Open Home Foundation

Open Home Foundation

Fundraising Manager

United States · Full-time

Work authorization required$120k-$150kDetected 27 days ago
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About the role

  • In this role, you'd be the primary owner of the development and growth of the Open Home Foundation's fundraising efforts, from identifying prospects to closing commitments.
  • Your work will make sure the Open Home Foundation has the necessary resources to keep Home Assistant and our other projects independent, privacy-respecting, and sustainable for the long term.
  • You will be a normal salaried employee in your country.

Skills

  • Identify, cultivate and steward relationships with qualified prospects, adapting solicitation strategies as appropriate.
  • Translate the Foundation's mission, values and roadmaps into suitable, philanthropic narratives for potential donors.
  • Experience owning a fundraising function or leading major fundraising initiatives end-to-end.
  • Experience cultivating and closing corporate sponsorships and/or major donors.
  • Strong grant-writing and funder-reporting skills.
  • Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Compensation

  • This includes grant funding from open-source and public-interest technology funders and corporate sponsorships that support flagship events like the annual State of the Open Home.

Benefits

  • Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.
  • Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.
  • Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth.

Company info

  • The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, with the objective of fighting for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. It does this by supporting the development of open-source projects, open connectivity and communication standards.
  • A big part of this is Home Assistant https://www.home-assistant.io/, the biggest https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/#the-state-of-open-source open-source project in number of contributors, used by over two million households, but the Open Home Foundation also owns or collaborates with other projects important to promoting privacy, choice, and sustainability in the smart home, like:
  • Open hardware tools (e.g., ESPHome https://esphome.io/, ESP Web Tools https://esphome.github.io/esp-web-tools/).
  • Open standards (e.g., Python Matter Server https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server, Z-Wave JS https://github.com/zwave-js, ZigPy https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy, BTHome https://bthome.io/, Improv Wi-Fi https://www.improv-wifi.com/).
  • Open voice (e.g., Rhasspy https://github.com/rhasspy/rhasspy, Wyoming Protocol https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wyoming/, Piper https://github.com/rhasspy/piper).
  • Music Assistant https://www.music-assistant.io/.
  • Apply for the role.
  • Our HR team will review your application with the hiring manager.
  • Interview with HR.
  • Interview with the Marketing team.
  • Interview with the Marketing Lead.
  • Interview with our Board.
  • Offer.
  • Join our team!
  • The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, with the objective of fighting for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes.
  • It does this by supporting the development of open-source projects, open connectivity and communication standards.
  • The recruitment process
  • We are looking for
  • The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Fundraising Manager based in the United States to join our Marketing team.
  • This team is responsible for connecting the foundation's projects, such as Home Assistant,

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Build and manage corporate sponsorship programs and partnership packages, including around flagship conferences and events such as the annual State of the Open Home and global community meetups.
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