Development Manager, Girls & Young Women

About Tides

Tides is a nonprofit and philanthropic organization committed to advancing social justice.  We work across the social sector to shift power to communities of color and other groups historically denied power. 

Centering equity and justice in everything we do, we collaborate in deep partnership with movement leaders, nonprofits, donors, foundations, and corporations to amplify the impact of their work by providing services like fiscal sponsorship, donor advised funds, grant making, and a variety of innovative solutions. Learn more at tides.org.

Position Summary 

The Development Manager, Girls and Young Women is the girls and young women of color fundraising lead for Tides. The Development Manager is a member of the Philanthropy team and the broader Partner Services Department at Tides. This position is budget dependent connected to the financial performance of the Advancing Girls pooled fund. The Philanthropy team provides integrated services for individual, family, foundation, and social change leader partners to support grantmaking, impact investing, advocacy, donor collaboration, and strategic advisory solutions. In addition to providing support to our grantmaking and social change leader partners, the team designs and manages several important pooled grantmaking initiatives that align with Tides’ equity impact goal and our vision, mission, and approach. Day to day, the Development Manager will serve as the fundraising lead for the Advancing Girls Fund (AG), one of several key grantmaking initiatives designed to bring donors together to invest meaningfully and collectively in adolescent girls and young women of color so that they have the resources to dream, learn, play, and lead. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Fundraising Strategy Development & Execution 

• Design and execute effective multi-year fundraising strategy with an annual target of approximately $20-25 million in alignment with Tides VMA and impact goal. 
• Support the development of fund development priorities and frameworks for fundraising for a pooled-fund structure. 
• Research and identify new prospects and funding opportunities for the Advancing Girls Fund and its’ grantees. 
• Create and execute solicitation strategies. 
• Execute strategic fund development plans that expand and diversify the Advancing Girls Fund’s donor base and pipeline by creating effective opportunities to cultivate and steward consistent, long-term philanthropic relationships. 
• Work collaboratively across Tides to ensure Advancing Girls financial, programmatic, and donor obligations are met or exceeded. 
• Represent Tides and the Advancing Girls Fund in the community, build relationships, and grow awareness of its focus, strategy, and grantees. 
• Keep abreast of the women and girls funding landscape to identify emerging needs, gaps, and opportunities. 

Donor Education & Relationship Management

• Maintain an active schedule of donor visits to cultivate, and close major and planned gifts. 
• Provide the management required to maintain and increase the Advancing Girls Fund’s annual renewable base of support through multiple outreach strategies. 
• Support and partner with Tides Foundation segment leads, and CSI team to engage and retain interested philanthropic partners.  
• Help plan and staff Advancing Girls related events and collaborate with Tides segment leads to identify joint event opportunities as well as donor education/engagement opportunities. 
• Convene donor briefings and raise financial resources for the AG in partnership with Marketing and Communications and Program staff. 

Resource Development

• Build effective fundraising tools that support the fundraising efforts of current grantees that are aligned with trust-based philanthropy practices.  
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop resources for AG including webpages, announcements, and donor reports. 
• Support Tides’ effort in creating org-wide templates and standards to support collaborative/pooled funds in measuring grantee impact, developing evaluation frameworks, feedback structures and tracking systems with an eye to donor education. 
• Support the timely briefs in partnership with the Marketing & Communications and Programs team to showcase Tides’ knowledge on important and/or emerging issues in philanthropy to benefit key stakeholders, including current partners. 

Partner Relationship Management

• Deliver high quality service to an assigned portfolio of philanthropic partners, as part of a cross-functional team that may include Finance, Grants, Legal, Business Process and other teams to support partners’ objectives.
• Serve as primary point of contact with philanthropic partners, coordinating and optimizing interactions among partners, consultants, grantees, and other stakeholders.

In partnership with identified advisors, create connections and foster collaboration between Tides women and girls focused partners that are aligned with Tides VMA and Impact model. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Demonstrated commitment to and experience in progressive social change through women and girls initiatives. 
• Strong alignment with Tides’ Vision, Mission and Approach and our organizational values of respect, equity, empowerment, accountability, and creativity.  
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement fundraising strategies from concept phase to completion. 
• Successful fund development experience, including donors, foundations, and corporations. 
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a strong service orientation to facilitate collaborative problem-solving to reach solutions that benefit all parties. 
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage expectations, and steward important relationships. 
• Ability to hold self and others accountable for high-quality, timely, and effective outputs with a demonstrated commitment to meeting the needs of internal and external partners for a high level of satisfaction. 
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to and appreciation for diverse viewpoints, different communication styles, and a wide range of diverse colleagues. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to develop proposals, make presentations, and communicate effectively with partners. 
• Demonstrated ability to hold information confidential with excellent judgment and to engage in a direct and truthful manner. 
• Strong motivation and an ability to simultaneously manage multiple assignments at varying levels of complexity, from administrative to strategic partner services. 
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to work with and manipulate data from multiple sources, assimilate and present information in a clear and concise manner. 
• Ability to use systems and other tools (Salesforce & NetSuite) to gather data, insights to measure outcomes.

Education and Work Experience

• BA/BS or higher degree, or equivalent experience may be substituted for a college degree. 
• 7 - 10 years of demonstrated fundraising experience working in the philanthropy and/or nonprofit  sector. 
• 2-4 years’ experience in women and girls grantmaking and / or advocacy

Compensation

Tides is committed to providing a competitive compensation package. We value pay equity and account for factors such as your location within the U.S., your skills and your relevant experience, and we will not ask for your salary history. Your starting salary will fall into one of three ranges, depending on your location:

• National market: $82,900 - $103,600 (Most U.S. states)
• Moderate market: $90,400 - $113,000 (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and D.C. metro areas) 
• High market: $99,400 - $124,200 (New York City and San Francisco metro areas)

Please note the above geographic areas are examples and not a complete list. Our talent acquisition team will review your application and confirm your placement within this structure at the beginning of the interview process.

Application Instructions

Please submit your resume and a thoughtful cover letter. Your cover letter should express why you’re a great candidate for this role, and your motivation for joining our team at Tides.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time

Life at Tides

Working at Tides connects you with world-class teammates, enduring relationships, and an inspired sense of purpose - while our employee benefits support our team’s talent and well-being. Our hybrid work model supports staff who are based all across the United States, in addition to maintaining our offices in New York & San Francisco.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We look forward to reviewing applications from all qualified jobseekers. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities. No applicant will be discriminated against because of their race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage and will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Applicants with Disabilities

Reasonable accommodations will be made so that all who are interested may participate in our interview process. If you are in need of an accommodation, please advise in writing at the time you apply.