SUMMARY:
The Director of Corporate Relations & Giving is responsible for driving revenue through event sponsorships, corporation and foundation grants and the annual appeal. The Director implements data-driven fundraising strategies while fostering meaningful relationships with stakeholders to ensure sustainable revenue growth and community impact.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
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Leads efforts to secure substantial and sustainable revenue through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and the annual appeal.
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Expands the Foundation's philanthropic reach by cultivating individual donors and businesses, driven by robust comprehensive initiatives and secondary revenue streams.
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Secures significant funding and impactful community engagement.
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Builds, manages, and actively stewards a dynamic portfolio of corporate donors, business leaders, and prospective corporate partners.
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Designs, packages, and pitches creative corporate sponsorship opportunities for EVSC Foundation signature events, student programs, and classroom grant initiatives.
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Works alongside EVSC leadership to align corporate philanthropic goals with the specific strategic needs of school district programs (e.g., STEM initiatives, community schools, vocational arts, and equity programs).
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Expands employee engagement initiatives, workplace giving programs, and corporate matching gift opportunities.
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Drafts high-quality, persuasive funding proposals, grant applications, and corporate presentations to secure major corporate investments.
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Ensures timely stewardship, benefit fulfillment, and metric-driven impact reports are delivered to corporate investors to maintain high retention rates.
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Serves as an enthusiastic ambassador for the EVSC Foundation at regional business networking events, chambers of commerce meetings, and civic luncheons.
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Acts as the primary liaison connecting corporate volunteers and resources with meaningful, hands-on experiences within EVSC schools.
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Maintains meticulous records of corporate touches, pipeline stages, and multi-year pledges using the foundation's CRM/donor database (e.g., Raisers Edge NXT or similar platform).
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Manages and reports on annual revenue goals, solicitation timelines, and expense budgets associated with corporate fundraising activities.
JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
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Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable commanding a room of executive-level decision-makers.
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Natural ability to build authentic rapport across diverse groups, from corporate CEOs to classroom educators.
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Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of executing multiple multi-tiered corporate campaigns concurrently without missing deadlines.
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Proficiency with donor management databases (Bloomerang CRM software), Google Suite, and professional presentation tools.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
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Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in teamwork-driven environment
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Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
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Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
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Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
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Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
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Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
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Highly organized with attention to detail
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
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Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Communications, Non-Profit Management, or a related field.
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Experience: 5-7+ years of progressively responsible experience in corporate relations, institutional fundraising, business development, or B2B salesideally within an educational or non-profit environment.
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Demonstrated success in identifying, soliciting, and closing four and five-figure corporate gifts or sponsorships.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
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Valid Driver's License - Regular local travel throughout the Greater Evansville area required in order to meet with prospective partners and visit school sites. (Occasional evenings and early mornings are required to attend networking events, foundation board meetings, and signature fundraising events.)
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
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Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, textbooks, and government regulations
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Ability to write reports and general correspondence.
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Ability, both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from individuals and groups of educators, administrators, parents, students, and the general public.
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Ability to always communicate using correct grammar.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
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Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, and statistical inference.
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Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
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Ability to prepare, project, monitor, and document funds from multiple sources.
REASONING ABILITY:
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Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
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Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, stand and walk.
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
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May need to lift, move, push, or pull items up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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The noise level may vary depending upon the daily activities within the work environment, such as the number of people in the office.
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The work environment is frequently interrupted as the employee must meet multiple demands from many people.
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The employee must constantly work to meet deadlines.
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The employee may work irregular or extended hours at times.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position and it does not serve to proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned or changed by management.
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
It is the policy of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, age, limited English proficiency, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Law (I.C.22-9- 1), Title IV, and Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).
