Ascend Foundation Overview

The Ascend Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to educate, advocate, and enable Asian and Pacific Islander (API) business leaders to reach their full potential and make greater positive societal impacts. Ascend Inc. is the largest non-profit Pan-Asian membership organization for business professionals in North America with a mission to drive workplace and societal impact by developing and elevating all API business leaders and empowering them to become catalysts for change.

This job description is for an Associate level position.

Ascend Foundation Engagement Coordinator

The Opportunity

Ascend Foundation is seeking a Foundation Engagement Coordinator who will be responsible for assisting in Donor relations including tracking and development of a donor database and grants, creating and disseminating foundation and donor-facing materials for fundraising and helping to shape the organization's fundraising programs. The Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the Ascend Foundation (501c3) and Ascend (501c6) teams to ensure all plans are aligned with our joint objectives.  

This position is ideal for an organized and service-minded individual with a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and the desire to make a difference. The Engagement Coordinator will have the unique ability to work in a collaborative environment with cross organizational teams, gain exposure to multiple areas of the Foundation, and play a support role in helping to create and disseminate foundation and donor-facing materials while helping to shape the organization's fundraising programs. 

Responsibilities:

The Engagement Coordinator will perform a full range of assignments including outreach, tracking and reporting. 

This role will include the following responsibilities:

  • Enhance the Foundation donor database; manage and track entries for simple queries and reporting

  • Assist in development of planning elements and tactics for execution

  • Assist with promotional strategies and execution for Foundation fundraising initiatives and programs

  • Help to conceptualize and design Foundation email blasts

  • Manage donor mailings and tracking responses in donor database

  • Maintain calendar of monthly donor outreach and Foundation promotions/news integrated with overarching Ascend communications plan

  • Help formulate process for donor recognition

  • Assist with curating data and content for creation of annual donor impact report

  • Provide updates and maintenance requirements for the Foundation website (posting news stories, updating web pages, creating forms, etc.)

  • Research potential donors and grants for validation and pursuit

Candidate Profile

  • Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, finance or equivalent 

  • Minimum of two years of related experience (donor relations, fundraising/nonprofits or account management, marketing)

  • Proficient skills using Microsoft / Google office software/tools (spreadsheet, presentation, database, etc.); familiarity with Adobe suite and InDesign a plus

  • Strong interpersonal communication (written and verbal) and customer relationship skills

  • Self-starter and creative thinker

Employment Details

  • Full Time, Salary/Exempt position with a starting salary of $50,000- $60,000

  • Generous benefit program including 100% employer paid Medical/Dental and Vision insurance.

  • Ascend is a remote organization with a highly collaborative geographically distributed team. This position will be based remotely in one of the states listed: CA, CT, FL IL, MN, NJ, NY, TX.

  • Occasional travel to support and attend events outside of regular business hours (typically no more than 5%).

This is a new position at Ascend, and we've done our best to articulate what qualifications will set an individual up for success.  Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups often only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications.  If you do not meet 100% of the qualifications but can picture yourself thriving in this role, we encourage you to break that statistic and to apply. Our work and mission are profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our network.

Our team is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible work environment.  We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission.  We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.  Ascend participates in E-Verify.