CRL Philanthropy Manager

Who We Are:

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a nonprofit,
non-partisan organization working to ensure a fair, inclusive
financial marketplace that creates opportunities for all. Through
research, legal analysis, policy development, and state and
national advocacy engagement, CRL fights for economic equity for
underserved communities—particularly Black and brown communities
and low-to-middle income families. CRL’s staff, allies, and funders
reflect a collective commitment to eliminating systemic injustice
in America’s financial services.

CRL provides a strong voice on both the state and national
levels for these families to expand family wealth and financial
stability through sustainable homeownership, affordable higher
education, and support for small businesses, and protect their
financial stability by preventing abusive products that trap
families in debt and strip away their income, by ending payday
lending and other predatory high-cost lending, exorbitant bank
fees, and abusive debt collection practices. CRL is an affiliate of
Self-Help, a community development lender founded in 1980 that has
provided more than $9 billion dollars in financing to help 164,000
low-wealth borrowers buy homes, build businesses, and strengthen
community resources.

We are seeking a Philanthropy Manager to join our
Durham, NC or Washington, DC team!

What You’ll Do:

GRANT MANAGMEMENT 

• Manage the process of enlisting and effectively coordinating
  functional team members in the preparation of coherent, organized
  and compelling LOI’s, grant proposals, reports and other
  solicitations.
• Maintain a calendar of grant opportunities, applications, and
  report due dates, utilizing Salesforce or other CRL project
  management tools for tracking deliverables.
• Manage the process of securing budget documents from the
  Finance Department for grant applications and reports and ensure
  accuracy for submission.
• Work with Director and functional team leads to prepare
  proposal budgets.
• Prepare final materials and submit LOI’s, grant applications
  and reports to funders and prospects via grant portals or other
  dictated channels.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT & GIFT
PROCESSING 

• Oversee all functions of donor database management.
• Manage reports and dashboards for all philanthropy functions to
  track progress, inform fundraising strategy, and increase
  efficiency of daily tasks.
• Manage philanthropy files in SharePoint to ensure accuracy of
  documentation and access to relevant files.
• Partner with Director to analyze the donor pipeline and
  recommend strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
  fundraising operations.
• Process all donations in a timely manner, including coding each
  gift, entering gift information in the database, informing relevant
  contacts, making bank deposits and processing wire transfers and
  facilitating the appropriate thank-you process.
• Coordinate gift acknowledgments with other staff to ensure that
  correspondences are customized and detailed.
• Assist the Finance Department on monthly reconciliations,
  proper coding of expenses, the annual audit and grant
  reporting.

 DONOR ENGAGEMENT/OTHER 

• Collaborate with the Director and the Communications team to
  feature and highlight donors and donor/grant impact.
• Partner with the Director to engender impact in existing
  channels and grow new pipelines of revenue.
• Perform other assigned duties.

What You’ll Need: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience
  required.
• 2 years of experience in development, sales, partnership, or
  project coordination; 2+ years preferred.
• Strong commitment to our mission – creating economic
  opportunity for traditionally underserved communities.
• Strong technical aptitude including proficiency in Microsoft
  Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Experience with Salesforce
  preferred.

Center for Responsible Lending is committed to providing
equal employment opportunities to all persons, regardless of race,
religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry,
physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic
information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender
expression (including transgender status), age, sexual orientation,
military and veteran status, class or family status.