Opportunities
Institutional Giving Manager
Reports to: Director of Development
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra seeks a full-time Institutional Giving Manager as an essential member of its fundraising team. The Institutional Giving Manager is responsible for maintaining and growing the orchestra’s funding relationships with foundations, government agencies, and corporations. The position will prepare and submit all proposals and reports, research institutional prospects, and attain success in the orchestra’s institutional fundraising goals each year. The Institutional Giving Manager is also responsible for working with team members to ensure the terms of funded proposals are fulfilled as necessary.
This position will work closely with the Director of Development to maintain a portfolio of relationships. Excellent communication skills are a must, as well as an ability to self-manage projects with competing deadlines. The position is an excellent opportunity to gain proposal writing, grant management, and donor cultivation experience across a diverse institutional portfolio.
Responsibilities include:
Proposal and Material Development
Research and write grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and corporate sponsorship packages. Create persuasive case statements, compelling stories, and substantive data for use in proposals, solicitation materials, talking points, and newsletters.
Coordinate with key staff in the gathering, fact-checking, and synthesis of financial and evaluation information.
Maintain a schedule of deadlines and the timely submission of proposal packages.
Make follow-up calls and if appropriate, arrange meetings with institutional funders.
Complete and submit accurate reporting, as required.
Donor Stewardship
Maintain accurate records and files regarding institutional donors. Acknowledge gifts and submit all required deliverables in a timely manner.
Facilitate communication with current and prospective funding partners regarding Orpheus activities and programs.
Manage grant compliance and reporting requirements.
Attend all New York City concerts. Provide support for cultivation events and other fundraising activities as required.
Prospect Research
Conduct research on prospective foundations, corporations, and government sources. Identify prospects for funding annual and special campaign funding needs.
Coordinate institutional funder prospect list development. Prepare lists of foundation trustees and corporate leaders for Orpheus Trustees and staff information.
Prepare written donor prospect profiles and compile materials for solicitors.
Starting annual salary range is $53,000 - $58,000. Orpheus offers a benefits package including paid time-off, medical including HSA contributions, dental & vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
This position is a hybrid between work-from-home and an office and events located in NYC, but fully remote is possible for a strong candidate.
Orpheus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to info@orpheusnyc.org with Manager of Institutional Giving the subject line. No phone calls please.
About Orpheus:
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s mission is to create extraordinary musical experiences that enrich lives and empower individuals through collaboration, innovation, and a passion for artistic excellence. Orpheus performs music at the highest level, challenges artistic boundaries, inspires the public to think and work with new perspectives, and builds a broad audience in NYC and worldwide. The Orchestra believes in empowering the unique voice of all people to make a valuable contribution to music, the arts, and the community.
Founded in 1972, Orpheus is a Grammy Award-winning ensemble that performs without a conductor. Working together as a collective of leaders, members explore each other’s musical ideas using their signature collaborative method, the Orpheus Process®. The musicians interpret, develop, and play music as an equal collective and without a conductor. For the past 49 years, the centerpiece of each season has been its celebrated concert series at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Committed to illuminating works of art, both old and new, the Orchestra has collaborated with many great solo artists of our time in a profoundly unique manner. The Orpheus recording legacy consists of nearly 70 albums, several of which have received Grammy® nominations.
Orpheus is committed to sharing its collaborative process with communities worldwide through engagement programs that promote equity and access to classical music for all ages and demographics. Orpheus aims to bring its unique approach to interpreting and performing music to students and listeners of all ages through its worldwide education and community engagement programs: Access Orpheus, Orpheus Music Academy, and Orpheus Reflections.
Requirements
Qualifications
A strong candidate should have:
2-3 years of relevant work experience as part of a fundraising team.
Demonstrable track record of successful written proposals.
Superior writing skills with an ability to be strategic, articulate, concise, and persuasive.
Strong ability to cultivate relationships. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal).
Ability to conduct thoughtful funder prospect research.
Strong familiarity with funders of arts and/or cultural institutions.
Self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail with concurrent focus on larger picture.
Proficiency in MSWord, Excel, Outlook, Adobe, and PowerPoint.
Attributes: strategic, creative, flexible, team player.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrable success in institutional fundraising and grant writing.
Substantial knowledge of classical music.
2+ years of experience researching prospects.
Proficiency using Spektrix database.