Director of Development

Mad Agriculture; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mad Agriculture in Boulder, CO seeks a seasoned Development Director to accelerate fundraising and growth. You will lead donor relationships, manage funding partnerships, and oversee grant writing, reporting, and strategic communications with a wide range of sponsors.

Join a mission-driven team committed to regenerative agriculture and building impact through generous philanthropy. The position offers a competitive salary range and opportunities to scale funding efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of fundraising experience.
• Strong track record of securing significant grants, donations and/or sponsorships.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate new donor relationships and manage existing funding relationships.
• Work with teams on grant-writing communications strategies, impact reporting, and proposals.
• Lead moderate to major proposals ($25k - $20M) for public and private sector.
• Write progress and final grant reports; build compelling donor/developer decks.
• Develop a robust fundraising communications approach and collaborate with partner organizations.
• Work closely with leadership to develop and execute fundraising strategies to meet growth goals.

Skills

Fundraising

Grant writing

Donor relations

Job description

At Mad Agriculture we put radical ideals to work. Our mission is to create a regenerative revolution in agriculture. We like solving problems by blending the dimensions of agriculture, social psychology, philosophy, science, ecology, economics, movement building, markets, poetry, innovation and finance. We believe that healing our relationships to self, others and the earth is our highest calling, and we’re looking for talented, mission-oriented folks to join our dynamic team! We are a leader in the regenerative agriculture revolution and need someone to help us raise more funds to drive growth and impact.

ABOUT THE POSITION

At Mad Agriculture, money is the limiting factor to growth and impact. Our goal is to increase our annual budget from $2M to $5M by the end of 2024. We need some that can lead this charge. We are looking for a seasoned development director that will immediately impact our fundraising goals, with a minimum of 5 years of fundraising experience and a strong track record of securing significant grants, donations and/or sponsorships.

A typical week will encompass many activities, including cultivating new donor relationships; managing existing funding relationships; working with individual teams on grant-writing communication strategies, impact reporting; leading moderate to major proposals ($25k - $20M budget) for the public and private sector; writing progress and final grant reports; building compelling decks to pitch and update a wide variety of donors and investors; developing a robust communication approach that enlivens our funder community, working with Mad Ag partner organizations on collaborative funding opportunities, working close with Philip Taylor to develop and execute a fundraising strategy to meet our ambitious growth goals, and more.

COMPENSATION

$110-$150k