Regional Major Gifts & Growth Director

Youth For Christ International; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Retirement Savings with 3% match after

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Youth For Christ International seeks a Director of Development to architect revenue growth across 10 ministry sites. You’ll translate transformation stories into compelling donor proposals and lead major gifts, campaigns, and grant pipelines in collaboration with the Executive Director.

Responsibilities include major donor cultivation, event execution, grant writing, and maintaining Salesforce donor data, enabling predictable, mission-driven funding for community youth development.

Qualifications

• BA in Marketing, Communications, Projects or Business or equivalent experience.
• Minimum one-year event experience.
• Experience in fundraising, donor relations and grants.

Responsibilities

• Major Donor Cultivation & Moves Management for a portfolio of 75–100 high-level donors.
• Lead planning and execution of fundraising banquets, golf tournaments and campaigns.
• Research, write and submit grant proposals to foundations and corporations.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure data integrity in Salesforce and donor acknowledgments.

Skills

Donor cultivation

Campaign management

Grant writing

Stakeholder relations

Event coordination

Education

BA in Marketing, Communications, Projects or Business or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

Youth For Christ International seeks a Director of Development to architect revenue growth across 10 ministry sites. You’ll translate transformation stories into compelling donor proposals and lead major gifts, campaigns, and grant pipelines in collaboration with the Executive Director.

Responsibilities include major donor cultivation, event execution, grant writing, and maintaining Salesforce donor data, enabling predictable, mission-driven funding for community youth development.