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Development Associate
KaBOOM Bethesda, MD
$63k-87k (estimate)
Full Time | Social & Legal Services 4 Months Ago
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KaBOOM is Hiring a Remote Development Associate

Position Title: Development Associate
Department: Development
Reports To: Vice President of Development
Classification (hourly or salary): Exempt
Location: Hybrid – Washington DC area with office location in Bethesda, MD
About KABOOM!:KABOOM! is the national nonprofit committed to ensuring that every kid, in every community, has an amazing place to play. Our mission is to end playspace inequity – the reality that playspaces are not available to every child, especially in communities of color. We unite with communities to build kid-designed playspaces that can spark joy and foster a sense of belonging for the kids who are often denied opportunities to thrive.
Position Summary: The Development Associate is responsible for supporting Development departmental fundraising and administrative activities and maintaining a committed focus on prospecting and researching funders to aid in securing support for our programs, initiatives, and operations. This includes generating small and large-scale partnerships through the identification of tactical, mission-aligned prospects; cultivating and engaging donors; prospecting for and developing individual giving and grassroots campaigns with mission-aligned partners; running reports to measure our progress towards our fundraising goals; and supporting research and creating briefing documents for external meetings.
The Development Associate is also a thought partner in developing new ways to frame our programs to funders, including research and evaluation and new play solutions. The individual best suited for this role can support delivery against the team’s goals through ongoing prospecting, responding to partnership inquiries, researching industry and philanthropy trends, and exploring programming and tools that maximize our fundraising capacity. Based on this information, they should also be able to contribute to fundraising strategies.
A successful Development Associate at KABOOM! will contribute to our equity-informed and inclusive work environment by taking an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and belonging. They will fully embrace our organizational values of partnership, humility, equity, play, and accountability.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Prospecting & Fundraising Strategy
  • Manage prospecting activities for the Development department, including proactively identifying partnership opportunities via donor screening tools and other channels.
  • Respond to incoming leads and conduct outreach to prospects when requested.
  • Support the development of relevant, research-informed, and mission-aligned cases to support investment in our organizational priorities and capacity.
  • Support the development of proposals and presentations for corporate and foundation funding.
  • Develop a high-quality research methodology to inform and assist the Development team in identifying, securing, growing, and renewing partnership opportunities, contributing to building the revenue pipeline. industry and philanthropy fundraising strategies, trends, and practices and provide recommendations based on these findings.
  • Support donor stewardship activities including funder recognition, stewardship plans and annual stewardship strategies.
Fundraising Analytics and Portfolio Management
  • Manage the fundraising pipeline within the CRM, including collaborating across the team to ensure its accuracy at regular intervals.
  • Manage an accurate donor database and development analytics
  • Assist the Development team with data entry, management, and reporting.
  • Maintain reporting track funding, prospects, partners, and historical data.
Administrative Responsibilities
  • Serve as the Finance Department liaison, coordinating the development of annual revisions to the funding partner LOAs, addendums, waivers, and Pricebook.
  • Manage all donor correspondence including receipting and acknowledgements.
  • Provide administrative support, including maintaining an updated partnership list, organizing outbound mailing, managing invoices and subscriptions, keeping certifications and accreditations current, ordering supplies, etc.
  • Organize and maintain a shared computer filing system for the department (Box)
Education and Experience Required:
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree (or professional equivalent) and at least three years of experience related to the duties and responsibilities specified and in a non-profit setting.
  • Sound understanding of fundraising research methodologies and experience in database management.
  • A sharp mind, top-notch critical thinking, and organizational capabilities, adept at quickly absorbing information from various angles, always keeping an eye on the big picture while maintaining superior attention to detail.
  • High level of integrity, trust, and accountability along with excellent judgment, intuition, and common sense, as well as the right blend of professional confidence with a keen sense of diplomacy
  • Collaborative, team-oriented work style with self-motivation and drive to get the job done.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Database management experience – Salesforce preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Ability to present information concisely and effectively.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work and multi-task with solid organizational and time-management skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills; A sense of humor and a positive attitude
Compensation and Benefits:
  • Salary range: $55,000 -$60,000 annual bonus based on team and individual goal attainment.
  • Robust benefits package, including options for medical, dental, vision, and health/wellness.
  • Generous 403(b) match of up to 6% of employee contribution
  • Flexible time off inclusive of PTO, floating holidays and special days
  • Opportunities for professional development
To Apply:
Submit a resume and cover letter that narrates the alignment between your background and KABOOM!’s fundraising goals. Along with your cover letter submit 2 writing samples of your choice that demonstrate your development communications skills.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Building an inclusive, high-performing team that is diverse across lines of personal identity is integral to our success and we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.
This means we do not discriminate against any job applicant or employee because of their race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment.
We actively strive and evolve to develop and maintain workspaces that are fully inclusive. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
Additional Requirements:
Individual has the ability and willingness to build relationships across differences and discuss issues of structural and institutional racism.
Essential Job Functions:
Office Staff – “Ability to maintain acceptable standards of office conducts and work cooperatively as an effective team member of a diverse and inclusive workforce. Communicates with others, sits or moves about the office to coordinate work and uses a computer as well as other office equipment as needed.”
Note: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description does not constitute an employee agreement between the employer and the employee; this description is subject to change by the employer as the needs and requirements of the position change.

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Full Time

INDUSTRY

Social & Legal Services

SALARY

$63k-87k (estimate)

POST DATE

01/12/2024

EXPIRATION DATE

06/03/2024

WEBSITE

kaboom.org

HEADQUARTERS

WASHINGTON, DC

SIZE

50 - 100

FOUNDED

1996

CEO

DARELL HAMMOND

REVENUE

$10M - $50M

INDUSTRY

Social & Legal Services

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About KaBOOM

KABOOM! works with communities to build incredible, kid-designed playspaces that help give kids in every zip code the opportunity to thrive. Kids who don't have access to play miss out on childhood and are denied critical opportunities to build physical, social and emotional health. For more than two decades, we've teamed up with bold, inspiring partners and community members, starting with the kids themselves, to understand each neighborhood's unique aspirations. Then we build incredible places to play, inspired by their design, courage and leadership. Over the last 23 years, we've built or i...mproved 17,000+ playspaces, engaged more than 1.5 million community members and brought joy to over 11 million kids. As we look to the future, we'll continue our efforts to build collective action and community opportunity, spark hope and enable kids to reach their full potential. And we promise that we won't stop until we put an end to playspace inequity. For good. More
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