Development

Institutional Giving Manager

Overview

The Institutional Giving Manager is responsible for developing, managing, and sustaining a portfolio of foundation and government partnerships in collaboration with the Managing Director, the Executive Director, and other SFFILM team members as necessary. Under the supervision of the Managing Director, the Manager will identify new prospects, sustain ongoing relationships, and secure grants for both operational and program support.

Responsibilities

Manage foundation and government fundraising for the organization.
Research prospective institutional partners and cultivate new partnerships, with a particular focus on general operating support.
Work with departmental leadership to identify and secure grants for new and existing programs and initiatives across all programmatic work.
Steward current supporters throughout the year, including during SFFILM events and during the SFFILM Festival. Provide concierge services, such as complimentary tickets or special invitations, to these constituents as needed.
Manage one temporary Festival employee to support concierge goals for the development department.
Write all foundation and government grant applications, proposals, and reports.
Work closely with SFFILM’s Finance Department to create project budgets, provide financial reports to supporters and ensure the financial and legal fulfillment of all awarded grants. Collaborate with the department to reconcile institutional giving budgets and actuals on a monthly basis.
Participate in meetings of SFFILM’s Development Department as well as frequent interdepartmental meetings.
Communicate with all SFFILM departments to gather information and data about accomplishments, challenges, and progress relevant to the development of funding prospects and reporting to current supporters.
Work with SFFILM departments to ensure that programmatic grants are executed as planned.
Create and maintain database of statistics and information that communicate SFFILM’s impact across its program areas. Collaborate with SFFILM staff members to facilitate the collection and use of this data.
Create and maintain all CRM records related to foundation and government giving, including tracking of prospective relationships.
Serve as cross-departmental lead on development tracking systems and CRM best practices.
Track and manage the receipt and acknowledgment of foundation and government gifts.
Create and maintain an up-to-date grant calendar with application and report deadlines.
Develop a one-, three- and five-year strategy for foundation and government giving in collaboration with the Managing Director.

Qualifications

Three to five years of direct experience grant writing and foundation portfolio management with demonstrated success in closing gifts of $100,000 and above.
Ability to conceive, plan, and execute a grants strategy, including family foundations, institutional partners, and government funders.
Exceptional writing skills and ability to efficiently create funding narratives in a fast-paced environment.
Capable of inspiring support from a variety of constituent groups internally and externally.
Willingness to be hands-on in a role that is demanding and requires a high level of energy.
Extensive donor database experience highly desired, preferably DonorPerfect.
Strong sense of fundraising ethics and respect for confidentiality of donor information.
Superior interpersonal skills and ability to communicate professionally with volunteers, colleagues, and donors.
Strong work ethic, professional manner, and ability to represent SFFILM.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload in a timely manner to complete assignment when faced with many deadlines and competing requirements.
Experience with non-profits highly desirable.

Strategic Partnerships Intern

Overview

Want the opportunity to make an impact at a legacy film arts nonprofit? SFFILM’s Development Department seeks a high energy, organized, and data-oriented person to join us this summer to assist with research and analysis, helping expand our portfolio of corporate and community partners. Your work will assist on identifying, researching and identifying prospective corporate partners and related-marketing opportunities with SFFILM. This is an excellent entry-level opportunity to make a meaningful contribution and help influence the strategy of the organization.

This internship requires a commitment of 2-3 days a week (approximately 12-20 hours per week) and starts in early June and ends in August. This position requires attendance at some evening events this summer.

Responsibilities

Research new and existing in-kind and corporate sponsors. Assist with preliminary outreach and information gathering of potential partners.
Create reports, visualizations for external and internal communications.
Proactively identify and analyze areas for improvement using a data-driven, partner-centric approach to help grow and optimize the organization.
Propose new business partnership opportunities for SFFILM, based on research and evidence gathering.
Support improvements to database organization and maintenance.
Contribute to planning and production of receptions and events.
Assist the Development Department in soliciting in-kind sponsors such as restaurants, caterers, food purveyors and beverage sponsors.
Track sponsor benefits and implementation.
Facilitate delivery and organization of post-event reports.
Provide general administrative support.
Collaborate with staff on partnerships mapping and follow up strategies.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will be skilled listeners and eager problem solvers, with enthusiasm for creatively building relationships with new people and businesses, in order to grow the film community of San Francisco.
A self-starter with an interest in mission driven work, you want to spend your summer influencing an organization making a community impact.
You’re detail-oriented, comfortable using technology and curious about understanding and improving the way things work.
A bit analytical, you love getting insights and making decisions from data.
You are team oriented and have a professional demeanor.
Must be able to express yourself clearly, thoroughly and mindfully.
Ability to multitask and exhibit consistent follow-through; can work under time constraints.
Familiarity with Bay Area businesses and geography a plus.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Additional analytics tools a plus.

Development Intern

Overview

SFFILM’s Development Department seeks a dependable, organized, team-oriented person to join us this summer, assisting with membership, fundraising strategy and implementation. This is an excellent entry-level opportunity. This internship requires a commitment of 2-3 days a week (approximately 12-20 hours per week) and starts in early June and ends in mid-August. This position requires attendance at some evening events this summer.

Responsibilities

Interact with SFFILM’s fundraising constituents – including sponsors, donors and members.
Provide assistance to Membership Coordinator at Member Screenings and other public-facing SFFILM events.
Interface with SFFILM members, acting as customer service representative.
Process memberships and acknowledgement letters, assisting with benefit tracking and fulfillment.
Liaise with Box Office to fulfill occasional ticket orders.
Help manage invite & RSVP lists.
Other administrative support as needed.

Qualifications

Detail-oriented, able to take instruction, and take initiative when appropriate.
Outgoing and friendly personality with an excellent, professional demeanor. The intern represents SFFILM when speaking with constituents.
Must be able to express yourself clearly, thoroughly and politely.
Must be able to work some evenings.
Ability to multitask and exhibit consistent follow-through; can work under time constraints.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office a plus.
Fluency in English required