Development Associate

About the Organization

The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) is a convener, incubator, and investor committed to accelerating opportunity and prosperity for the AAPI community. TAAF supports the ecosystem of advocates and organizations committed to AAPI causes so that together we can more effectively take action against hate and violence, and build the infrastructure needed to improve AAPI advocacy, power, and representation across American society. We were founded to solve for the longstanding lack of investment and resources provided to the AAPI community — particularly as anti-AAPI hate and violence persist at alarming rates. We strive to be a catalyzing force for creating a permanent and irrevocable sense of belonging for the 23 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the United States. Learn more at taaf.org. 

About the Role

The Development Associate plays a key role in advancing our mission and vision through revenue generating activities and partnerships for TAAF. They will provide operational support for key areas within the Partnerships Team supporting fundraising and donor stewardship activities and communications, tracking and reconciling gifts, ensuring that gifts are appropriately credited, assisting with the planning and delivery of special events, and partnering with the operations team on vendor and contract management, budget reconciliation and management.

Responsibilities

Development Operations

• Serve as day-to-day point person to review, reconcile, and track all contributions and revenue in collaboration with the Finance Team
• Analyze variances and provide regular updates to Partnerships and Finance teams
• Manage dashboard, create monthly fundraising reports, and develop materials for the Board
• Maintain fundraising stewardship processes including donor outreach, donor contribution payments, and donor acknowledgements
• Manage relationships and accounts with Donor Advised Funds
• Track reporting deadlines and deliverables for individual, foundation, and corporate grants and pledges
  

Events Support

• Manage and oversee the events budget and contracting/payment processes, e.g., communicating with external vendors to collect necessary documents, including contracts, invoices, and W9s 
• Support the Events team with budget reconciliation and vendor communications, ensuring accuracy and prompt vendor payments  

CRM

• Partner with team members to identify, implement, migrate information to, and maintain a Salesforce CRM for effective donor management 
• Upload and maintain foundation, corporate, and individual donor records and files

General Support

• Assist with the timely completion of proposals and presentations for current and prospective donors including writing, gathering research, developing proposal attachments and submission 
• Provide administrative support including responding to inquiries, drafting correspondence, managing meeting agendas and taking notes, and requesting and scheduling meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education/Experience

• Undergraduate degree in a related field of study or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3-5 years of experience in development, operations, and/or finance
• Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining fundraising databases

Skills

• Intermediate Excel/Google Sheets skills
• Familiarity with a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system such as SalesForce
• Exceptional attention to detail and task follow-through
• Ability to manage a variety of projects and special events with minimal supervision and as part of a team
• Ability to carry out duties respecting the sensitive and confidential nature of donor-related information and materials, and to demonstrate mature judgment in handling donor concerns
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to cultivate positive and productive relationships with donors
• Humility and the highest personal integrity
• Passionately supports, understands, and can communicate our mission to serve the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander, and violence

Working Hours

• Requires occasional weekend, off-hours, or evening work

Location

• New York City and San Francisco-based staff work in the office 2 days per week, and the