Director of Development: Major Gifts & Community Impact

Catholic Charities; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Charities seeks a Director of Development to lead fundraising across southeastern Wisconsin. You will craft strategies, supervise donor engagement, and align activities with our mission to serve vulnerable neighbors.

In this senior role you will cultivate major donors, expand planned giving, and deepen parish partnerships, using data-informed approaches to increase revenue and impact for social services.

Qualifications

• Experience leading development/fundraising programs.
• Ability to cultivate donors at $10,000+ annual level.
• Knowledge of planned giving and donor stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for fundraising priorities.
• Act as a key relationship-builder with donors, parishes, and clergy.
• Grow philanthropic revenue and donor impact through data-driven strategies.
• Cultivate new major donors and steward existing relationships.
• Align development activity with agency goals and mission.

Skills

Major donor cultivation

Donor relations

Strategic fundraising

Data-informed decisions

Parish engagement

Stakeholder management

Job description

Catholic Charities seeks a Director of Development to lead fundraising across southeastern Wisconsin. You will craft strategies, supervise donor engagement, and align activities with our mission to serve vulnerable neighbors.

In this senior role you will cultivate major donors, expand planned giving, and deepen parish partnerships, using data-informed approaches to increase revenue and impact for social services.