Corporate Relations Manager

Description

About Central Texas Food Bank

The Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) is the largest hunger-relief organization in Central Texas and a proud member of the Feeding America network. From its headquarters in Austin, CTFB serves a 21-county region on a mission to increase food access by providing nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and transforming lives through programs, education, and innovative solutions.

Through a combination of direct-service programs and a network of approximately 250 nonprofit community partners, CTFB supports over 612,000 food-insecure individuals annually.

We offer a collaborative and community-focused culture that values Service, Integrity, Dignity, Collaboration and Innovation. We're seeking dedicated, mission-driven professionals to help us shape a healthier future for our neighbors. Join us in our vision of ensuring that all Central Texans will have immediate and equitable access to nutritious food.

We are looking for a Corporate Relations Manager in our Community Engagement department. This role reports to the Vice President of Community Engagement on the Resource Development team, which is led by the Chief Development Officer. The primary responsibilities are (1) to develop and manage a system of corporate moves management to be used across the Resource Development team, (2) to help assign corporate portfolio members and create strategies for the CEO, Chief Development Officer, Vice President of Community Engagement, Waco Development Director, Development Operations Director, Volunteer Engagement Director and other key fundraising staff, and (3) to qualify and maintain a personal portfolio of corporate donors for stewardship and solicitation.

Internally, this role interacts frequently with members of the Resource Development and Communications teams, as well as various other departments on a regular basis. Externally, this role interacts with and oversees the customer service of a high volume of companies who are interested in, or partner with the Central Texas Food Bank.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a system that ensures key fundraising staff move new and existing corporate partners through a gift solicitation and stewardship cycle, touching not only major business/corporate donors but also mid-level and small-gift donors. Develop and track individual goals for each corporate partner in a portfolio or pipeline based on the donor's history of giving and knowledge of the company’s capacity and interests.
• Manage a personal portfolio of corporate donors while equally ensuring that other key fundraising staff complete critical stewardship, cultivation and solicitation tasks.
• Conduct research on regional companies and solicit new corporate partners via outreach.
• Lead the solicitation, fulfillment and proof of performance processes for business/corporate event and campaign sponsor ships, including matching challenge donors.
• Work closely with the Volunteer Engagement and Events & Partnerships teams to identify corporate fundraising prospects and develop engagement strategies to deepen relationships and solicit financial gifts.
• Work with the Development Operations team to manage corporate donor data and produce reports that inform corporate relations strategy.
• Work with the Communications team to create compelling collateral to steward corporate contributions and support the solicitation of gifts and sponsor ships.
• Work closely with the Waco Development Director to cultivate and manage donor relationships in the Northern Nine counties served by CTFB.
• Manage and optimize workplace giving and corporate matching strategy and results.
• Assist in the production of donor cultivation events and fundraise for capital campaigns, as…