Development Manager - Cookie Cart

Cookie Cart is seeking an experienced, results-driven Development Manager to lead philanthropic relationship development and grow contributed revenue.

This position is responsible for building and managing a portfolio of individual donors, major gifts, corporate partners, family foundations, and other philanthropic relationships. The successful candidate will bring a strong business development mindset, a passion for youth workforce development, and demonstrated success converting relationships into sustainable financial support.

Pay offered $ 75,000 - $85,000

Manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors and philanthropic supporters.

• →Cultivate, steward, solicit, and retain donor relationships through meaningful engagement and personalized outreach.
• →Coordinate donor communications, recognition, stewardship plans, and impact reporting.
• →Identify opportunities to deepen donor investment and long-term support.
• →Maintain accurate donor records, engagement activities, and fundraising data within the CRM.
• →Develop and execute donor cultivation strategies that support annual fundraising goals.
• →Track and monitor donor pipeline activity, giving trends, and retention metrics.

Corporate Partnerships & Sponsorships

• →Manage relationships with corporate partners, business supporters, and sponsorship stakeholders.
• →Coordinate sponsorship opportunities, employee engagement initiatives, volunteer experiences, and partnership activities.
• →Develop proposals, presentations, and partnership materials that communicate organizational impact and funding opportunities.
• →Track partnership commitments, deliverables, sponsorship benefits, and stewardship activities.
• →Identify and cultivate new partnership opportunities that advance organizational goals and sustainable revenue growth.

Grants & Grants Partnership

• →Manage a portfolio of foundation grants, government grants, and third-party funding partnerships.
• →Coordinate grant application, reporting, compliance, and stewardship activities across departments.
• →Monitor grant timelines, deliverables, outcomes, and reporting requirements to ensure successful partnership implementation.
• →Track grant performance, funding results, pipeline activity, renewal opportunities, and overall grant revenue forecasts.
• →Collaborate with program, finance, and leadership teams to collect outcomes, data, and impact measures required by funders.
• →Ensure funding opportunities align with Cookie Cart's mission, strategic priorities, youth development goals, workforce development outcomes, and community impact objectives.
• →Develop and maintain a healthy grant pipeline that supports organizational growth and sustainability.
• →Build strong relationships with grant partners, consultants, funding organizations, and collaborative stakeholders through proactive communication and stewardship.
• →Oversee third-party funding partnerships and collaborative initiatives to ensure mission alignment, accountability, measurable outcomes, and community impact.
• →Support development of grant narratives, budgets, proposals, impact reports, and funder communications.

Events & Community Engagement

• →Support planning, execution, and follow-up activities related to fundraising events and donor engagement opportunities.
• →Coordinate sponsor engagement, donor participation, volunteer involvement, and stewardship activities connected to events.
• →Partner with staff and volunteers to ensure successful event execution and relationship-building opportunities.
• →Utilize events as a strategy to strengthen donor engagement, expand community visibility, and support fundraising goals.

Fundraising Operations, Planning & Collaboration

• →Support organizational fundraising priorities through effective planning, implementation, and relationship management.
• →Collaborate with leadership and staff to align fundraising activities with organizational goals and annual objectives.
• →Manage fundraising projects, timelines, and initiatives while maintaining strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• →Provide fundraising reports, portfolio updates, grant activity summaries, forecasts, and performance metrics to leadership as requested.
• →Maintain accurate donor records, grant tracking systems, and fundraising databases.
• →Utilize CRM and reporting tools to support pipeline management, forecasting, donor stewardship, and revenue tracking.
• →Assist with fundraising budget tracking and performance monitoring.
• →Identify opportunities to improve fundraising systems, donor experiences, stewardship practices, and operational efficiencies.
• →Stay informed on fundraising trends, community partnerships, grant opportunities, and emerging funding sources.

Key Performance Expectations

• →Manage and grow a portfolio of individual, corporate, foundation, and community supporters that contributes to annual fundraising goals.
• →Maintain an active grant pipeline with measurable funding, submission, and renewal outcomes.
• →Ensure timely grant applications, reporting, compliance, and stewardship activities.
• →Increase philanthropic engagement through donor retention, relationship development, and pipeline growth.
• →Support successful fundraising campaigns, partnerships, sponsorships, and community engagement efforts.
• →Maintain accurate data management and reporting practices that support informed fundraising decision-making.
• →Contribute to sustainable revenue growth while supporting organizational mission and impact goals.

• Experience with grant management, foundation fundraising, and institutional giving.
• Experience supporting fundraising events, sponsorships, and donor engagement initiatives.
• Experience in youth development, workforce development, education, or community-based organizations.
• Familiarity with the Twin Cities philanthropic, corporate giving, and grant-making landscape.
• Experience utilizing fundraising analytics, reporting tools, and donor engagement metrics.
• CFRE credential is welcomed but not required.

• Relationship Building & Donor Engagement
• Fundraising & Development Management
• Grant Management & Stewardship
• Corporate & Community Partnerships
• Project & Pipeline Management
• Strategic Communication
• Data Tracking & Reporting
• CRM & Fundraising Systems Management
• Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership
• Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
• Community-Centered Approach
• Commitment to Youth Development and Workforce Readiness

This is a full-time position, requiring availability Monday through Friday during normal office business hours. Flexibility on weekends is also required on an as-needed basis for organizational events or youth programming activities.

1119 W Broadway, Minneapolis, MN