Director of Development

Maryland Nonprofits; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust retirement plan

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision

Generous PTO + birthday off

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Legal assistance

Job summary

Santé is seeking a Director of Development to lead and grow fundraising across Maryland. The role demands a hands-on leader capable of building strategy, cultivating donors, and expanding philanthropic support for behavioral health and crisis services.

You’ll partner with the CEO and Board to engage individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners, while establishing scalable systems and donor cultivation programs in a growing development operation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive fundraising experience.
• Direct grant writing experience and cultivation of major gifts.
• Strong relationship-building with individual donors, corporate partners, and foundations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year fundraising strategy across government, foundation, corporate, individual, and planned giving sources.
• Build Santé’s culture of philanthropy across staff, Board, external supporters.
• Establish policies, systems, and reporting to support a growing development operation.
• Lead the development function, including staff and consultants.
• Write grant proposals, donor appeals, sponsorship pitches, and stewardship communications.
• Partner with CEO and Board on donor engagement and stewardship.
• Build relationships with donors, corporate partners, and foundations across Maryland.

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Grant writing

Donor relations

Development leadership

Communications

Strategic planning

Tools

Donor CRM (Salesforce)

Job description

Help grow support for life-changing behavioral health services across Maryland. Santé is hiring a Director of Development to grow support for behavioral health and crisis services across Maryland. This is a high-impact opportunity for a hands-on fundraising leader who can build strategy, grow relationships, and help expand philanthropic support for a mission that matters.

In This Role, You’ll

• Develop and execute a multi-year fundraising strategy across government, foundation, corporate, individual, and planned giving sources.
• Build Santé’s culture of philanthropy across staff, Board, external supporters.
• Establish the policies, systems, and reporting needed to support a growing development operation.
• Build and lead the development function, including any development staff and management of external development consultants.
• Write compelling grant proposals, donor appeals, sponsorship pitches, and stewardship communications.
• Partner with the CEO, leadership team, and Board on donor engagement and stewardship.
• Build relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, and foundations across Maryland.

You’ll Be a Strong Fit If You Bring

• 5+ years of progressive fundraising experience.
• Direct grant writing experience and cultivation of major gifts.
• Strong relationship-building skills with individual donors, corporate partners, and foundation funders.
• Experience contributing to building or growing a development program.
• Comfortable building a development function from the early-stage, including establishing systems, processes, and donor cultivation.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to translate organization strategy into a compelling case for support.
• Connection to behavioral health, healthcare, or human services missions preferred.

Why Santé

• Robust retirement plan
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
• Generous PTO plus your birthday off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness programs and perks
• Life Insurance
• Disability coverage
• Legal assistance

Who We Are

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life‑saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Disclaimers

The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

The Santé Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Santé Group participates in E‑Verify. http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf