people and the planet.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and continuously improve a comprehensive donor acknowledgement and stewardship program • Own and grow the monthly giving program in partnership with the Digital Marketing team • Manage the matching gift program, including eligibility verification, platform optimization, and donor communications • Lead year-round stewardship touchpoints, impact reporting, and personalized recognition across the donor lifecycle • Write grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and stewardship reports with the Director of Institutional Partnerships • Coordinate with program staff to gather data and impact metrics • Maintain a grants calendar and ensure timely, compliant submissions, acknowledgements, and reports • Track grant performance, reporting obligations, and documentation across active grants • Plan and execute fundraising events from concept through post-event follow-up • Manage event budgets, logistics, vendors, volunteers, and donor acknowledgement • Build and manage processes for tracking sponsor benefit fulfillment across events and campaigns • Collaborate with Marketing on event collateral, sponsor recognition, and promotion • Manage pledge accounts receivable, including outstanding pledges, reminders, and coordination with Finance • Serve as internal project manager for development initiatives, timelines, follow-ups, and deliverables

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of professional fundraising experience with demonstrated success across donor stewardship, retention, and grant writing • Strong understanding of fundraising best practices and development operations within a nonprofit with a meaningful revenue portfolio • Proficiency with CRM systems; NetSuite experience strongly preferred • Demonstrated grant writing success with private and corporate foundations • Proven ability to plan and execute fundraising events and manage sponsorship relationships from activation through renewal • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to craft compelling, on-brand donor-facing materials • Highly organized self-starter able to manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision • Proficiency in Office 365 • Ability to learn new software quickly • Bachelor's degree preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance with 80% employer coverage • HRA account • 100% dental insurance • Vision coverage • Long-term disability • Life insurance • 401K with up to 6% employer match • Professional development benefits • Open FTO • Paid parental leave