Company description Wholesome Wave strives to create a vibrant, just and sustainable food system. By making fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables affordable and available, we enable under-served community members to make healthier food choices. Our innovative initiatives are improving health outcomes among low-income families, generating additional revenue for small and mid-sized farm businesses and bolstering local and regional economies. Our initiatives are implemented nationwide, in 40 states and DC. Working in collaboration with over 110 network members and program partners, our impact can be seen at more than 730 farmers markets and retail sites, dozens of community health centers, hospital systems and food hubs. Each year, our initiatives reach 150,000 under-served community members, as well as thousands of farmers. Job description

Role Purpose

Wholesome Wave is looking for a smart, cooperative, energetic candidate to join our Development Department. The Foundation Manager will be responsible for relationship management with external partner foundations, researching potential new foundation donors, writing LOIs, concept notes, grants, and reports, building foundation relationships, and supporting the department in securing sustainable institutional funding.

 

Main Accountabilities

• Develop, launch, promote, execute, and support the acquisition of new foundation giving to generate revenue and engage new prospective institutional partners
• Write LOIs and grant proposals as well as reports for current grants
• Develop budgets in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Research and identify prospective partners within specified criteria
• Develop proposals and deliver presentations via email, phone, online grant applications, and in person
• Assume responsibility for relationship management for new partners
• Oversee execution of recognition and benefits related to foundation commitments including activation, agreements, signage, online and offline communication channels, and collateral materials
• Work with Communications, Events and other departments to develop and execute partnerships
• Demonstrate a commitment to Wholesome Wave and it mission
• Work with internal stakeholders to develop strategies and programs to drive partnerships
• Work with department team members to steward existing partnerships as needed

 

Management Scope

This position does not manage any staff directly, but will be expected to lead teams of program, development, and/or marketing staff associated with specific projects.

 

Impact and Influence

The position has significant impact on the organization, as private foundation funding is a vital revenue stream. This individual will have primary responsibility for cultivating and maintaining private foundation relationships that will result in revenues of $2-3 million per year, by cultivating and maintaining existing relationships as well as developing 5-10 new foundation relationships per year.

 

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• At least three years of direct experience in institutional fundraising and grantwriting, as well as donor cultivation and relationship management
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience and skills in project management and leading project-related teams
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-starter: ability to use initiative effectively and appropriately, working in a hands-on environment with limited resources and minimal supervision
• Computer literacy, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint; experience with Raiser’s Edge fundraising software a plus
• Social and cultural competence: ability to work with many different people and personalities from diverse backgrounds
• Highly organized: ability to successfully manage many projects with multiple moving parts and strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Smart and interesting: ability to catch on to ideas quickly and run with them in interesting directions
• Professional: knowledge of how to act in a professional setting that sets the tone for others
• Passion for the mission of Wholesome Wave; strong commitment to social justice and food equity

 

Key relationships/ customers

• Development and Marketing teams (internal)
• Program Staff (internal)
• Financial officers (internal)
• Existing Foundation partners
• Prospective Foundation partners

 

Working Conditions

• No unusual working conditions

 

Compensation, Time and Classification

• Exempt full-time salaried position
• Salary commensurate with skills and experience 
• Working hours Monday-Friday 9-5 with some flexibility
• Occasional travel during evenings and weekends, where applicable 
• Based out of our Bridgeport, CT office 
• Competitive health and ancillary benefits included for employee 
• Looking for candidates to start by July 1, 2016

 

WHOLESOME WAVE is firmly committed to equal employment and advancement opportunities for all present employees as well as for applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, age, lawful source of income, mental retardation, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness or deafness, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. 

Compensation this position is : salaried Application instructions DeadlineJune 22, 2016