Development and Fundraising Manager

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA); New Britain (CT); On-site; USD 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA) in New Britain, CT seeks a Development and Fundraising Manager to drive revenue growth by designing and executing strategies to secure funds from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

Key responsibilities include donor cultivation, grant writing, event planning, and CRM management to meet annual fundraising goals. The role requires strong writing skills and experience with private foundations and government grants.

Qualifications

• Experience securing funds from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
• Excellent writing skills with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to plan and implement fundraising strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute strategies to increase CMHA revenue.
• Cultivate donors and assist with grant writing and reports.
• Plan events and manage donor communications and CRM data.

Skills

Donor cultivation

Grant writing

CRM management

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Why CMHA?

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA) is a private non-profit treatment provider headquartered in New Britain, with seven locations throughout the city and in Waterbury. We partner with clients and the community to promote recovery from mental illness and substance use, treating more than 7,500 adults and children each year. CMHA is Connecticut’s first fully Joint Commission accredited Behavioral Health Home and is a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). Visit cmhacc.org to learn more.

Internal mobility and career pathing is a focus at CMHA with many employees growing from individual contributors to leaders.

CMHA is looking to hire a full-time, Development and Fundraising Manager for our Community Relations Team. This position will be located at 233 Main Street New Britain, CT 06051. Monday-Friday 8:30am- 4:30pm.

Compensation Range: The salary range for this position starts at $74,000.

Compensation for each position is determined not only by years of relevant experience, education, and skills, but also by maintaining internal pay equity. CMHA also takes into consideration our benefits and paid time-off package to provide a well-rounded and competitive approach to the applicant’s overall compensation.

Summary

The Development and Fundraising Manager will drive CMHAs revenue growth by designing and executing strategies to secure funds from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Key responsibilities include donor cultivation, assistance with grant writing, event planning, and CRM management to meet annual fundraising goals. Research and write private grant applications in collaboration with the Grants Manager. Prepare grant reports for funders. Provides accurate, timely, high quality internal and external communications (print and digital) to support agency strategic direction and development. Assists with planning and implementation of CMHA’s fundraising and external events. Helps develop donor communications; tracks donations and runs reports from donor database to manage donor information and solicitation. Proven experience with private foundation, state and federal grants and excellent writing skills with attention to detail is a must.