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Development Director

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Location

United States

Posted

58 days ago

Salary

$120K / year

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead corporate outreach, pitches, and deal-closing with mission-aligned brands (e.g., creative, technology, youth education sectors). • Build, manage, and grow a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals and major donors. • Develop tailored sponsorship opportunities tied to Vital Impacts’ programs. • Create compelling proposals, pitches, and donor materials in collaboration with leadership and marketing support. • Take ownership of donor communications and stewardship, ensuring timely, thoughtful, and personalized engagement. • Preserve and scale Vital Impacts’ “secret sauce”: fast, human, heartfelt donor follow-up. • Develop strategies to increase donor retention, repeat giving, and average gift size. • Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned with organizational growth goals. • Lead revenue generation across: Major individual gifts, Corporate sponsorships and partnerships, New foundation and family foundation relationships. • Design and manage fundraising campaigns (e.g., Giving Tuesday, program-specific campaigns). • Select and implement a CRM to track donor relationships and fundraising activity.

Job Requirements

7+ years of senior-level fundraising or revenue leadership experience, with clear ownership of results; experience in small, founder-led, or early-stage organizations strongly preferred.
Proven success securing and growing 5- and 6-figure gifts from major individual donors and/or corporate partners; candidates do not need equal depth in both, but must bring strength in at least one.
Exceptional relationship builder with the ability to engage and steward a wide range of constituencies, including high-net-worth individuals, corporate partners, foundations, creatives, journalists, board members, and senior leaders.
Demonstrated experience building fundraising strategy, relationships, and processes from the ground up, rather than inheriting a fully built development operation.
Strong track record translating mission, programs, and impact into compelling proposals, pitches, and donor communications.
Comfortable operating in a startup or growth-stage environment, with the judgment to prioritize, adapt, and move work forward amid evolving structures.
Highly self-directed and accountable; able to own day-to-day fundraising execution while partnering closely with executive leadership.
Experience fundraising across multiple channels or audiences, rather than working exclusively with a single donor type.
Former Executive Directors, Deputy Directors, or senior leaders who have personally led fundraising for small or growing organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
Appreciation for journalism and storytelling, including an understanding of how high-quality reporting is developed, supported, and funded; experience working with journalists, media, or storytelling-driven organizations is a plus.