Center for Science in the Public Interest, Senior Development Officer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. Benefits section if posting states them. We have compensation: salary range $111,000 to 145,000, based on experience. Benefits: 3 weeks vacation, additional paid holiday leave between Dec 24 and Jan 1, 8 weeks paid parental leave, excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion, 3% employer match contribution to retirement plan after six months, ½ day Fridays meaning full-time staff work 36 hours per week. So we have Pay and Benefits sections. Schedule? Not explicitly stated besides ½ day Fridays (36 hours per week). That could be schedule info. The posting says "We also offer ½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." That's schedule detail. So we can include Schedule section with that info.
We need sections: About the role (maybe description), Responsibilities (Essential Duties And Responsibilities), Qualifications (Qualifications), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly Skills? Could be included under Qualifications. But we can keep Skills separate if there is explicit skills list. The qualifications include many skills; but we can put them under Qualifications. The instruction: Use headings for sections e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include only those with real content. We have About the role (description paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Pay (salary range). Schedule (½ day Fridays). We should not include Requirements if not distinct; but we could treat Qualifications as Requirements. We'll include Qualifications.
We need to remove duplicated lines: The posting had duplicated Essential Duties And Responsibilities block twice. We'll include once.
We need to strip boilerplate: "Discover more from Jobs That Are Left from GAIN Power..." etc. Also "Application Details" repeated. Also "To Apply" etc. Also EEO statements. Also "CSPI on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" maybe considered boilerplate? It's substantive about values; could be kept as part of About CSPI? Might be considered part of About CSPI description. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The diversity statement might be considered EEO? It's about values, not strictly EEO. Might be okay to keep as part of About CSPI. But we could keep it under About the role or a separate section? There's no heading for About CSPI; we could incorporate into About the role description.
We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include description of CSPI mission, achievements, etc. Also the part about hybrid work environment.
Let's extract substantive content:
- Description paragraph: "The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) seeks a strategic and relationship-driven Senior Development Officer to lead cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of private foundations, family foundations, state-based foundations, and other institutional funders. The person in this leadership role will build and manage a portfolio of foundation prospects and donors, develop compelling funding proposals aligned with CSPI’s programmatic priorities, and work in close partnership with the Senior Development Director, who oversees CSPI’s foundation fundraising program as a whole, to advance a coordinated, growing pipeline of institutional support. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraiser with expertise in foundation fundraising and a commitment to CSPI’s mission to improve health and well-being for people in communities, regardless of race, income, education, or social factors. The successful candidate will help expand CSPI’s institutional funding base at a pivotal moment for food safety, nutrition and health policy, with potential for growth into an advanced role as CSPI’s development program evolves. The Senior Development Officer is part of a five-person Development Department and reports directly to the Senior Development Director. This role works closely with executive leadership, finance, grants management, and program staff across the organization to align fundraising strategy, donor stewardship, grant compliance, and organizational priorities. The ideal candidate is a skilled relationship builder and project manager who can connect the dots across teams. CSPI’s office is in Washington, D.C., where we offer a hybrid work environment with D.C.-based staff free to work from home but available for occasional in-person meetings based on team needs. Our staff outside of the D.C. area work remotely at locations across the U.S. We will consider DC-based or remote applicants within the U.S. for this position."
- Essential Duties And Responsibilities: list with subheadings: Fundraising Strategic Planning, Portfolio Management & Relationship Cultivation, Prospect Research & Pipeline Management, Proposal & Grant Development, Funder Communications & Stewardship. Each has bullet-like sentences (some run-on). We need to turn into
- items. Could break each sentence into separate li? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat each major duty as a li. Could also split subpoints. We'll create li for each major duty heading and its description.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications: "8 + years of progressive experience in foundation relations, institutional giving, or grant-focused fundraising, ideally in public health, science, or advocacy-related nonprofits working at both the federal and state levels." etc. We'll turn each into li.
- Benefits: list: "3 weeks of annual vacation leave; additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1; 8 weeks of paid parental leave; excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums; and a 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service. We also offer ½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." We'll split into li.
- Pay: salary range: "$111,000 to 145,000, based on experience." We'll put in
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- Schedule: maybe we already included ½ day Fridays in benefits; but schedule could be separate: "½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." We'll put in Schedule section.
