SVP, Foundation Relations

Overview

Since 1972, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth and young families by helping them achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, tap into their innate resilience, and hone their interests and skills to forge new pathways to independence. This work is carried out across Covenant House sites in 34 cities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
About the Role

The Senior Vice President, Foundation Relations is a strategic and entrepreneurial fundraising executive responsible for leading Covenant House International 's foundation fundraising program and securing transformational philanthropic investments from private foundations. Reporting directly to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the SVP will focus primarily on identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major commitments from foundations capable of making seven- and eight-figure investments.

The SVP will expand Covenant House's foundation portfolio by developing and securing significant new funding relationships with international, national, regional, family, and private foundations whose priorities align with Covenant House's mission and strategic objectives. The successful candidate will be a proven fundraiser with extensive experience securing multiple multi-million-dollar commitments and multi-year grants from leading private foundations.

This leader will manage a team of frontline foundation relations officers and grant writers responsible for prospect development, cultivation, proposal development, reporting, and ongoing foundation engagement. The SVP will establish ambitious revenue goals, implement best practices across the foundation relations function, and build a high-performing team capable of sustaining significant growth.

As a senior leader within the revenue organization, the SVP will help shape fundraising strategy, foster cross-functional collaboration, and model Covenant House's values of unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support. This position requires a self-starter with exceptional judgment, initiative, and accountability who can operate independently and achieve ambitious goals with minimal supervision.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Foundation Fundraising Strategy and Revenue Growth
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Develop and execute a comprehensive foundation relations strategy focused on securing transformational seven- and eight-figure investments from international, national, regional, family, and private foundations

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Build and maintain a robust pipeline of high-capacity foundation prospects capable of making significant multi-year commitments

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Personally manage a portfolio of the organization's most significant foundation prospects and funders

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Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward new foundation partners whose philanthropic priorities align with Covenant House's mission and strategic plan

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Develop strategies to secure support for core operations, programmatic initiatives, capital projects, endowment opportunities, international programs, policy initiatives, and other strategic priorities

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Lead complex funding discussions and negotiate major grant awards and multi-year commitments

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Establish annual revenue goals and performance metrics for the foundation relations program

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Monitor trends in institutional philanthropy and identify emerging opportunities for strategic foundation investments

Foundation Relationship Management

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Build trusted relationships with foundation presidents, executive directors, trustees, program officers, philanthropic advisors, and family office representatives

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Design and implement customized cultivation and stewardship strategies for major foundation funders

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Coordinate foundation site visits, executive briefings, funder meetings, and strategic engagement opportunities

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Ensure exceptional