About Us

Row New York is a sports-based youth development non-profit organization founded on the premise that the discipline and teamwork that rowing instills, when combined with rigorous academic support, has the power to change lives. At full capacity, our Youth Program serves 150 high school student-athletes from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. It is a high-dosage, year-round rowing and academic program with a goal of ensuring that 100% of our young people graduate high school and matriculate to college or begin an alternative post-secondary plan. In addition, we offer rowing for students with disabilities in NYC School District 75, Veterans, community organizations, and corporations looking for team-building opportunities. Lastly, Row New York offers summer camps and a fee-for-service rowing program for New York City independent high schools. Our programs are offered at two rowing sites: Upper Manhattan and Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Position Summary

Row New York is seeking an experienced institutional fundraising professional to provide immediate support in writing grants and meeting public and private institutional deliverables. 

While our priority is someone whose immediate strength is high-quality grant writing and reporting, we are building toward a more comprehensive institutional fundraising function, so experience and interest in portfolio management, prospecting, and funder strategy is welcome. Support will be for three months initially, with the opportunity to re-evaluate at the end of that period. 

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include:

• Managing multiple deliverables/projects related to Row New York’s foundation, corporate, and government funders

• Developing proposals, LOIs, grant applications, reports, and other funder communications

• Managing grant calendars, deadlines, deliverables, and renewal opportunities

• Working with program and finance staff to gather outcomes, budgets, and other proposal/reporting information

• Supporting public funding applications and compliance/reporting requirements

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with at least 3 years of professional experience who is an excellent writer, highly organized, strategic, and able to translate Row New York’s work into compelling funding opportunities. They will have a track record of delivering high-quality work independently and in a timely fashion. Experience with New York City philanthropy and/or public funding is strongly preferred. This interim support work will be performed remotely.

We anticipate this would be an approximately 10–15 hours per week engagement to start. This is an immediate interim need, but there is opportunity for this work to evolve into a full-time Institutional Giving Manager position on the development team.

Salary

The budget for this engagement is $75 - $100 per hour, dependent on qualifications and experience. The successful applicant will be required to sign a standard consultant agreement. This is not a benefits-eligible position.

How to Apply

Interested individuals should send a resume and a cover letter that includes their fee structure and elaborates on their experience to Katherine Serrano at development@rownewyork.org. Please include “Interim Development Operations Consultant” in the email subject line. No phone calls, please.

Row New York is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage all candidates, including people of color, women, Veterans, LGBTQIA+, older candidates, and candidates with disabilities to apply. We appreciate all applicants, but please be advised that our capacity allows us to only respond to those best qualified for the position.