We must not repeat info. If we put ½ day Fridays in Benefits, we shouldn't also put in Schedule. But we could keep schedule separate and benefits without that line. However benefits list includes that line; we could keep it in benefits and not have schedule. But the instruction: include Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state schedule info (½ day Fridays). So we could have both Benefits and Schedule sections, but we must not duplicate. We could put the ½ day Fridays in Schedule, and benefits list without that line. Let's do that.
Thus Benefits: 3 weeks vacation, additional paid holiday leave Dec 24-Jan 1, 8 weeks paid parental leave, excellent medical/dental insurance with CSPI paying significant portion, 3% employer match to retirement after six months.
Schedule: ½ day Fridays, meaning full-time staff work 36 hours per week.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
We'll structure:
About the role
... description ...
Responsibilities
- Fundraising Strategic Planning: Work with Senior Director of Development, Development Team members, and program staff to develop and implement the overall foundation fundraising strategy, set portfolio goals, and coordinate outreach across the full foundation fundraising program; oversee all aspects of execution of fundraising plan, including stewardship and growth of foundation funders; engage board members and organizational leadership in cultivation and stewardship efforts; stay abreast of philanthropic trends, sector best practices, and evolving foundation funding priorities, and apply that knowledge to strengthen and continuously improve CSPI’s foundation fundraising program; ensure all fundraising is consistent with CSPI’s Gift Acceptance Policy.
- Portfolio Management & Relationship Cultivation: Grow philanthropic revenue by managing and expanding a portfolio of foundations, institutional funders, family foundations, and state-based foundations; develop annual cultivation, solicitation, stewardship and revenue strategies for each assigned relationship; cultivate program officer relationships through regular one-on-one outreach via meetings, calls, virtual meetings and stewardship; develop and monitor annual revenue budgets for all foundation funders.
- Prospect Research & Pipeline Management: Manage foundation prospect research and cultivation aligned with CSPI’s mission and program areas; develop and maintain a foundation prospect list and prospect file, including institutional funders, formal family foundations, state-based foundations, and donor-advised funds.
- Proposal & Grant Development: Work with team leads to develop foundation prospects, funder briefs, letters of inquiry, proposals, budgets and reports; provide coaching to strengthen budgeting and program summary preparation skills; translate CSPI’s scientific and policy work into compelling, funder-ready narratives in partnership with program staff; draft and edit foundation fundraising letters, proposals and reports, and develop fundraising outreach publications, as needed; coordinate the submission of grant proposals and grant reports (and accompanying materials for both); maintain calendar and deadlines related to foundation fundraising; track proposal and report deadlines, ensuring on-time, high-quality submissions across the portfolio.
- Funder Communications & Stewardship: Develop and execute stewardship plans for current funders, including impact updates, acknowledgements, and media updates; ensure accurate, up-to-date donor records and grant tracking in CSPI’s donor systems; contribute to the Development Department’s shared outreach mailings, calls with funders, and events; arrange and participate in meetings between CSPI staff and foundations, as needed; represent CSPI to the foundation funding community and serve as the staff liaison with foundations.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive experience in foundation relations, institutional giving, or grant-focused fundraising, ideally in public health, science, or advocacy-related nonprofits working at both the federal and state levels.
- Demonstrated success securing and stewarding six-figure and above foundation grants and building long-term funder relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute institutional fundraising strategy, including setting revenue goals, building prospect pipelines, and growing the portfolio over time; this includes foundation fundraising material development, tracking, stewardship, and solicitation.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to craft compelling proposals, reports, and funder presentations tailored to diverse audiences.
- Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate complex program work into clear cases for support.
- Strong interpersonal skills, maturity, tactfulness, and good judgment; capable of handling confidential information with discretion.
- Exceptional relationship builder with the ability to effectively engage CSPI’s senior leaders and board members with current foundation funders and prospects, and individual donors.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex projects effectively; ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.
- Must have interest in nutrition, food safety, and public health issues; and a commitment to public interest advocacy.
- Computer proficiency with Microsoft 365 and fundraising software and databases.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
- Interest and commitment to CSPI’s work and mission and embracing CSPI’s core values.
