The Strategic Impact & Outreach Team is looking for an Associate to contribute to our goals through efforts that will identify and connect high-impact philanthropic individuals and grantmaking partners that align with TLC’s mission, priorities, and opportunities for strategic growth and impact. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer and communicator, highly detailed and organized, analytical, possess the ability to translate complex information to a variety of audiences, a team player, relationship
builder, and have enthusiasm for TLC’s mission.
Minimum Education/Experience:
• A bachelor’s degree and 0-5 years experience or 4+ years of nonprofit experience and completion or work toward a nonprofit certification/continuing education.
Hours/Days of Work:
• Hybrid Work Format
• 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday (Exempt)
• Position requires evening and weekend assignments
Annual Salary: $45,000
Summary:
TLC’s mission is to empower individuals of all abilities to live their fullest life. Through a collaborative and engaging process throughout the organization, we have created the first three years of our strategic plan called Building Possibilities. Focused on three pillars: Quality, Access, and Equity, we are working toward a 20-year vision to create pathways to a world of possibilities. Founded as Tammy Lynn Center in 1969 by
three local families committed to creating better options for their children, we are building on a 53-year history of serving individuals of all abilities and all ages and their families in Wake County.
Responsibilities —
Prospect Research:
• Research grantmaking investments and opportunities from individuals and corporate, community, and family foundations in support of TLC’s annual, campaign, programmatic, and endowment priorities.
• Create, update, and maintain profiles in the donor database, and assist with other data input tasks as needed by the Manager and the rest of the SI&O team.
Proposal & Grant Writing:
• Write proposals, reports, and updates for philanthropic partners in collaboration with TLC’s Director of Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives, frontline fundraisers, and leadership volunteers.
• Responsible for the coordination, writing, and submission of grant applications and proposals, collaborating with other team members and staff across the organization, and leveraging existing relationships when necessary.
Project & Relationship Management:
• Create and manage a plan, calendar, and process for the grant cycle.
• Serve as the primary or co-contact for individual, corporate, family foundation, and government/public impact partners, helping to make connections at key stages of the relationship with other frontline fundraisers for elevated engagement opportunities.
• Plan, coordinate, and support kick-off and follow-up meetings with relevant staff throughout grant cycles and implementations of grants.
• Build and manage assigned relationships internally and externally with staff, volunteers, and current and potential philanthropic partners.
Stewardship & Performance Monitoring:
• Manage or co-manage grantor stewardship, including impact reports required and requested by grantors.
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives, Senior Manager for Finance, and program staff to monitor and measure the performance and implementation of programmatic grants and investments.
• Create and implement processes and practices that help connect, inform, engage, and steward audiences and their impact.
Data Integrity & Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Practices:
• Research and implement best practices aligned with diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in systems, processes, and practices.
• Manage processes for the creation and maintenance of opportunities and actions in the database and the assignment and escalation of relationships.
• Support moves management and database input and updates process for frontline fundraisers and leadership volunteers.
The Associate will be responsible for research, data input and analysis, proposal writing, grant submissions and monitoring, the creation and maintenance of profiles, and donor stewardship and impact reporting. They will work closely with the Manager on moves management, frontline fundraiser and leadership volunteer support, and the assignment and escalation of key relationships. They will also work closely with the Director of Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives to train and transition into annual
grant management as well as to monitor and measure program performance and progress related to grantor and high-impact investments.
Reporting to the Associate Director, the Associate will work with the team and staff across the organization on identifying funding priorities, developing strategic approaches, and serving as liaison to individual and foundation partners.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate with minimal experience or an experienced grant writer looking to be part of and learn from a talented and creative team.
TLC is projecting to exceed its fiscal year 2024 impact goals, manages an endowment of over $3 million, and is working to transform our campus through a multi-million-dollar capital campaign with a continued growth trajectory in 2023-2024. Excitingly, we will break ground on a new ICF home this summer of 2023.
