Fundraising Lead, Bangalore

Role:Fundraising Lead
Experience: 5-9 Years
Salary: Up to 30 LPA
Location: Bangalore Hybrid

Role Overview:
The Fundraising Lead is responsible for developing and implementing end-to-end fundraising strategies to support and scale our educational programs. This role encompasses identifying and cultivating prospective donors foundations and corporate partners (CSR). You will prepare high-quality grant proposals concept notes pitch decks and donor reports while maintaining a structured fundraising pipeline and CRM system.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Pipeline & Proposal Management: Research funding opportunities write compelling grant proposals draft concept notes and prepare pitch materials.
• Donor Cultivation & Stewardship: Coordinate donor meetings lead presentations build long-term donor relationships and ensure timely high-quality impact reporting.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with internal program and finance teams to align proposals and reports with accurate impact data and budgets.
• Ecosystem Networking: Represent the organization professionally at industry events conferences and stakeholder forums to expand our funding network.
• Collateral Development: Contribute to communication and marketing materials that highlight program outcomes and institutional vision.

Qualifications & Key Competencies

• Fundraising & Donor Relations: Proven experience in grant writing institutional fundraising and managing relationships with foundations corporate CSR teams and individual donors.
• Strategy & Analysis: Ability to design comprehensive fundraising strategies set and track revenue targets analyze funding landscapes and manage pipeline tools/CRMs.
• Communication & Storytelling: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a track record of crafting compelling narratives pitch decks and impact reports.
• Partnerships & Networking: Strong networking abilities with experience engaging ecosystem partners and representing an organization externally.
• Stakeholder & Project Management: Demonstrated ability to coordinate across cross-functional teams (program finance leadership) and deliver outputs on tight timelines.
• Relevant Sector Experience: Prior experience in fundraising development or social sector rolespreferably within education early childhood development or nonprofit organizations.
• Education: Bachelors degree in a relevant field (e.g. Development Studies Business Communications or Social Sciences) with a strong commitment to educational equity.

Hiring Note: Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis. This job is first posted on July 29 2026 on Ground Zero

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