Vice President, Institutional and Foundation Giving

What You'll Do

As Purpose Built Communities enters a period of strategic growth, the Vice President (VP) for Institutional and Foundation Giving will lead the strategy, cultivation, and stewardship of Purpose Built's national and regional foundation relationships. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Development, the VP will serve as the strategic architect and primary executor of Purpose Built's institutional giving function to support the organization's overall $25M annualized revenue engine. The VP will manage a high-performing portfolio of foundation prospects, design multi-year grant strategies, and align institutional funding with research and impact data.

Key Responsibilities

Institutional Strategy & Portfolio Management

• Lead the overarching strategy and funder engagement for national and regional foundation relations to achieve an annual institutional revenue target of $7M-$10M
• Personally manage a portfolio of 40-50+ top-tier national and regional foundation prospects and donors, serving as the primary relationship manager for program officers and philanthropic leaders
• Develop customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for six- and multi-seven-figure grant commitments to achieve 70%+ annual donor renewal rates
• Serve as the primary institutional relationship manager for foundation program officers and philanthropic leaders

Proposal Strategy & Pipeline Operations

• Translate Purpose Built's holistic neighborhood transformation model and Network impact into clear, high-impact investment opportunities for institutional and foundation funders
• Lead proposal strategy, funding requests, and multi-year grant proposals.
• Partner with internal research, data, and programmatic teams to align grant proposals with Purpose Built's evidence, impact data, and community outcomes
• Maintain Salesforce pipeline discipline across all stages of engagement, tracking key performance indicators and providing accurate revenue forecasting to the SVP
• Optimize internal grant management workflows, processes, and reporting protocols to meet high standards of compliance and funder stewardship

Cross-Functional Collaboration & People Leadership

• Partner with the SVP of Strategic Partnerships & Development, CSPO, and CEO to strategically deploy executive leadership and board members in high-stakes foundation meetings
• Collaborate with Marketing & Communications to align foundation narratives, proposal messaging, and impact stories with broader organizational communication strategy
• Work cross-functionally across Purpose Built teams to translate programmatic priorities and local Network impact into strategic foundation opportunities
• Establish clear portfolio expectations, proposal timelines, and moves-management cadences across the institutional giving team

Who You'll Work With

• You will report to the SVP, Strategic Partnerships & Development.
• You will frequently collaborate with the marketing, communications, and programs teams, as well as with Strategic Partnerships & Development leadership.

• 6+ years of progressively responsible nonprofit fundraising and institutional advancement experience, with demonstrated leadership in foundation relations and grant strategy
• Proven track record of personally securing and stewarding six- and multi-seven-figure foundation commitments
• Expertise in multi-year grant strategy, foundation moves management, and complex proposal development for major national and regional philanthropic institutions
• Strong data fluency, with demonstrated success integrating research, evaluation data, and community outcomes into grant proposals and funder reports
• Rigorous pipeline management discipline, with experience managing an active portfolio of foundation prospects
• High proficiency in CRM platforms (specifically Salesforce) for moves management, revenue forecasting, and portfolio tracking
• Exceptional written, narrative, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate holistic community development models clearly to institutional funders
• Deep commitment to Purpose Built Communities' mission and core values—Possibility, Impact, Community, and Belonging—with demonstrated fluency in centering racial equity, resident leadership, and community prosperity across development practices
• Experience working within community development, economic mobility, education, place-based initiatives, or philanthropy is highly desirable

Location and Work Environment

While there is a strong preference for candidates based in or willing to relocate to the Atlanta area (with relocation assistance provided), highly qualified candidates residing along the Eastern Seaboard near a major airport will also be thoughtfully considered.

Atlanta-Based Candidates: Work in a hybrid arrangement, spending two days per week in the Atlanta office.

Eastern Seaboard/Remote-Based Candidates: Travel to the Atlanta headquarters approximately once per month for strategic alignment and key leadership engagements.

As an executive frontline leader, this role requires significant national travel (up to 50%) to cultivate transformational donor relationships, collaborate with local network partners, and elevate Purpose Built Communities' visibility across the country.

Purpose Built Communities offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package effective on the first day of employment for all full-time staff that includes:

• Options for fully-paid or subsidized health insurance plans.
• Subsidized dental and vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan including an employer match contribution up to 4% of salary.
• Cell phone reimbursement of $75 per month.
• 12 weeks of fully-paid parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child.
• Fully-paid Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance plan of $50,000.
• 17 days of PTO per year for employees in their first three years of service. Annual PTO allotments increase with additional years of service up to 28 days of PTO at 15+ years of service.
  
• 14 paid organizational holidays, week of July 4th, week between Christmas and New Year's and 1 paid floating holiday. 
• Flexible work model.

Purpose Built Communities is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, or caregiver status.