Senior Director of Institutional Giving

Position Overview

Reporting to the Managing Director of Development & Communications and part of a team responsible for securing approximately $4M+ of private revenue annually, the Senior Director of Institutional Giving will work closely with the entire City Year New York (CYNY) development & communications team, staff, corps, and boards to expand our revenue base with corporate and foundation partners. As a member of the Development team, the Senior Director will lead stewardship of current corporate and foundation sponsorships and grants as well as identify and secure new partnership funding to drive student impact through national service.

Job Description Position Details

Compensation range for this position is $130,000-$145,000, commensurate with experience. The anticipated start time frame for this position is September 2026. This is currently a hybrid of in-person and virtual work, with an expectation of 2 days per week in the office and additional time on-site for fundraising events. This role reports to the City Year New York Managing Director of Development & Communications, supports our Development & Communications team, and collaborates frequently with City Year Headquarters teams.

Corporate Revenue, Strategy & Stewardship

Build upon CYNY's corporate partnerships strategy to increase funding from $1M+ annually and position the organization as a premier leader in student success and educational opportunity within the community, with a goal of increasing revenue by at least $250,000 in the first 12 months.

• Strategize, oversee, and manage the Corporate Development Team’s cultivation and stewardship efforts for current and potential partners.
• Collaborate with the Managing Director of Development and Communications to create strategies to identify and secure new corporate supporters, leverage existing relationships, and increase multi-year commitments.
• Identify, engage, and cultivate a pipeline of corporate and foundation prospects that can make annual and multi-year investments at the $25,000+ level with an emphasis on the $125,000 Team Sponsor level and on diversifying City Year’s support in key sectors.
• Create and adapt a variety of potential partnership opportunities, including benefits and engagement concepts that align with our program and goals.
• Oversee engagement strategy of existing Team and Program Sponsorships.
• Leverage sales of corporate volunteer events to diversify our base of supporters, raising at least $300,000 from these events in FY27.
• Create tailored proposals and leverage senior leadership, the Advisory Board, and external champions to identify, connect with, and secure new mutually beneficial partnerships.

Grants & Foundation Relations

• Oversee a portfolio of foundations to maintain $1.3M+ funding annually and to increase funding by $200,000 or more within 12 months through active prospecting of new foundation funders.
• Continue to build a robust portfolio of foundation funders over time, eventually raising at least $2-2.5M per year.
• Write strong grants that get funded at least 75% of the time.
• Work closely with the Managing Director of Development, apply knowledge of organizational initiatives to identify, research, and set strategies for grants and foundations that are prospects for CYNY’s initiatives.
• Build systems to ensure grant progress reports and letters of intent are submitted in a timely manner to maintain ongoing and secure new funding.

Institutional Giving Team Management & Development Operations

• Manage the Senior Manager of Institutional Giving.
• Actively manage institutional portfolio and pipeline in Salesforce CRM.
• Work closely with fellow Development team members to understand priorities and business goals and develop strategies to meet the organization’s needs.
• Work with the development team to leverage events to increase giving, such as City Year’s annual gala, service days (school beautification projects), and school visits for potential donors.
• Represent City Year at external and partner functions to establish and deepen potential and current donor

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience; Master’s Degree preferred.
• 6+ years of fundraising experience, preferably for a non-profit or educational organization and a minimum of 3 years of experience in a management and/or director-level role.
• Experience working with foundations and corporations, identifying prospects, and writing grant proposals.
• Proven track record building relationships with high-net-worth donors, corporate executives, and foundation staff and maintaining productive relationships with key stakeholders and ability to close major gifts.
• Base of knowledge of all aspects of fundraising, particularly foundations grants and corporate sponsorships, and a proven ability to deliver strong, measurable results and meet fundraising goals.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with an ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences.
• Excellent research and grant exploration skills.
• Willingness to occasionally work irregular hours, such as early mornings, evenings and weekends.
• Ability to adapt and excel in diverse, high energy, entrepreneurial, and rapidly changing environment.
• Passion for education and youth development.
• Attitude essentials: growth mindset, passion for City Year’s mission, detail-oriented, committed to teamwork, grit and resilience.

Benefits

• Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays.
• You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs.
• Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document.
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• Employment at City Year is at-will.
• City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.

About City Year

City Year’s dual mission is to expand educational opportunity for all students and develop the next generation of leaders through national service. Trained teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to improve in English and math assessments, and the more time students spend with AmeriCorps members, the more they improve on academic, cognitive and interpersonal skills— skills that help students thrive in school, college and career. City Year’s 900 staff and 2,000+ AmeriCorps members work and serve in 29 communities across the U.S., including Boston (where City Year was founded in 1988 and is headquartered), Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, LittleRock, LosAngeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, NewHampshire, NewOrleans, NewYork, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, SanAntonio, SanJosé/SiliconValley, Seattle/KingCounty, Tulsa and Washington, D.C. City Year also has international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year has been designated a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator since 2003, putting City Year in the top 1% of non-profits nationwide for accountability, transparency and responsible fiscal management, and among the most trustworthy nonprofits in America. At City Year, we sometimes say we work not only “at” City Year, but also “on” City Year, recognizing that the organization, like our world, is constantly evolving and changing. Two things that have never changed: our steadfast belief in the power of young people to change our world for the better; and our aspiration to create positive school and work environments where everyone feels a sense of connection, is supported to do their best work, and is able to learn, contribute, lead and create to their fullest potential.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance

As an equal opportunity employer, City Year is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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