Director of Development & Fundraising Strategy

TriCity Family Serivces; Geneva (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TriCity Family Serivces in Geneva, IL seeks a Director of Development to lead private sector fundraising and guide PR and marketing efforts to build awareness and support for agency programs.

Reporting to the Board's Resource Development Committee, the role develops annual plans and budgets, cultivates donors and partners, oversees grants, and supervises staff to ensure ethical fundraising and donor stewardship.

Qualifications

• Experience leading fundraising campaigns and donor cultivation.
• Ability to develop annual resource development plans and budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the agency's annual Resource Development Plan.
• Develop annual Resource Development budget.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit and grow individual donor support and organize the Partnership of Caring annual campaign.
• Identify, cultivate and solicit support from corporations, churches and community organizations, including United Ways and Community Chests.
• Research, prepare, submit and steward grant proposals to funders and partners.
• Represent the agency at presentations to businesses and community groups.
• Serve as staff liaison to the Board's Resource Development Committee and report on progress.
• Support volunteer fundraising activities and ensure coordinated marketing across programs.
• Collaborate with clinical team to create marketing collateral and program marketing strategies.
• Research advertising opportunities for agency services.
• Supervise fundraising staff including hiring, training, and performance evaluations.
• Ensure ethical fundraising practices and timely donor acknowledgments and annual reporting.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

Grant writing

Budget development

Job description

TriCity Family Serivces in Geneva, IL seeks a Director of Development to lead private sector fundraising and guide PR and marketing efforts to build awareness and support for agency programs.

Reporting to the Board's Resource Development Committee, the role develops annual plans and budgets, cultivates donors and partners, oversees grants, and supervises staff to ensure ethical fundraising and donor stewardship.