DDI's Institutional Giving Manager is responsible for maintaining fundraising data systems, coordinating grants and donor engagement calendars, providing logistical support for fundraising campaigns and events, and helping implement new processes to improve department operations. The successful candidate will interact with a variety of staff across DDI’s programs to assemble the information and data needed to sustain and increase institutional giving.

Salary: $65,000/year (40 hours/week)

About Us

Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) was founded in 1961 to address the special education needs of children with autism and other developmental disabilities and provide therapeutic intervention.

Today, DDI is a dynamic, nonprofit, multi-site agency, each day serving hundreds of children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities, providing educational, residential, habilitative, vocational, transportation, and self-direction support to the Long Island community.

DDI's educational, residential, day, and vocational supports are as diverse as the people we serve. Through more than 60 years of sustained effort, DDI has grown substantially.

Our agency recognizes the unique needs of each person for whom we care and maintains the highest standards of teaching for our children, adults, and families, as well as training for our staff. We pride ourselves on utilizing research-based methods across all agency programs.

Our Purpose

We help children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities experience personal growth and fulfillment.

Our Core Values

Integrity

We adhere to moral and ethical principles.

Dignity

We treat each other as being worthy of honor and respect.

Compassion

We act with caring and kindness.

Teamwork

We work together to achieve common goals.

What you'll do for DDI: Conduct research and identify new institutional prospects, including foundations and corporations.  Initiate and develop grant proposals and reports; maintain institutional annual institutional calendar of grant, report, and outreach deadlines.  Develop effective working relationships with Senior Management, program staff, and financial teams to compile relevant information needed for grant proposals, budgets, and funding reports. Provide logistical support for managing the institutional and planned giving prospect pipeline and donor stewardship processes. Maintain and update contact records in CRM and help log correspondence and funder touchpoints.  Liaise with development staff to identify and troubleshoot database issues, customize and test new features and ensure good data hygiene.  Assist with donor engagement initiatives, including emails, events, and meetings, preparing outreach lists for funder updates Support updates and maintenance of DDI’s development procedure manual and CRM business rules. Process donations, matching gifts, pledge reports and event confirmations in CRM. Other duties as assigned. What you bring to DDI: Bachelor’s degree required Three years’ relevant experience  Impeccable interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills Highly organized, proactive and resourceful Experience working with relational and gift databases What DDI can offer you: The ability to make a difference in the lives of the people that DDI supports! Generous paid time off that includes 20 vacation days, 3 personal days, 3 floating holidays 10 company holidays and 12 sick days per year. Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance. 403(b) retirement plan. Tuition reimbursement and more!

DDI is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to actual or perceived race, color, sex, pregnancy, reproductive decision making, gender expression or identity, national origin, disability, military status, creed, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other group protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to creating a deep sense of belonging and a culture where all applicants and employees feel welcomed, valued and respected. We are people inspired by purpose.