Propsect Researcher

Salary Range:$65,626 – $94,337, with a midpoint of $82,032.

The Organization:

Coast Mental Health Foundation (the Foundation) raises funds to support innovative and enhanced recovery programs at Coast Mental Health.

Coast Mental Health (Coast) is one of the largest mental health non-profit societies in Canada andoperatesa large array of innovative housing and community-based rehabilitation services for people with mental illness. Coastoperatesin the Lower Mainland of British Columbia providing approximately 1,100 people with supportive housing and thousands of clients living in the community with a wide range of mental health and support programs and services.

Coast fosters a client-driven, recovery-oriented environment that promotes restoring health, personal growth, and a return to society for individuals with a mental illness, through advocacy and providing direct programs and services.

The Foundation team is a group of dedicated individuals who believe that recovery and achieving one’spotential, despite a mental illness diagnosis, are possible. The Foundation and Coast are currently considering embarking on a significant project aimed at increasing the organizations’ ability toimpactthe lives of people living with mental illness.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Prospect Researcher supports Coast Mental Health Foundation’s annual fundraising and East 11th capital campaign priorities by conducting prospect research and providing information to support fundraising activities. The position researches and identifies potential individual, foundation, corporate and community prospects who may have an interest in supporting the Foundation’s mission.

Working collaboratively with fundraising staff, the Executive Director and volunteer leadership, the Prospect Researcher gathers, reviews and organizes information on prospective and existing donors and translates research findings into clear and useful prospect profiles, briefing notes and recommendations. The role supports fundraising activities across Mid-Level, Major, Leadership and Principal Giving, as well as campaigns, corporate and foundation relations, and grant-seeking activities.

The Prospect Researcher also supports prospect and portfolio management by maintaining accurate and up-to-date information in Raiser’s Edge and related systems, assisting with pipeline tracking and monitoring relevant philanthropic and community trends. The position provides timely research and information to help fundraising staff identify opportunities, prepare for donor conversations and support ongoing donor engagement.

Reporting

• Reports to the Manager, Fund Development Operations, Coast Mental Health Foundation.

Key Responsibilities

Prospect Management

• Support ongoing prospect research and development activities to help build and maintain a strong prospect base for the Foundation’s annual fundraising and campaign priorities.
• Conduct research to identify potential individual, corporate, foundation and community prospects.
• Assist with maintaining accurate and up-to-date prospect and relationship information in Raiser’s Edge and related systems.
• Support the maintenance of prospect pipelines, account assignments and portfolio information.
• Assist fundraising staff with prospect tracking, portfolio updates and related reporting.

Prospect Identification and Research

• Research and identify new and existing individual, foundation, corporate and community prospects aligned with Foundation and campaign priorities.
• Conduct research using internal records and reputable external sources, including biographical, philanthropic, corporate, financial, legal and publicly available information.
• Gather and organize information about prospects’ philanthropic interests, relationships, areas of…