Benefits
- 3 weeks of annual vacation leave
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. Benefits section if posting states them. We have compensation: salary range $111,000 to 145,000, based on experience. Benefits: 3 weeks vacation, additional paid holiday leave between Dec 24 and Jan 1, 8 weeks paid parental leave, excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion, 3% employer match contribution to retirement plan after six months, ½ day Fridays meaning full-time staff work 36 hours per week. So we have Pay and Benefits sections. Schedule? Not explicitly stated besides ½ day Fridays (36 hours per week). That could be schedule info. The posting says "We also offer ½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." That's schedule detail. So we can include Schedule section with that info. We need sections: About the role (maybe description), Responsibilities (Essential Duties And Responsibilities), Qualifications (Qualifications), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly Skills? Could be included under Qualifications. But we can keep Skills separate if there is explicit skills list. The qualifications include many skills; but we can put them under Qualifications. The instruction: Use headings for sections e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include only those with real content. We have About the role (description paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Pay (salary range). Schedule (½ day Fridays). We should not include Requirements if not distinct; but we could treat Qualifications as Requirements. We'll include Qualifications. We need to remove duplicated lines: The posting had duplicated Essential Duties And Responsibilities block twice. We'll include once. We need to strip boilerplate: "Discover more from Jobs That Are Left from GAIN Power..." etc. Also "Application Details" repeated. Also "To Apply" etc. Also EEO statements. Also "CSPI on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" maybe considered boilerplate? It's substantive about values; could be kept as part of About CSPI? Might be considered part of About CSPI description. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The diversity statement might be considered EEO? It's about values, not strictly EEO. Might be okay to keep as part of About CSPI. But we could keep it under About the role or a separate section? There's no heading for About CSPI; we could incorporate into About the role description. We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include description of CSPI mission, achievements, etc. Also the part about hybrid work environment. Let's extract substantive content: - Description paragraph: "The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) seeks a strategic and relationship-driven Senior Development Officer to lead cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of private foundations, family foundations, state-based foundations, and other institutional funders. The person in this leadership role will build and manage a portfolio of foundation prospects and donors, develop compelling funding proposals aligned with CSPI’s programmatic priorities, and work in close partnership with the Senior Development Director, who oversees CSPI’s foundation fundraising program as a whole, to advance a coordinated, growing pipeline of institutional support. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraiser with expertise in foundation fundraising and a commitment to CSPI’s mission to improve health and well-being for people in communities, regardless of race, income, education, or social factors. The successful candidate will help expand CSPI’s institutional funding base at a pivotal moment for food safety, nutrition and health policy, with potential for growth into an advanced role as CSPI’s development program evolves. The Senior Development Officer is part of a five-person Development Department and reports directly to the Senior Development Director. This role works closely with executive leadership, finance, grants management, and program staff across the organization to align fundraising strategy, donor stewardship, grant compliance, and organizational priorities. The ideal candidate is a skilled relationship builder and project manager who can connect the dots across teams. CSPI’s office is in Washington, D.C., where we offer a hybrid work environment with D.C.-based staff free to work from home but available for occasional in-person meetings based on team needs. Our staff outside of the D.C. area work remotely at locations across the U.S. We will consider DC-based or remote applicants within the U.S. for this position." - Essential Duties And Responsibilities: list with subheadings: Fundraising Strategic Planning, Portfolio Management & Relationship Cultivation, Prospect Research & Pipeline Management, Proposal & Grant Development, Funder Communications & Stewardship. Each has bullet-like sentences (some run-on). We need to turn into
- items. Could break each sentence into separate li? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat each major duty as a li. Could also split subpoints. We'll create li for each major duty heading and its description.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications: "8 + years of progressive experience in foundation relations, institutional giving, or grant-focused fundraising, ideally in public health, science, or advocacy-related nonprofits working at both the federal and state levels." etc. We'll turn each into li.
- Benefits: list: "3 weeks of annual vacation leave; additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1; 8 weeks of paid parental leave; excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums; and a 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service. We also offer ½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." We'll split into li.
- Pay: salary range: "$111,000 to 145,000, based on experience." We'll put in
. - Schedule: maybe we already included ½ day Fridays in benefits; but schedule could be separate: "½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." We'll put in Schedule section. We must not repeat info. If we put ½ day Fridays in Benefits, we shouldn't also put in Schedule. But we could keep schedule separate and benefits without that line. However benefits list includes that line; we could keep it in benefits and not have schedule. But the instruction: include Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state schedule info (½ day Fridays). So we could have both Benefits and Schedule sections, but we must not duplicate. We could put the ½ day Fridays in Schedule, and benefits list without that line. Let's do that. Thus Benefits: 3 weeks vacation, additional paid holiday leave Dec 24-Jan 1, 8 weeks paid parental leave, excellent medical/dental insurance with CSPI paying significant portion, 3% employer match to retirement after six months. Schedule: ½ day Fridays, meaning full-time staff work 36 hours per week. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll structure:
About the role
... description ...
