About the Foundation for Contemporary Arts

Founded by artists Jasper Johns and John Cage in 1963, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) mission is to encourage, sponsor, and promote contemporary visual and performance arts. Through a nomination process, individual artists and collective groups working in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts are awarded unrestricted grants for projects of their own choosing. A fund is also maintained to help artists with unexpected emergencies. Since FCA’s inception, over 3,000 grants to artists and arts organizations—totaling over $13 million—have provided opportunities for creative exploration and development. FCA is a non-profit 501©(3) charity and raises funds through the sale of artwork donated by visual artists for periodic benefit exhibitions and through contributions from individuals and foundations.

Job Description

FCA seeks a full-time Communications and Development Coordinator. Reporting to the Deputy Director, this position assists with all aspects of FCA’s external relations and fund-raising, including membership groups, contribution processing and acknowledgement letters, appeal mailings, event planning and execution, grant reporting, creating and distributing e-newsletters and press releases, social media presence, research, and other duties as assigned. The position is responsible for daily phone and e-mail contact with donors and artists, drafting written and electronic correspondence, tracking gifts, conducting research, maintaining grants timetables, database management, website management and maintenance, and other key administrative duties. FCA has a small staff; the Coordinator is expected to perform a wide variety of tasks in a fast-paced, high-standards environment. A willingness and ability to work at weekday evening donor events 1-2x/month and the occasional Saturday event is required. The position manages an intern, and has a dotted-line overseeing the Program Assistant on social media posts.