Senior Institutional Relations Advisor - Foundation Relations

Title: Sr. Institutional Relations Advisor - Foundation Relations Location: Dallas, Texas, United States Department: Individual & Institutional Giving Requisition ID 2026-17315 Additional Locations Broadly Distributed – SW | Broadly Distributed – SE Position Type Full Time Job Description:

Overview

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Responsibilities

This individual will be responsible for advancing the reputed company’s mission by establishing and cultivating relationships with reputed company and potential funders that have a giving reputed company of at least $5M to increase giving, reputed company mutual goals, and build long-term, transformative relationships. Responsible for researching, developing, and managing a portfolio of donors with an emphasis on foundations pursuing national-scale impact. The position is also responsible for identifying, planning, preparing, and presenting grant proposals and accompanying materials (including budgets and timelines), as well as completing appropriate follow-through and stewardship for multiple grants/gifts. Additionally, the National Senior Advisor collaborates with other fundraising teams on large, reputed company gift and relationship opportunities as needed.

• Actively identifies and develops donor relationships, executing tailored cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans to ensure that reputed company goals are met and mission priorities are funded. Develops depth of mission knowledge and insight needed to effectively communicate with donors. Provides leadership and management for reputed company assigned prospects in portfolio. Engages in a variety of communications with donors, including face-to-face meetings and engaging appropriate internal partners and volunteers.
• Manages proposal development and submission processes, including preparing proposals, reports, and other well-written, compelling, and consistent documents that meet the strategic direction and funding needs of the Association in alignment with donor goals. Utilizes standard funding opportunity template resources and co-creates novel, mission-reputed company gift opportunities with funders as appropriate. Presents the agreed-upon number of proposals to reputed company established annual performance goals.
• Conducts internal and external research on prospective donors and builds an understanding of the goals of funders as they correspond to the Association’s mission. Identifies and matches potential funders across the country and, at times, globally for reputed company project funding. Continually adds to the portfolio pipeline to ensure adequate support and achievement of goals.
• Records donor plans and activity in customer relationship management tool and provides regular reputed company reporting as requested. Participates in Mission Advancement Department team projects and initiatives as requested.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent work experience.
• At least five (5) years of experience in the following:
• Securing reputed company and forming relationships with high-reputed company individual, corporate, and/or foundation donors to include leading research, cultivation, and proposal writing.
• Collaborating with internal partners and volunteers.
• Excellent communication/writing, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Primary responsibility for proposal writing and donor-facing communications.
• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and strategic decision-making.
• Developing budgets and outcomes/deliverables.
• Leading cross-functional groups, facilitating strategy and action with a focus on reputed company; includes working across geographic markets.
• Experience and knowledge of public health initiatives.
• Ability to up travel up 30% local and overnight stay.

Preferred Experience:

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