Responsibilities
- Fundraising Strategic Planning: Work with Senior Director of Development, Development Team members, and program staff to develop and implement the overall foundation fundraising strategy, set portfolio goals, and coordinate outreach across the full foundation fundraising program; oversee all aspects of execution of fundraising plan, including stewardship and growth of foundation funders; engage board members and organizational leadership in cultivation and stewardship efforts; stay abreast of philanthropic trends, sector best practices, and evolving foundation funding priorities, and apply that knowledge to strengthen and continuously improve CSPI’s foundation fundraising program; ensure all fundraising is consistent with CSPI’s Gift Acceptance Policy.
- Portfolio Management & Relationship Cultivation: Grow philanthropic revenue by managing and expanding a portfolio of foundations, institutional funders, family foundations, and state-based foundations; develop annual cultivation, solicitation, stewardship and revenue strategies for each assigned relationship; cultivate program officer relationships through regular one-on-one outreach via meetings, calls, virtual meetings and stewardship; develop and monitor annual revenue budgets for all foundation funders.
- Prospect Research & Pipeline Management: Manage foundation prospect research and cultivation aligned with CSPI’s mission and program areas; develop and maintain a foundation prospect list and prospect file, including institutional funders, formal family foundations, state-based foundations, and donor-advised funds.
- Proposal & Grant Development: Work with team leads to develop foundation prospects, funder briefs, letters of inquiry, proposals, budgets and reports; provide coaching to strengthen budgeting and program summary preparation skills; translate CSPI’s scientific and policy work into compelling, funder-ready narratives in partnership with program staff; draft and edit foundation fundraising letters, proposals and reports, and develop fundraising outreach publications, as needed; coordinate the submission of grant proposals and grant reports (and accompanying materials for both); maintain calendar and deadlines related to foundation fundraising; track proposal and report deadlines, ensuring on-time, high-quality submissions across the portfolio.
- Funder Communications & Stewardship: Develop and execute stewardship plans for current funders, including impact updates, acknowledgements, and media updates; ensure accurate, up-to-date donor records and grant tracking in CSPI’s donor systems; contribute to the Development Department’s shared outreach mailings, calls with funders, and events; arrange and participate in meetings between CSPI staff and foundations, as needed; represent CSPI to the foundation funding community and serve as the staff liaison with foundations.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive experience in foundation relations, institutional giving, or grant-focused fundraising, ideally in public health, science, or advocacy-related nonprofits working at both the federal and state levels.
- Demonstrated success securing and stewarding six-figure and above foundation grants and building long-term funder relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute institutional fundraising strategy, including setting revenue goals, building prospect pipelines, and growing the portfolio over time; this includes foundation fundraising material development, tracking, stewardship, and solicitation.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to craft compelling proposals, reports, and funder presentations tailored to diverse audiences.
- Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate complex program work into clear cases for support.
- Strong interpersonal skills, maturity, tactfulness, and good judgment; capable of handling confidential information with discretion.
- Exceptional relationship builder with the ability to effectively engage CSPI’s senior leaders and board members with current foundation funders and prospects, and individual donors.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex projects effectively; ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.
- Must have interest in nutrition, food safety, and public health issues; and a commitment to public interest advocacy.
- Computer proficiency with Microsoft 365 and fundraising software and databases.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
- Interest and commitment to CSPI’s work and mission and embracing CSPI’s core values.
Benefits
- 3 weeks of annual vacation leave
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat each major duty as a li. Could also split subpoints. We'll create li for each major duty heading and its description.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications: "8 + years of progressive experience in foundation relations, institutional giving, or grant-focused fundraising, ideally in public health, science, or advocacy-related nonprofits working at both the federal and state levels." etc. We'll turn each into li.
- Benefits: list: "3 weeks of annual vacation leave; additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1; 8 weeks of paid parental leave; excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums; and a 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service. We also offer ½ day Fridays, which means full-time staff work 36 hours per week." We'll split into li.
- Pay: salary range: "$111,000 to 145,000, based on experience." We'll put in