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uAspire

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1985

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

uAspire is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the economic mobility of underrepresented students by increasing access to financial aid and postsecondary education pathways. They provide advising and support to high school and college students, helping them navigate financial aid and college systems through both in-person and virtual methods. Additionally, uAspire offers training for counselors and program staff, equipping them with financial aid knowledge and student-centered resources. The organization also advocates for policy changes at the federal, state, and institutional levels to enhance financial aid and higher education systems. Through their consulting services, they develop tailored solutions leveraging their financial aid expertise and student-centered research. uAspire has a significant impact, with their students being 80% more likely to graduate from college.

📋 Description

• Support the SVP, Institutional Giving with grant writing and drafting fundraising documents including but not limited to: letters of inquiry, proposals, reports, budgets, and site visits • Serve as the institutional giving “point person” for uAspire leadership; prioritize key actions for them to take in completing grants and reports and support execution • Conduct prospect research to help identify pipeline of institutional donors; maintain prospect lists; track and report progress of the prospect pipeline • Manage a calendar of all institutional deadlines, deliverables, and action items and work with internal staff and external stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met • Oversee and continually improve all aspects of grant process, including streamlining grant proposals, reports, acknowledgment letters and revenue reporting • Keep accurate Salesforce records and updated activity notes with all funders • Analyze historical and market data to support setting ambitious yet feasible revenue and retention goals • Regularly track progress to goal and conduct analysis to identify what is driving and impeding progress

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree • At least five years of professional experience, preferably in development or fundraising working with individual donors, live events, online campaigns, and/or annual funds • High degree of familiarity and comfort creating reports and working with spreadsheets and analyzing donor giving trends • Experience working with Salesforce or a comparable CRM system; familiarity with online giving platforms including GiveSmart or GoFundMePro • Comfort working with high net worth and high profile donors and prospects • Experience with AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) preferred • Exceptional interpersonal, oral and written communication and event planning skills • Ability to prioritize, manage several projects at once and work well under deadlines • A passion for and commitment to educational equity.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work options • Professional development opportunities