Vice President, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships; Chicago​/Hybrid

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Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

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This position is based out of Feeding America’s Chicago office. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Employees can be in the office an average of 2 days a week (when not travelling for work) and work from home on other days. Employees also have access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program during the course of each calendar year that can be combined with PTO and/or holidays.

The Vice President, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships is responsible for setting the strategy, vision, and tactics to achieve nine-figure revenue from corporate and private foundation donors through philanthropy, grants, cause marketing and employee engagement. The Vice President oversees new and existing partnership development and employee engagement. The VP, Corporate Partnerships manages the daily operations, budget and administration of the Corporate & Foundation Partnerships team.

Additionally, the VP Corporate & Foundation Partnerships leads cross-functional collaboration with other revenue streams and interrelated departments (e.g., supply chain, government relations, Marcom) in support of building holistic partnerships with institutional donors.

Here at Feeding America national organization, equity is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. Historically, systemic racism and sexism in all aspects of our society, including compensation practices, has led to pay inequities that negatively impact people of color, women, and especially women of color. These practices include basing salary offers on previous compensation and negotiating salary offers.

As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. The salary range listed below represents the starting to mid-point salaries for positions and comparable roles at this level at our organization and candidates should expect to be offered a salary near the starting point of the range that is listed on the job posting.

We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.

Salary Range: $220,000 to $250,000 Based on Experience

• Develops the overall vision and strategy for the Corporate & Foundation Partnerships fundraising channels (corporate philanthropy, private foundations, cause marketing and employee engagement revenue from new and existing institutional donors), ensuring a holistic approach to partnership that considers all aspects of Feeding America’s interests: funds, food, cause marketing/consumer engagement, employee engagement, C-suite leadership engagement, in kind support, awareness and advocacy. Responsible for securing approximately $160M annually in revenue from corporate and foundation partners.
• Sets and oversees the implementation of the annual operating plan for the Corporate & Foundation Partnerships department; develops and manages the annual department expense budget.
• Supervises, trains and coaches frontline fundraisers and people leaders, including an estimated 4 direct reports and team of more than 25.
• Provides leadership to a large, complex team, including direct…