Development Associate

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.  We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime. 

The Foundling partners with our neighbors across New York and Puerto Rico as they work to create transformational change in their own life. The Foundling’s Development team empowers others to support this lifechanging work, and to uplift the stories and voices of the people we serve to enact change that will benefit our shared community.

The Foundling is looking for an entrepreneurial and exceptionally organized Development Associate to join our 13-person Development team. Reporting to the Associate Director of Development Operations, the Associate will provide administrative support to the Development team, including supporting the Vice President, Development. They will be the primary administrator for the department’s Raiser’s Edge NXT donor database and a key support in coordinating donor communications. They will also assist with office management, financial tracking and reconciliation, scheduling, and other related administrative duties.

Salary Range: $45,000-$50,000/ year

Responsibilities:

Database Management and Donor Relations

• Responsible for database management, including data entry with accuracy and integrity. Process all gifts (stock, cash, pledges, gift-In-kinds, recurring gifts) with accuracy and care into constituent records using Raiser’s Edge and Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Process all EFTs (i.e Benevity, JustGive, etc.) and all credit cards donations using Blackbaud Online Express.
• Run daily, weekly and monthly reports for the Development and Finance departments to ensure reconciliation of all donations.
• Create donor pages in Blackbaud Online Express for various email campaigns.
• Develop queries for clean up, reporting, and mailing projects.
• Assist with donor stewardship by tracking and preparing accurate gift acknowledgement letters and other regular donor correspondence in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Associate Director of Development Operations to create policies and procedures, keeping instructions and manuels up to date; provide solutions, problem solving and customer service to the Development department.
• Help train other development staff on database functions.

Administration

• Provide general bookkeeping and administrative assistance for the office: completing check requests, purchase orders, office management and organization, filing, credit card reconciliation, invoices, timesheets, office supply purchasing, etc.
• Oversee the work of a seasonal department intern, responsible for general administrative support for mailings and donor communications.
• Organize information and materials for meetings, reports, events and special projects.
• Support outreach and scheduling for department leadership
• Sort incoming mail and coordinate external deliveries.
• Coordinate and execute in-house mailing campaigns.
• Assist with special events, including major fundraising events as well as staff gatherings and supporter receptions
• Carry out other projects as necessary.

Salary Range: $45,000-$50,000/ year 

• Other Requirements:
  
  

  • BA/BS degree required.
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities, demonstrate a high degree of initiative, work independently and adhere to deadlines.
  • Strong Interpersonal skills
  • Be willing to collaborate with team members
  • Eye for detail: Ability to prepare and proofread materials, correspondence, proposals for submission.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work efficiently and quickly on diverse assignments.
  • Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and data processing.
  • Comfortable with working with other software programs
  • Ability to work effectively independently as well as a member of a team.
  • Ability to anticipate and satisfy internal (staff) and external (donor) needs.
  • Intellectual curiosity and ability to think outside of the box to efficiently solve problems.
  • Polished, professional and comfortable liaising with donors and other VIPs.
  • Experience with Raiser’s Edge or similar fundraising database a plus.
  • Experience working in fundraising, marketing, non-profit administration, or related field preferred.
  • Possess an interest in social services.

• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.