Director of Local Development and Fundraising (RFA)

Report for America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Report for America seeks a Director of Local Development and Fundraising to lead efforts in securing local philanthropic support and to work with local news organizations to raise funds for the program. The role reports to the President of Report for America and is based in Brooklyn, NY.

Responsibilities include raising money from local foundations and coordinating with GroundTruth’s development strategy to support the program’s growth and impact on community journalism.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in nonprofit development.
• Experience in training or teaching to help local news organizations advance fundraising.
• Passion for, and familiarity with, the cause of local journalism.

Responsibilities

• Raise money from local and regional foundations for the Report for America program.
• Collaborate with local news rooms to identify and solicit funds from foundations, individuals and corporations.
• Coordinate with GroundTruth’s development strategy to generate support for Report for America.

Skills

Fundraising

Grant writing

Nonprofit development

Training

Local journalism passion

Job description

Director of Local Development and Fundraising (RFA)

Posted on February 24, 2019

The crisis in journalism threatens democracy — which is why we need a dramatic new approach to reinvigorating journalism, especially at the local level. Report for America is a privately-financed national service program that places talented emerging journalists into local news organizations.

The acclaimed program fielded 13 reporters in its first year and will be placing more than 50 in its second year — with an eye toward 1,000 in 2023.

The program was co-founded in September 2017 by journalist/entrepreneurs Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott as an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. It is backed by the Google News Lab, the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the Knight Foundation, the Galloway Family Foundation and others.

We seek a Director of Local Development and Fundraising to help run this ambitious and crucially important program. Report for America is based in Brooklyn, NY. The GroundTruth Project is based at WGBH in Boston.

Position

Lead efforts to generate support from local and regional funders and work with local news organizations to raise local philanthropic support. Reports to the President of Report for America.

Responsibilities

• Raise money from local and regional foundations for the Report for America program
• Work with local news rooms to identify and solicit funds from local philanthropy (foundations, individuals, corporations) to provide the “local” share for Report for America reporting positions
• Work with GroundTruth’s Development Officer as well as the CEO of GroundTruth togenerate support for Report for America in general and to coordinate with the Ground Truth’s development strategy.

Experience

• Several years of experience in nonprofit development
• Experience in training or teaching (to help train local news organizations how to advance their local fundraising efforts)
• Passion for, and familiarity with, the cause of local journalism

Questions about this position may be directed to [e-mail].

Report for America is an initiative of the GroundTruth Project, which is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.