Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Cultivates, solicits, and stewards foundation partners.
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive development fundraising plan and strategy to include major gifts, special campaigns, special events, individual giving, organizational contributions and grants.
  • Manages prospect lists to identify, cultivate, and solicit grants and sponsorships to help meet the CNS’ philanthropic revenue goals.
  • Works closely with CEO to ensure effective Foundation Board and CNS Executive Committee engagement in fundraising, as appropriate.
  • Builds and manages significant professional relationships with key funders.
• Meets the fundraising objectives of the CNS Foundation.
  • Collaborates with the CEO, Finance Department and CNS Foundation Board to establish annual foundation and corporate fundraising budgets.
  • Manages a quarterly fundraising dashboard for CEO and CNS Foundation Board to monitor progress toward annual revenue targets.
  • Fosters a collaborative relationship with senior staff at CNS to ensure alignment between funding needs and fundraising efforts.
• Develops communications, tools, and other resources needed to manage a high-level fundraising program.
  • Provides exceptional content and writing for grant proposals.
  • Creates case statements, reports, letters, email communications and other fundraising tools needed to maintain contact with prospects.
  • Maintains a complete record of interactions with prospects and donors. Provides frequent reports.   

• Manages annual fundraising events, including the Silent Auction held at the CNS Annual Meeting as well as new fundraising events as determine by Foundation BOD.
• Serve as primary staff support for Foundation Board of Directors, including:
• Scheduling and facilitating quarterly BOD calls and working with the Board President to establish agenda.
• Assisting BOD members as needed with individual fundraising efforts.
• Advise and make recommendations on best practices for the CNS Foundation.