Growing Home, Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Westminster, Colorado, dedicated to providing families and individuals with critical resources for stable futures. The Development Administrator plays a key role in advancing fundraising and donor engagement efforts, including grant writing, data management, and supporting donor relations and fundraising events.
Responsibilities
- Identifying, researching, and assisting with writing grant proposals to foundations, government agencies, and other institutional funders
- Manage and maintain data entry for the organization’s donor database (RENXT), ensuring accurate records, timely reporting, and effective segmentation for outreach
- Collaborate with the marketing team to design donor engagement materials, including newsletters, impact reports, and campaign collateral
- Supports preparation for donor site visits and media opportunities
- Researching RFPs, funding, and grant opportunities to determine mission and program alignment, strategic fit, and operational considerations to provide an expert recommendation on feasibility, opportunity, and risks per case
- Work with Programs, Data Analysis, and Accounting Staff to administer grant applications and reports
- Writing compelling grant proposals, funding proposals, and reports, ensuring timely submissions and achievement of budgeted revenue goals in grants, government support, foundation and corporate contributions
- Tracking deadlines and funder requirements to ensure letters of intent, applications, proposals, and reports are submitted on time to ensure ongoing funding
- Ensuring all communications to current and potential grantors are written to reflect Growing Home’s data-driven decision making and community-centered approach
- Communicating with appropriate staff to provide guidance associated with grant awards and award compliance inclusive of data collection and reporting
- Grant reporting to ensure requirements and deadlines are met
- Managing and creating a grants calendar that is inclusive of application and reporting deadlines
- Maintaining and managing donor database integrity, policies, procedures, updates, and automated processes including accurate daily data entry, processing contributions and gifts, and ongoing database maintenance
- Protect confidentiality and security of constituent information
- Maintenance and effective utilization of the donor database, ensuring the team captures all data; preparing reports and providing information regarding fundraising goals as requested and required
- Timely recording of all gifts and coordinating timely thank you correspondence to donors relative to their level of giving and preferences
- Receive, process, and code non-monetary/in-kind donations in collaboration with the finance department
- Generate and verify the accuracy of system-generated receipts
- Stay up to date with donor database changes and make appropriate updates to the staff workflow
- Maximize use of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT database as an integrated daily working tool and ensure accurate and timely entries of donor opportunities, cultivation, gifts, receipting, and management information on interactions with corporations, grant funders and government entities, and assigned portfolio
- Maintain all event and campaign-related data, ensuring accurate record-keeping and effective monthly reconciliations/year-end donor summaries of funds raised with the finance department as required by the IRS and best practices
- Marketing campaigns for corporate giving and group volunteer opportunities
- Organizing group volunteer opportunities for corporate and philanthropic group visits
- Monthly/quarterly prospect reports for individual donor stewardship and engagement of existing and new donors
- Manage and maintain cultivation efforts, including but not limited to site visits, yearlong engagement, design of volunteer opportunities, and external networking events
- Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to ensure grantors and corporate sponsors are acknowledged in accordance with applicable communications and branding guidelines
- Assist with fundraising events, including marketing, event set up and teardown, processing payments and processing reconciliation afterwards
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of fundraising events, including logistics, timelines, and vendor communication
- Assist with event-related donor outreach, including invitations, registrations, acknowledgements, and follow-up communications
- Maintain accurate event records in the donor database, including guest lists, sponsorships, donations, and post-event reporting
- Coordinate event materials such as signage, programs, auction items, and volunteer assignments
- Provide on-site support during events to ensure a positive experience for donors, sponsors, volunteers, and staff
- Assist with event budgeting, expense tracking, and evaluation of event outcomes to support continuous improvement
Skills
- Strong writing skills, organized attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment required
- Understanding nonprofit fundraising and experience in community-centered fundraising required
- Strong written and oral communication required --bilingual English/Spanish a plus
- Experience in grant writing, sales, and nonprofit fundraising, required
- Experience with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge/RE NXT or other development software preferred with the ability to learn quickly required
- Possesses strategic thinking, problem solving, and project management skills required
- Good listening skills, with the ability to take directives required
- Creative problem solver and innovator with the ability to take the initiative required
- Ability and desire to effectively collaborate with others required
- Ability to mobilize and activate in diverse communities, observing cultural humility, sensitivity, and openness to working alongside people from different backgrounds required
- Ability to work independently and virtually in a hybrid work environment is required
- Desire to be a part of an innovative, fast-paced organization with the ability to shine in the development space
- Experience with Microsoft 365, including SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint required
- Valid Driver's License and proof of valid vehicle insurance required
- Reliable vehicle required
- Experience with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge/RE NXT or other development software preferred with the ability to learn quickly required
Benefits
- Company sponsored medical, dental, and vision plans (employer pays 88% of premium for employee medical insurance; 50% for employee dental and vision insurance; 50% for dependents across medical, dental, vision plans)
- Up to 5 hours of paid wellness time each week after 90 days of employment
- Optional 403(b) plan with 5% match after 1 year
- Paid vacation, sick, and holiday time
- Employer paid life insurance
- Optional voluntary life insurance, accident coverage, and medical and dependent FSA options available
- Cell phone stipend
- Positive, inclusive workplace
- Growing organization; ongoing opportunities for professional growth and development
Company Overview
In partnership with the community, Growing Home advances access in food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability to create lasting change for the future. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://growinghome.org/.
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