SVP, Foundation Relations

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  • items. - Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: could be split into Skills and maybe Qualifications. The posting has "Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities" and then "Required Qualifications". Also "Expected Leadership Competencies". We need to decide sections: Skills, Qualifications, maybe Benefits? No benefits mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. Schedule? Travel Requirements mentioned: "Travel Requirements Expected to travel nationally up to 10%-30%". That's schedule/travel info. So we can have a Schedule section with that. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can condense into lists but must preserve meaning. We can't omit details. However we can combine similar items into list items but must keep all info. Let's extract: About the role paragraph: "Since 1972, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth and young families by helping them achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, tap into their innate resilience, and hone their interests and skills to forge new pathways to independence. This work is carried out across Covenant House sites in 34 cities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras." Actually that's Overview. Then "About The Role The Senior Vice President, Foundation Relations is a strategic and entrepreneurial fundraising executive responsible for leading Covenant House International's foundation fundraising program and securing transformational philanthropic investments from private foundations. Reporting directly to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the SVP will focus primarily on identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major commitments from foundations capable of making seven- and eight-figure investments. The SVP will expand Covenant House's foundation portfolio by developing and securing significant new funding relationships with international, national, regional, family, and private foundations whose priorities align with Covenant House's mission and strategic objectives. The successful candidate will be a proven fundraiser with extensive experience securing multiple multi-million-dollar commitments and multi-year grants from leading private foundations. This leader will manage a team of frontline foundation relations officers and grant writers responsible for prospect development, cultivation, proposal development, reporting, and ongoing foundation engagement. The SVP will establish ambitious revenue goals, implement best practices across the foundation relations function, and build a high-performing team capable of sustaining significant growth. As a senior leader within the revenue organization, the SVP will help shape fundraising strategy, foster cross-functional collaboration, and model Covenant House's values of unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support. This position requires a self-starter with exceptional judgment, initiative, and accountability who can operate independently and achieve ambitious goals with minimal supervision." We need to put that in About the role section. Probably combine overview and about the role? The overview is also part of description. We'll include all. Responsibilities: list from "Essential Duties And Responsibilities". It has subheadings: Foundation Fundraising Strategy and Revenue Growth, Foundation Relationship Management, Leadership and Team Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Organizational Leadership. We need to extract each bullet. Let's extract each duty: Foundation Fundraising Strategy and Revenue Growth: - Develop and execute a comprehensive foundation relations strategy focused on securing transformational seven- and eight-figure investments from international, national, regional, family, and private foundations - Build and maintain a robust pipeline of high-capacity foundation prospects capable of making significant multi-year commitments - Personally manage a portfolio of the organization's most significant foundation prospects and funders - Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward new foundation partners whose philanthropic priorities align with Covenant House's mission and strategic plan - Develop strategies to secure support for core operations, programmatic initiatives, capital projects, endowment opportunities, international programs, policy initiatives, and other strategic priorities - Lead complex funding discussions and negotiate major grant awards and multi-year commitments - Establish annual revenue goals and performance metrics for the foundation relations program - Monitor trends in institutional philanthropy and identify emerging opportunities for strategic foundation investments Foundation Relationship Management: - Build trusted relationships with foundation presidents, executive directors, trustees, program officers, philanthropic advisors, and family office representatives - Design and implement customized cultivation and stewardship strategies for major foundation funders - Coordinate foundation site visits, executive briefings, funder meetings, and strategic engagement opportunities - Ensure exceptional stewardship and grant reporting that demonstrates impact and strengthens long-term relationships - Position Covenant House as a preferred philanthropic partner among leading foundations nationwide Leadership and Team Management: - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of foundation relations professionals, including frontline foundation relations officers and grant writers - Establish clear performance expectations, accountability measures, and professional development plans - Build a collaborative, high-performing culture centered on excellence, innovation, results, and continuous learning - Create systems and processes that improve proposal development, grant management, prospect tracking, and foundation stewardship - Ensure effective coordination between frontline fundraising activities and grant writing functions Cross-Functional Collaboration: - Partner closely with colleagues across donor relations, corporate partnerships, affiliate relations, marketing and communications, finance, programs, and executive leadership. - Coordinate institution-wide strategies involving major funding opportunities that require collaboration across multiple departments and subject-matter experts. - Work closely with program leaders to develop compelling cases for support and foundation funding opportunities. - Collaborate with donor relations colleagues when foundation trustees, family members, or family offices present opportunities for individual major gifts. - Partner with corporate partnerships