Description
About DC-CAP
Established in the Fall of 1999 by major Washington-area corporations and foundations, DC-CAP is a privately-funded nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and enabling DC public high school students to enroll in and graduate from college.
DC-CAP is unique from other college access programs around the country for two reasons. First, every DC public and public charter high school student is eligible for DC-CAP services, regardless of academic history, grade point average, family income, citizenship status, ethnicity, special education eligibility, delinquency or juvenile criminal history. Unlike other programs, DC-CAP believes in an expansive approach to college access. Whereas many other programs set criteria that disqualify students from participation, the principle operating philosophy at DC-CAP is that every single high school student has the right to an opportunity to improve their quality of life through a college education. The second unique feature of DC-CAP is that we continue to support the students for up to five years after high school graduation so that they have the best chance of completing their education.
Summary
The Development Associate is critical to the development department’s success in meeting DC-CAP’s philanthropic goals. The Associate will be responsible for data management, fundraising operations, prospect research and donor stewardship.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Administer the Development Department’s usage of our CRM database including record maintenance and data entry
- Support the Development Department’s financial and gift processing systems, including prompt data entry of projections, pledges, and gifts received, tracking donor correspondence, and generating gift acknowledgment letters
- Maintain departmental files, documents, and procedures
- Assist in the in-house logistical planning of special events (including managing guest list, supporting registration, and coordinating production of materials)
- Draft, edit, and/or proofread a broad range of materials for current and prospective donors
- Leverage an array of tools and resources to conduct research and create profiles on prospective individual donors
- Support special projects as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- 2 years of experience, preferably in a nonprofit organization
- Experience with or interest in learning tools such as CRM and Excel
- Aptitude for conducting research, gathering data, analyzing information, and preparing reports and other materials.
- Ability to foster effective working relationships within a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized