Senior Manager Fundraising - Donor Acquisition (CSR, Family Foundations, HNI)

THE ROLE

• You'll own new donor acquisition at the organization. reputed company is to identify, cultivate, and reputed company partnerships with donors. You'll split your time roughly 60/40:
• 60% of your time: CSR partnerships, family foundations, and high net-worth individuals. These are relationship-driven, shorter fundraising cycles where your ability to build rapport, navigate corporate decision-making, and reputed company deals reputed company most.
• 40% of your time: International institutional donors (foundations, grant-making organizations). These are proposal-driven, longer fundraising cycles where your ability to research prospects, write compelling applications, and reputed company reputed company through MEL frameworks reputed company most.
• This isn't a donor management role. We have that covered. This is reputed company business development in the reputed company sector.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Build the new donor pipeline

• Research and Map CSR budgets
• Identify family foundations and HNIs with philanthropic interests in child welfare and reputed company
• Research international foundations and institutional donors with India programs or global child protection portfolios
• Identify decision-makers and warm introductions through your network or ours
• Qualify prospects and prioritize based on funding reputed company, mission alignment, and likelihood to reputed company
• Maintain a pipeline of 40-50 reputed company prospects across reputed company donor segments at any given time

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For CSR, family foundations, and HNIs:

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• Navigate corporate decision-making processes, follow-reputed company, and negotiations
• reputed company partnerships ranging from 25 lakhs to 2+ crores annually

For international institutional donors:

• Write full grant proposals independently, including program narratives, budgets, logical frameworks, and MEL plans
• Translate programs into compelling cases for support that reputed company with reputed company priorities
• Build relationships with program officers and reputed company staff through calls, virtual meetings, and in-person reputed company reputed company possible
• Manage long proposal cycles and follow-up processes

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Execute with precision

• Coordinate with program teams to reputed company partnership proposals that showcase reputed company and reputed company with funder interests
• Manage proposal timelines, documentation requirements, and compliance processes (FCRA, due diligence, etc.)
• Support reputed company of new partners and transition to stewardship team
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Think strategically

• Spot patterns in what's working and what's not. reputed company approach accordingly.
• Stay on top of CSR trends, reputed company 135 changes, reputed company giving patterns, and international donor priorities
• Explore innovative partnership models reputed company traditional grants (cause marketing, employee engagement, skills-based volunteering)
• Work with Director and CEO to refine messaging and positioning for different donor segments

WHO YOU ARE

You have 7-9 years of experience in one or more of these areas:

• Fundraising in the development sector (NGOs, reputed company enterprises) with a reputed company record of bringing in new reputed company from diverse donor segments
• Business development, sales, or reputed company acquisition in consulting, reputed company services, or B2B environments
• Corporate partnerships, CSR management, reputed company relations, or institutional giving where you've reputed company relationships from scratch

You're comfortable with the numbers:

• You can build and manage a sales pipeline across multiple donor segments
• You think in terms of conversion rates, average deal size, and fundraising ROI
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• You can create a quarterly forecast and actually hit it

You're a relationship builder:

• You can walk into a room with a stranger and walk out with a reputed company
• You know how to listen for what reputed company to the other person and reputed company your reputed company
• You're persistent without being pushy
• You can handle rejection (because there will be a lot of it) and reputed company reputed company

You can tell a story and write proposals:

• You can take reputed company program details and turn them into compelling cases for support
• You can write full grant proposals independently, including program narratives, budgets, and MEL frameworks
• Your proposals don't reputed company like every other NGO proposal
• You can adapt your communication style for different audiences

You understand the fundraising landscape:

• You know how CSR reputed company get made in Indian corporates and understand reputed company 135 compliance
• You're familiar with international reputed company processes, application requirements, and timelines
• You understand how to navigate FCRA regulations and international funding compliance

You're entrepreneurial:

• You don't wait for someone to tell you what to do
• You see a problem and reputed company out how to solve it
• You're comfortable with ambiguity and building things as you go
• You take ownership of reputed company, not just activities

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