The Associate Vice President, Institutional Giving provides strategic guidance and leadership for EDF’s foundation fundraising program, including oversight and direction on major and prospective funder strategies/proposals/reports, internal and external relationships and communications, and operational processes. Reports to Vice President, Institutional Giving (VP-IG).

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior leader on the Institutional Giving team, partnering closely with the VP-IG on all aspects of team management; thought partnership on strategic relationship management for current and prospective donors; and interfacing with EDF programs and departments to ensure smooth and timely information flow and working relationships.
• Supervise and provide leadership to IG team focused on expanding current and securing new partnerships, including but not limited to directors and senior foundation officers, particularly mentoring staff and helping build senior staff leadership and management skills.
• Oversee and coordinate team-level operations, including responding to information requests from leadership and other EDF programs, ensuring processes are efficient, internal stakeholders’ needs are met, and information flows smoothly.
• Evaluate IG team strategies, processes, output, communication, and performance on an ongoing basis, and identify improvements as needed.
• Provide overall quality assurance across top solicitations, $1M+ proposals, reports and strategy documents, ensuring that deliverables are donor focused with compelling program strategy.
• Provide final review of IG correspondence and other materials for select EDF leadership, including donor briefing materials.
• Carry out special projects that add value for the department or the organization.
• Manage donor relationships and board prospects (limited) as needed.
• Participates in advancing EDF DEI goals in which people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to address the environmental and organizational challenges in alignment with EDF values.