Educational Fundraising Lead — DC Campus

Community College Preparatory Academy; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Community College Preparatory Academy (CCPrep) seeks a Development Manager to build and lead a disciplined fundraising program that connects donors to CCPrep students and programs. You will develop an annual fundraising plan across foundations, corporations, individuals, events, and public-private opportunities while maintaining a qualified prospect pipeline and stewardship calendar.

Collaborating with Finance, program leaders, and leadership, you will ensure budgets, restrictions, deliverables,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience, including project, program, or staff leadership.
• Demonstrated skill with data, documentation, cross-functional communication, and service-oriented problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop an annual fundraising plan across foundations, corporations, individuals, events, and public-private opportunities.
• Maintain a qualified prospect pipeline, cultivation plans, proposal calendar, and stewardship schedule.
• Write persuasive, accurate cases for support, proposals, reports, and donor communications.
• Partner with Finance and program leaders on budgets, restrictions, deliverables, and outcome evidence.
• Maintain accurate constituent and gift records, acknowledgments, and relationship history.
• Prepare fundraising dashboards and ethical recommendations for leadership.
• Develop funding cases from verified learner needs and program evidence, prioritizing access, engagement, effective interventions, and pathways to individual education and career goals.
• Include learner perspectives through voluntary, informed participation in fundraising stories and program planning; protect dignity, privacy, and freedom to decline.
• Agree with academic and data leaders on appropriate learning and service measures for proposals and reports; distinguish demonstrated academic growth from participation and credential outcomes.
• Engage learners, staff, funders, and community partners around priorities that advance academic growth and well-being; develop shared leadership for approved partnership initiatives.
• Align resource-development recommendations with documented learner needs and equitable access to human, material, digital, and fiscal supports.
• Maintain institutional registrations, submission access, calendars and records for SAM.gov, Grants.gov, EGMS, and other funder portals; coordinate program, finance, compliance, and executive inputs and retain final applications, awards, reports, and confirmation records.

Skills

Data analysis

Documentation

Cross-functional comms

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Community College Preparatory Academy (CCPrep) seeks a Development Manager to build and lead a disciplined fundraising program that connects donors to CCPrep students and programs. You will develop an annual fundraising plan across foundations, corporations, individuals, events, and public-private opportunities while maintaining a qualified prospect pipeline and stewardship calendar.

Collaborating with Finance, program leaders, and leadership, you will ensure budgets, restrictions, deliverables,