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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $62,817.50 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Office

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Project coordination: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Washington, DC (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Washington, DC: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person