Donor Relations Manager

Donor Relations Manager

Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a Donor Relations Manager to join our team! You'll join our small and mighty fundraising team that secures continued, sustainable funding for our work.

We're looking for a detail-oriented, analytical self-starter who gets a thrill out of wrangling lots of information and building systems to keep a high-performing team running smoothly. If you geek out over well-run systems and are very detail-oriented, we'd love to hear from you. If you're excited to become an indispensable engine for a mission-driven organization and grow into donor relationship management, we want to hear from you. Fundraising experience is not required.

Recidiviz is creating safer, healthier communities by improving outcomes for people in the criminal justice system. We build technology to reduce the number of people in prison and to help criminal justice leaders embrace data-driven decision-making.

Using software tools and thoughtful product design, we've been able to safely and permanently reduce incarceration and improve outcomes. We work side-by-side with leaders of the criminal justice system, people in prison and on supervision, and ecosystem partners to build a better path forward. In addition to the revenue we earn from state partners, some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations support our work.

People who succeed at Recidiviz lead with kindness and humility, assume good intent, learn from failure, and fix problems when they see them. They are excited to work arm in arm with government leadership and staff to improve outcomes. They are great listeners. They build deep relationships with and empathy for the people we work with and the people who our mission serves, even when those two groups feel at odds.

About the Role

The Donor Relations Manager is the engine that keeps our philanthropic machine running, ensuring every Recidiviz supporter receives white-glove service. That every dollar raised is tracked and reported on. That all supporters receive tailored updates about what their support made possible. You are the team's dedicated information hub, diving into our data, products, and state partners to build the knowledge base that makes our pitches and reports shine. Ultimately, your meticulous organization and information synthesizing capacity will allow our team to pursue more philanthropic gifts and expand our overall funding success, leading to the long-term success of the organization.

Core Responsibilities

• Own End-to-End Gift Management : Serve as the critical operational hub for fundraising and finance. Own the complete gift-tracking process, coordinating with Finance, ensuring all reporting deadlines are met, and maintaining an accurate, real-time donor pipeline.
• Build the Knowledge Base : Create and manage a centralized, accessible resource for all Growth materials by proactively diving into data and product updates from across the team to record wins, collect the latest on product launches, and capture impact numbers.
• Support Strategic Pitch Preparation : Act as the primary support for senior Growth team members, compiling context on funders, gathering necessary materials, and preparing materials for high-stakes donor meetings and events.
• Expand the Donor Pool : Conduct ongoing, proactive research on new prospect funders and foundations to continuously expand our philanthropic opportunity set.
• Cultivate Donor Relationships : Over time, and with dedicated mentorship, manage all aspects of donor stewardship, including direct relationship cultivation and pipeline movement.

Wild Success

A year in, this is what wild success in the role looks like :

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Compensation

Compensation is standardized based on roles and responsibilities. This ensures equitable compensation and responsible stewardship of our resources. As such, we do not negotiate compensation offers.

The compensation for this role is : $95,000.

What We Offer

More About Recidiviz

Recidiviz was an all-volunteer effort until early 2019, when Clementine, Andrew, and Joshua founded the organization. Since then, we've built an A-team of software engineers, designers, product managers and domain experts, from companies like Google, Apple, Dropbox, Opower, and Sidewalk Labs. Recidiviz was part of Y-Combinator's 2019 class and has received support from some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations, including Ford Foundation, Mackenzie Scott, Schmidt Futures, Arnold Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Mozilla Foundation.

Today, Recidiviz works with (and earns revenue from) over 19 state partners big and small, red and blue and covers more than 45% of the US incarcerated population. We have helped to get hundreds of thousands of people out of the criminal justice system, safely and equitably, and saved states nearly $1 billion. In addition to partnering with state Departments of Corrections, Recidiviz collaborates with and learns from partners from organizations like the Correctional Leaders