Development Director: Major Gifts & Campaign Lead

Fostering Promise; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fostering Promise seeks a Director of Development in the Bay Area to lead fundraising strategy and major donor engagement. You’ll manage a $2M annual contributed revenue goal and partner with the President & CEO to launch a multi-year Promise Campaign.

Responsibilities include building a donor portfolio of ~100 donors, securing face-to-face and virtual asks, drafting proposals, and overseeing development operations, events, and reporting. This is a hybrid role with frequent Bay Area travel.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of fundraising experience with campaign success
• Proven grant writing and editing skills with funded proposals
• Experience building fundraising infrastructure: CRM, pipeline design, reporting
• Demonstrated event fundraising experience and cultivation of donors
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to present a compelling case
• Initiative-taker able to work independently with an entrepreneurial CEO
• Commitment to youth-driven approaches and leadership of youth in foster care
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of ~100 donors and prospects with cultivation and solicitation
• Make face-to-face and virtual asks and move donors through the pipeline
• Support the President & CEO's donor portfolio with briefs, proposals, and follow-up
• Write, edit, and submit letters of inquiry, proposals, budgets, and reports
• Oversee grants calendar, deadlines, renewals, and reporting
• Develop and implement a multi-year fundraising plan across major gifts and institutional giving
• Own the Promise Campaign operations, CRM, data integrity, and reporting
• Plan and execute donor cultivation events and co-sponsored convenings
• Lead or supervise development staff and coordinate with CFO on budget and forecasting

Skills

Donor relations

Grant writing

Proposal editing

Fundraising strategy

Major gifts fundraising

Campaign management

Public speaking & asks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Monday.com

Donor management systems

Job description

Fostering Promise seeks a Director of Development in the Bay Area to lead fundraising strategy and major donor engagement. You’ll manage a $2M annual contributed revenue goal and partner with the President & CEO to launch a multi-year Promise Campaign.

Responsibilities include building a donor portfolio of ~100 donors, securing face-to-face and virtual asks, drafting proposals, and overseeing development operations, events, and reporting. This is a hybrid role with frequent Bay Area travel.