Development Director

Black Voters Matter Fund; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Life insurance $25,000

Professional development

Job summary

Black Voters Matter Fund is seeking a Development Director to lead the national and state fundraising strategy and to grow major donor support for BVM’s C4 and C3 arms. The role directs development operations, grant writing, donor relations, and reporting while collaborating with communications and finance teams.

This remote-friendly position requires residency in Atlanta, GA, and offers a compensation range of $165,000–$185,000 with extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of executive-level fundraising and management experience.
• Experience with donor databases and tracking systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Mail Merge with Excel/Word).
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced team.
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to progressive causes and community impact.
• Donor-centered approach and strong communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops and oversees fundraising strategies to grow donor base and grant opportunities.
• Creates and manages a major gifts program and maintains donor relationships.
• Oversee institutional giving and grant submissions to ensure timely, high-quality proposals.
• Partner with communications to craft fundraising messaging across platforms.
• Prepare required reports and annual budgets with relevant teams.
• Oversee hiring and supervision of development staff.
• Provide training on fundraising and donor cultivation throughout the year.

Skills

Fundraising leadership

Donor cultivation

Grant writing

Donor tracking

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

BVM IS CURRENTLY A REMOTE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. APPLICANT MUST RESIDE IN ATLANTA, GA.

Development Director is the leader of Black Voters Matter (BVM) Development team with a primary purpose to increase the financial support of BVM Fund (C4) and BVM Capacity Building Institute (C3). The Development Director will direct a wide range of fundraising activities, including administrative functions, which include oversight and management of a donor database, grant writing management, fundraising events, and identification, prospecting and cultivation of large and small donors, and public and private institutions. The Development Director will help to support expansion of BVM’s approach towards mobilizing voters as well as BVM’s broader objective of advocating for racial justice and building power for Black and marginalized communities.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Develops and oversees national and state specific fundraising and development strategies and campaigns to increase BVM’s donor base, grant opportunities, and resource partnerships (i.e. corporate partners, influencers). This includes using tools to track and access major and minor fundraising metrics, as well as holding large and small fund-raising events.
• Creates and monitors a major gifts system, which identifies, vets, cultivates, and maintains positive relationships with large and small donors, influencers, private and public foundations, and funds who are in alignment with BVM’s overall mission and purpose.
• Oversee BVM’s institutional giving program and grant submission process to ensure grant opportunities are identified on a regular basis, and grants are submitted timely, are factually accurate, and of high quality.
• In coordination with the communications team regularly creates and develops effective messaging and materials to assist with effective fund raising on all BVM’s communication platforms via social media, texting, email, print, and radio, when applicable. Also, oversee creation of publications to support fundraising opportunities.
• Consistently ensures that end of grant or annual reporting requested by Foundations/Funds/Donors, reports required by Executive Leadership and Board of Directors, BVM’s annual budget, and BVM’s annual impact report, in coordination with the communications, field team, and finance team, are prepared and submitted on time, and are factually accurate and of high quality.
• Oversee the hiring of development staff, as well as supervise the development team.
• Provide training to community and BVM partnership infrastructure on fundraising and grant writing, and donor cultivation throughout the year.

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of relevant executive level experience in fundraising, donor cultivation, grant writing and management, development administration and supervision of a team in a mid-size to large non-profit organization, preferably with a focus on racial justice, voting and equity and a budget of five to ten million or more.
• Knowledge of donor databases and donor tracking is required;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required (specifically Mail Merge using excel and word)
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced and collaborative team environment; ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt quickly.
• Excellent writing skills
• Commitment to progressive causes.
• Donor centered approach with commitment to excellent customer service.
• Strong writing and verbal communications skills, and ability to give presentations.
• High attention to detail.

Reporting Structure:

This position reports to the Executive Director.

Compensation:

Salary range: $165,000–$185,000, commensurate with experience.

Benefits:

Unlimited PTO, 401(k), medical, dental, and vision insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, $25,000 life insurance and professional development.

Travel Requirements:

Ability and willingness to travel approximately 20% of the time.

Again, this position supports both the C3 and also supports Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF), an affiliated 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. While motivated by the same core values – power building, equity and justice – BVM and BVMF operate independently of one another, and each organization has its own board of directors.

ABOUT BVM:

Our goal is to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. We agree with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said, “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” We operate with the following 5 core beliefs:

1. The key to effective civic engagement and community power is understanding, respecting and supporting local infrastructure.
2. Black voters matter not only on election day, but on all 365 days of the year. This means we must support individuals and organizations that are striving to obtain social justice throughout the year.
3. Black voters matter *everywhere*, including rural counties and smaller cities/towns that are often ignored by candidates, elected officials, political parties and the media.
4. In order for Black voters to matter, we must utilize authentic messaging which speaks to our issues, connects with our hopes and affirms our humanity.
5. The leadership, talent and commitment demonstrated by Black women in particular must receive recognition and, more importantly, *investment* in order to flourish and multiply.
   

This position supports both the C3 and also supports Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF), an affiliated 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. While motivated by the same core values – power building, equity and justice – BVM and BVMF operate independently of one another, and each organization has its own board of directors.

BVM is an equal opportunity employer. BVM prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic characteristics, disability, status as a special disabled veteran or veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity or any other basis prohibited by law.