colleagues when foundations and corporate philanthropy initiatives overlap. - Engage executive leadership and board members in cultivation and solicitation efforts when appropriate. Organizational Leadership: - Serve as a key member of the revenue organization leadership team and contribute to overall fundraising strategy and organizational growth. - Represent Covenant House with credibility and professionalism among foundation leaders and external stakeholders. - Model Covenant House's values and demonstrate a commitment to mission-centered leadership. - Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, integrity, inclusion, and shared success - Provide strategic insights regarding philanthropy trends, institutional funding opportunities, and long-term revenue diversification Now Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: list items: - Deep expertise in foundation fundraising and institutional philanthropy - Strong understanding of the foundation landscape, including major family, independent, regional, national, and international foundations - Proven ability to identify, cultivate, and close new foundation funding relationships - Expertise in developing comprehensive institutional fundraising strategies aligned with organizational priorities - Exceptional relationship-building skills with foundation executives, trustees, program officers, and philanthropic advisors - Strong leadership and team management capabilities - Ability to develop and communicate complex cases for support tailored to institutional funders - Exceptional writing, editing, and proposal development skills - Outstanding presentation and verbal communication abilities - Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills - Strong understanding of grant budgeting, proposal development, compliance, stewardship, and reporting requirements - High degree of initiative, accountability, and independent judgment - Strong project management and organizational skills - Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines within a fast-paced environment - Passion for Covenant House's mission and demonstrated commitment to serving vulnerable youth Required Qualifications: list: - Minimum of 12-15 years of progressively responsible fundraising experience, including substantial experience in foundation relations and institutional giving - Demonstrated success securing seven- and eight-figure grants and multi-year commitments from private foundations - Proven success securing seven- and eight-figure grants from national, regional, family, and private foundations - Experience building and managing portfolios of major foundation prospects and funders - Significant experience developing new foundation partnerships and generating substantial new revenue - Demonstrated success leading foundation fundraising strategies that achieve sustained revenue growth - Experience managing frontline fundraising professionals and grant writing teams. - Experience collaborating with executive leaders, board members, program staff, and external stakeholders - Experience managing large funding opportunities involving multiple stakeholders and organizational departments - Demonstrated ability to work independently and consistently achieve ambitious fundraising goals with minimal supervision - Ability and willingness to travel as necessary Expected Leadership Competencies: list: - Strategic Fundraising Leadership - Foundation Relations Expertise - New Business Development - Executive Presence - Revenue Growth Mindset - Talent Development and Coaching - Cross-Functional Collaboration - Innovation and Opportunity Creation - Influence and Relationship Building - Results Orientation - Accountability and Ownership - Mission-Driven Leadership - Financial Stewardship - Sound Judgment and Decision-Making Travel Requirements: "Expected to travel nationally up to 10%-30% for in-person meetings with partners and CHI team meetings as needed" We need to decide which sections to output. We have: - About the role (we have content) - Responsibilities (we have list) - Qualifications (we have list) - Skills (we have list from Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities) - Possibly Leadership Competencies could be part of Skills or Qualifications? But we have a section for Skills; we could put Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities under Skills. Leadership Competencies maybe also under Skills or maybe a separate section? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). They list Requirements as a possible heading. We have Required Qualifications; we could map to Requirements. Or we could have Qualifications heading. They gave both Qualifications and Requirements as examples. We need to decide which to use. Probably use Qualifications for the Required Qualifications list. Use Skills for the Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list. Use Responsibilities for duties. Use About the role for overview+role description. Use Schedule for travel requirements. Benefits, Pay not present so omit. We should not include a Requirements section if we use Qualifications. But we could also include Requirements as a separate section for Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities? However they said "Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So they expect those headings. We can choose to include Requirements and Qualifications both if we have content for each. We have Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (skills) and Required Qualifications (qualifications). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. But we also have Leadership Competencies; maybe those go under Skills or Requirements? Could be part of Skills. But we already have Skills section for Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities. Leadership Competencies could be considered part of Skills as well, but we could also put them under Requirements? However to avoid duplication, we could merge Leadership Competencies into Skills section as additional bullet points. That would preserve all info. Thus sections: - About the role - Responsibilities - Requirements (maybe for Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities + Leadership Competencies) - Qualifications (for Required Qualifications) - Schedule (for travel) We must not include Benefits or Pay. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. We'll wrap each section in

    heading then content. For About the role: use

    containing the combined overview + role description. We need to ensure we don't lose any detail. Let's craft a paragraph that includes all sentences from Overview and About The Role. We'll combine them. Overview: "Since 1972, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth