The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco was founded in 1987 to unite homeless people with other community members and front line service providers in the creation of permanent solutions to poverty. Low-income and homeless people work in every aspect of the organization, from the volunteers to the staff and leadership body.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Overall responsibilities include raising the COH’s budget in collaboration with the Executive Director and Finance Coordinator. The Development Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all fund-raising activity. Specifically, these duties include:
Implement the development workplan, while coordinating staff and board involvement;
Write and submit grant proposals, researching new grant opportunities, maintaining relationships with grantmakers
Staff the Board of Directors’ Development Committee, including monthly reports
Coordinate direct fundraising mail and any other solicitations
Expand COH individual donor pool and building relationships with donors
Coordinate the development and sales of COH merchandise, including implementing a sales and distribution plan for products
Maintain relationships with COH major donors with Executive Director on a year-round basis
Plan and host fundraising events including annual art auction
Other administrative duties as assigned by Executive Director or staff.
Minimum Qualifications:
Computer literate (familiarity with Macintosh a plus)
Ability to coordinate several activities simultaneously
Excellent people skills and writing skills
Strong commitment to social justice
Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel, and database software (FileMaker Pro a plus), or ability to learn the latter
Ability to work well in a team, and with diverse populations
Willingness to attend training to gain skills needed to fulfill job description
Prior fund-raising experience is a plus, but we will coach the right candidate
Job start time is negotiable, but as soon as possible. Closing date for internal applications is Friday May 24th, 2024. Please send résumé and cover letter to Jennifer Friedenbach via email, 280 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, or hand-deliver to the same address.
