About New Pathways for Youth

At New Pathways for Youth, we’re passionate about unlocking new possibilities for young people and supporting them in achieving their full potential. Over the past 30 years, we’ve transformed the lives of over 6,500 youth -- youth who experience poverty and four times the adversity of others their age -- to break through the barriers they face and change the trajectory of their life.

We are also passionate about the possibilities for our staff.  We are looking for a dedicated individual that is mission focused, committed to self-care, open to personal and professional skill development, leads an integrated and balanced life that contributes toward our collective impact, approaches others by seeing the whole person and the contributions each person brings and honors a culture of accountability which instills trust so we can transform the lives of even more youth in our community.   We operate in an open work environment that fosters collaboration and supports engagement among the staff. 

This position is located in Phoenix, AZ. Your role on the team will be to help lead the fundraising strategies as outlined below to secure revenue.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

This position is an integral part of the Philanthropy team, and is responsible for gift data entry, reporting, financial monthly reports, data integrity, maintenance of constituent records, and detailed reporting & analysis, following organizational and department policy and procedures.

The primary role of the Philanthropy Coordinator is to support the Philanthropy team with donor management, stewardship, communication, reporting, and administrative support.

This includes:

• Oversees timely gift processing, data entry, and acknowledgment of all charitable gifts and enters gifts of all types, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and security.
• Ensuring accurate categorization of gifts and donors
• Creates and maintains gift, campaign, and appeal tracking codes, ensuring naming convention consistency year-over-year
• Generates and mails annual statements and stewardship letters to monthly donors and other donors as requested.
• Independently identifies, designs, and performs regular database maintenance/hygiene tasks.
• Provides Bloomerang CRM support for the philanthropy team when issues and needs arise
• Gathering needed supporting data that assists with direct mail, email, and fundraising communication, including multi-channel fundraising campaigns
• Supporting the coordination and execution of all major and third party fundraising events
• Organizing data for all fundraising campaigns
• Maintains interface with online giving platforms like Givesmart and Qgiv
• Maintains interface with external giving sites (e.g., employee-giving portals and others) to import accurate gift and donor information and identify significant donors to the Philanthropy Team
• Supports administration of monthly fundraising committee, team, and other meetings
• Assists with other organizational and philanthropy department activities and initiatives as assigned

Organization Qualities/Traits

New Pathways for Youth is a Caring, Driven, Effective, Distinct organization.  Our culture is one that is motivated, goal oriented, empathetic, inclusive and respectful.  We apply research, data, and experience to reach intended impact, advancing good in our community.

Additional details 

Salary is commensurate with experience and will be in the range of $45,000-$50,000 annually. Benefits include health, dental, vision coverage and generous time off package. Generally, the hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, however will require some weekends and evenings. New Pathways for Youth is an equal opportunity employer.

Employee Qualities/Traits

Essential qualities needed include being:

• 1-2 years of experience in related field
• Likes variety of activities- multi-tasking/sense of urgency for goal achievement in a fast paced environment
• Ability to enter data accurately and quickly
• People/relationships focused
• Motivates others and engage their commitment
• Stimulating communicator with a motivating/influencing collaborative approach
• Involve others in decision-making process‒cooperative, collaborative
• Extroverted, warm, enthusiastic, and empathetic
• Leadership based on ability to motivate others
• Strong commitment to results
• Delegate authority readily

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Oscar Hidalgo at Ohidalgo@npfy.org. Please include your name and position title “Philanthropy Coordinator” in the subject line. Please include your salary requirements in your cover letter. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.