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Grants ManagerFull-Time PositionSalary Range: $85-100K per yearReports to: Chief Executive OfficerLocation: The ideal candidate is in the NYC-metro area and will work onsite most days at our center in East Harlem. We are open to a fully remote hire from outside the NYC-metro area if they are an outstanding match.Position Overview: Reporting to LSA's Chief Executive Officer, LSA's Grants Manager is responsible for maximizing LSA's institutional giving and public revenue fundraising performance and achieving its institutional giving and public revenue fundraising goals. The Grants Manager will be part of a 5-person Development team securing $5m+ annually. Critical to this role will be building and implementing a multi-year plan to increase all institutional giving and public revenue sources to support the long-term sustainability of the organization. This will include stewarding and growing relationships with LSA's current institutional and public revenue donors, building new relationships with potential donors, and reactivating lapsed donors to secure five to seven-figure donations for LSA. Additionally, the Grants Manager will have a unique opportunity to build and expand LSA's revenue base from corporations, and work with LSA's Director of Volunteers to convert corporate volunteers into a key source of financial support and revenue diversification. LSA's ideal candidate has 7-10 years of experience in institutional giving, with a demonstrated ability to meet goals and close on five to seven-figure gifts from foundations, corporations, andor public revenue sources.Responsibilities:Strategy and Leadership Build, refine, and manage a comprehensive institutional giving fundraising plan to drive the organization's institutional giving revenue goals to the next level, including foundation, corporate, and government and agency grants and contracts.Develop, track, and refine annual and multi-year institutional giving and public revenue fundraising strategies and targets.Collaborate with LSA leadership - the CEO, Chief Program Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Human Resources Manager, and Program Directors, to ensure institutional giving goals, priorities, and funding opportunities are aligned with organizational priorities.Create tailored engagement strategies and compelling case for support materials for foundations, corporate partners, and public funding sources (site visits, corporate sponsorship opportunities, corporate volunteer opportunities, newsletters, major donor briefings, etc.).Build relationships with current, new, and lapsed institutional giving donors to advance LSA's mission and goals, and diversify LSA's funding.Oversee the research and cultivation of new institutional and public revenue funding sources.Regularly report on institutional giving strategies and activities against goals to LSA's Board of Directors, and collaborate with LSA's Board Development Committee to advance LSA's institutional giving fundraising activities.Management Set and refine annual and multi-year institutional giving and public revenue targets and track progress achieved.Develop and oversee the creation of all institutional giving and public revenue source proposals and reports.Oversee external institutional giving and public revenue consultants (when necessary) to optimize institutional giving fundraising and grant compliance.Work closely with Chief Program Officer, Program Directors, Director of Finance, and other LSA staff to ensure the timely delivery of all key proposals, reports, and to optimize corporate and foundation gifts from LSA's volunteers.OperationsSystems Use Donor Perfect to ensure optimal institutional giving and public revenue data management, tracking and moves management, and acknowledgements.Oversee and execute Institutional Giving engagement strategies (site visits and regular briefings)Maintain the organizational Master Institutional Funding calendar to reflect submission timelines for all proposals, reports and portal access information.Knowledge: Minimum 7-10 years of experience in institutional giving, with a demonstrated ability to meet goals and close on five to seven-figure gifts from foundations, corporations, andor public revenue sources.A successful record building institutional giving capacity, sustainability, and leading change and growth.Excellent strategic planning, organizational, communications, and interpersonal skillsSuccessful management and collaboration experience - the ability and willingness to manage, mentor, and collaborate with a team to high performance.Systems-oriented thinker with a working knowledge of Donor Perfect or another CRM preferred.Experience in building a corporate giving program preferred.Strong alignment with LSA's mission.Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.The ability to communicate in Spanish is an asset, but not required. To apply: please submit your resume and a cover letter to with the job title in the subject line, or apply through our LinkedIn page. No phone calls please.Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service (LSA) provides equal employment opportunitiesto all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, andsexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (includingfamily medical history), political affiliation, or military service in accordance with applicable federal,state and local laws.Overview:For 65 years, Little Sisters of the Assumption (LSA) Family Health Service, a community-based nonprofit, has supported thousands of low-income and immigrant families. LSA provides families with the most critical resources they need - food, clothing, healthcare, education, a safe home, and advocacy services. We believe by supporting and empowering families, our entire community will thrive.LSA is recognized as a leading community nonprofit - across East Harlem and across New York City. In 2021, LSA was engaged by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to address COVID-19 related health disparities in East Harlem. LSA has long standing funding and strategic partnerships with leading health and social service organizations including the Robin Hood Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Deerfield Foundation, NY Immigration Coalition, and Catholic Charities. We are a leader in community mobilization for important city-wide initiatives including a historic lawsuit to improve public housing as well as programs to link immigrant families to education. As a team, LSA is dedicated to seven core values: the uniqueness and dignity of each person; the strength of families; the power of relationships; the richness of diversity; justice as a right for every person; the creativity of the human spirit; and the importance of the spiritual search.