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The successful candidate will bring a strong business development mindset, a passion for youth workforce development, and demonstrated success converting relationships into sustainable financial support.\nPay offered $ 75,000 - $85,000\nEssential Duties & Responsibilities\nIndividual Giving & Donor Relationship Management\nManage and grow a portfolio of individual donors and philanthropic supporters.\nCultivate, steward, solicit, and retain donor relationships through meaningful engagement and personalized outreach.\nCoordinate donor communications, recognition, stewardship plans, and impact reporting.\nIdentify opportunities to deepen donor investment and long-term support.\nMaintain accurate donor records, engagement activities, and fundraising data within the CRM.\nDevelop and execute donor cultivation strategies that support annual fundraising goals.\nTrack and monitor donor pipeline activity, giving trends, and retention metrics.\nCorporate Partnerships & Sponsorships\nManage 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overall grant revenue forecasts.\nCollaborate with program, finance, and leadership teams to collect outcomes, data, and impact measures required by funders.\nEnsure funding opportunities align with Cookie Cart's mission, strategic priorities, youth development goals, workforce development outcomes, and community impact objectives.\nDevelop and maintain a healthy grant pipeline that supports organizational growth and sustainability.\nBuild strong relationships with grant partners, consultants, funding organizations, and collaborative stakeholders through proactive communication and stewardship.\nOversee third-party funding partnerships and collaborative initiatives to ensure mission alignment, accountability, measurable outcomes, and community impact.\nSupport development of grant narratives, budgets, proposals, impact reports, and funder communications.\nEvents & Community Engagement\nSupport planning, execution, and follow-up activities related to fundraising events and donor engagement opportunities.\nCoordinate sponsor engagement, donor participation, volunteer involvement, and stewardship activities connected to events.\nPartner with staff and volunteers to ensure successful event execution and relationship-building opportunities.\nUtilize events as a strategy to strengthen donor engagement, expand community visibility, and support fundraising goals.\nFundraising Operations, Planning & Collaboration\nSupport organizational fundraising priorities through effective planning, implementation, and relationship management.\nCollaborate with leadership and staff to align fundraising activities with organizational goals and annual objectives.\nManage fundraising projects, timelines, and initiatives while maintaining strong attention to detail and follow-through.\nProvide fundraising reports, portfolio updates, grant activity summaries, forecasts, and performance metrics to leadership as requested.\nMaintain accurate donor records, grant tracking systems, and fundraising databases.\nUtilize CRM and reporting tools to support pipeline management, forecasting, donor stewardship, and revenue tracking.\nAssist with fundraising budget tracking and performance monitoring.\nIdentify opportunities to improve fundraising systems, donor experiences, stewardship practices, and operational efficiencies.\nStay informed on fundraising trends, community partnerships, grant opportunities, and emerging funding sources.\nKey Performance Expectations\nManage and grow a portfolio of individual, corporate, foundation, and community supporters that contributes to annual fundraising goals.\nMaintain an active grant pipeline with measurable funding, submission, and renewal outcomes.\nEnsure timely grant applications, reporting, compliance, and stewardship activities.\nIncrease philanthropic engagement through donor retention, relationship development, and pipeline growth.\nSupport successful fundraising campaigns, partnerships, sponsorships, and community engagement efforts.\nMaintain accurate data management and reporting practices that support informed fundraising decision-making.\nContribute to sustainable revenue growth while supporting organizational mission and impact goals.\nQualifications & Experience\nRequired\nBachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.\nThree to five years of experience in fundraising, development, nonprofit advancement, grant management, relationship management, sales, business development, or a related field.\nDemonstrated experience managing donor relationships, fundraising initiatives, grants, sponsorships, partnerships, or business development activities.\nExperience coordinating fundraising campaigns, donor stewardship, community partnerships, and revenue-generating initiatives.\nExperience utilizing CRM systems, fundraising databases, or relationship management platforms.\nProven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.\nStrong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.\nExcellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills.\nPreferred\nExperience with grant management, foundation fundraising, and institutional giving.\nExperience supporting fundraising events, sponsorships, and donor engagement initiatives.\nExperience in youth development, workforce development, education, or community-based organizations.\nFamiliarity with the Twin Cities philanthropic, corporate giving, and grant-making landscape.\nExperience utilizing fundraising analytics, reporting tools, and donor engagement metrics.\nCFRE credential is welcomed but not required.\nCore Competencies\nRelationship Building & Donor Engagement\nFundraising & Development Management\nGrant Management & Stewardship\nCorporate & Community Partnerships\nProject & Pipeline Management\nStrategic Communication\nData Tracking & Reporting\nCRM & Fundraising Systems Management\nCollaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership\nProblem Solving & Continuous Improvement\nCommunity-Centered Approach\nCommitment to Youth Development and Workforce Readiness\nWhy Join Cookie Cart\nCookie Cart believes in the limitless potential of young people. By providing meaningful work experiences, leadership development opportunities, and workforce readiness training, Cookie Cart helps youth build the skills and confidence necessary for lifelong success.\nThe Development Manager plays an important role in sustaining and growing philanthropic partnerships, grant investments, community relationships, and donor support that make this mission possible. Through relationship management, stewardship, and strategic execution, this position helps advance opportunities for young people while strengthening Cookie Cart's long-term impact across the community. A strong commitment to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice within youth programming and across the organization.\nWORK SCHEDULE\nThis is a full-time position, requiring availability Monday through Friday during normal office business hours. Flexibility on weekends is also required on an as-needed basis for organizational events or youth programming activities.\nLOCATION\n1119 W Broadway, Minneapolis, MN\nBENEFITS\nMedical and Dental: Company-paid medical and dental\nVision: Voluntary vision\n Health Savings Account (HSA): Available for eligible employees + employer\n Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Includes both healthcare and dependent care\n 401(k) with Match: Company matches contributions to your 401(k) retirement\nDisability Insurance: Short-term and long-term disability coverage\nLife Insurance: Company-provided life\n Paid Time Off (PTO): Generous PTO policy to support work-life\n Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays\nCookie Cart is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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