Director of Philanthropy & Partnerships

The Rome Group; Illinois; Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) contributions

Zusammenfassung

Riverbend Head Start & Family Services in Illinois seeks a Director of Development to lead fundraising and development efforts, building donor and community relationships and generating sustainable philanthropic support.

In collaboration with the Executive Director and Board, you will manage an annual development plan focused on individual giving, grants, sponsorships, and special events, while supervising a part-time PR Coordinator and coordinating with staff and partners to maximize revenue.

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated nonprofit fundraising experience.
• Strong relationship-building with donors, foundations, businesses, and community partners.
• Proven grant writing and funded project reports.
• Experience with fundraising events and sponsorship development.
• Ability to supervise staff and coordinate with shared administrative support.

Aufgaben

• Develop, maintain, and annually update a comprehensive development plan with revenue goals, priorities, timelines, responsibilities, and key performance metrics.
• Establish and monitor annual fundraising goals across individual giving, corporate support, grants, sponsorships, and special events.
• Maintain a focused pipeline of donors, prospects, corporate partners, sponsors, and funding opportunities.
• Regularly report development progress, results, and key metrics to the Executive Director and Board.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and diversify Riverbend's philanthropic revenue.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, corporate partners, and sponsors.
• Work with the Executive Director and Board to identify and develop relationships with prospective donors and community partners.
• Build strategies to retain donors and increase annual, recurring, major, and corporate gifts.
• Identify donors with potential for future planned or legacy giving.
• Engage Board members in donor introductions, stewardship, sponsorships, and other appropriate fundraising activities.
• Identify and prioritize foundation and corporate grant opportunities aligned with Riverbend’s programs and funding needs.
• Prepare and submit priority grant proposals and reports.
• Maintain a grant calendar and coordinate necessary program, financial, and outcome information with staff.
• Develop and maintain relationships with current and prospective funders.
• Provide leadership for Riverbend’s primary fundraising and donor engagement events.
• Establish event revenue goals, sponsorship strategies, budgets, and timelines.
• Secure and steward event sponsors.
• Coordinate with the PR Coordinator, administrative support, staff, volunteers, and vendors on event implementation.
• Evaluate events based on net revenue, donor engagement, and community visibility.
• Supervise and provide direction to the part-time PR Coordinator.
• Ensure communications and public relations activities support Riverbend’s development goals, organizational priorities, and brand.
• Coordinate fundraising messaging, donor communications, impact stories, event promotion, and community visibility with the PR Coordinator.
• Establish priorities and measurable goals for development-related communications.

Kenntnisse

Fundraising

Donor relations

Grant writing

Sponsorships

Events planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Donor databases

Jobbeschreibung

Riverbend Head Start & Family Services in Illinois seeks a Director of Development to lead fundraising and development efforts, building donor and community relationships and generating sustainable philanthropic support.

In collaboration with the Executive Director and Board, you will manage an annual development plan focused on individual giving, grants, sponsorships, and special events, while supervising a part-time PR Coordinator and coordinating with staff and partners to maximize revenue.