Resource Development & Community Impact Manager

Connections To Success; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Connections to Success in Kansas City seeks a Resource Development Manager to lead fundraising, donor relations, and program initiatives. You will partner with the CEO and leadership to expand revenue, manage Dress for Success KC, and engage volunteers and donors across multiple channels.

The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, highly organized, and collaborative, with a track record in grants, major gifts, events, and corporate partnerships to advance CtS’s mission of economic mobility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, business, communications, marketing, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Three or more years of nonprofit development, fundraising, donor relations, community engagement, program management, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising research, grant writing, donor communications, and relationship management.
• Experience with events, sponsorships, corporate partnerships, and individual donor cultivation preferred.
• Experience with marketing, communications, and social media.
• Experience with DonorPerfect or similar donor management software preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement mission-focused development strategies to expand revenue and strengthen CtS’s donor base.
• Research, identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual, corporate, foundation, and community donors.
• Move prospective donors through the donor cultivation and stewardship pipeline, including identifying opportunities for increased engagement and support.
• Conduct grant research and contribute to the development, writing, submission, and reporting of foundation, corporate, and other grant proposals.
• Support major gift cultivation and solicitation efforts led by the CEO and Director of Resource Development.
• Research and develop sponsorship opportunities and secure support for programs, events, and organizational priorities.
• Maintain accurate donor and prospect information in DonorPerfect, including timely documentation, acknowledgments, and follow-up.
• Coordinate donor recognition, appreciation, and stewardship activities.
• Identify opportunities for board members and volunteers to participate in fundraising and relationship development.
• Provide leadership and day-to-day coordination of the Dress for Success Kansas City program.
• Coordinate volunteers, including recruitment, orientation, scheduling, engagement, recognition, and ongoing communication.
• Build and maintain relationships that support the program’s volunteer and community engagement needs.
• Coordinate program activities and ensure a welcoming, professional, and mission-centered experience for participants and volunteers.
• Support relationships and activities related to clothing donations and community resources.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the program’s visibility, partnerships, volunteer engagement, and impact.
• Serve as staff liaison to the Young Professionals Board (YPB), providing guidance, coordination, and support to advance its fundraising, engagement, and community-building goals.
• Recruit, engage, and support YPB members and help develop meaningful opportunities for their leadership and involvement.
• Organize and support committees for the annual Tribute to Success luncheon and other special events as needed.
• Provide staff support to relevant board and organizational committees.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute CtS annual, third-party, and community fundraising events.
• Develop and manage event timelines, sponsorship opportunities, committees, volunteers, communications, and follow-up.
• Serve as a CtS ambassador by representing the organization at community events, meetings, networking opportunities, and speaking engagements, while promoting CtS’s mission, programs, and impact
• Build and maintain relationships with corporations, foundations, community organizations, employers, volunteers, and other strategic partners.
• Identify opportunities to increase community awareness, engagement, and support for CtS.
• Assist in developing and implementing communication, marketing, and social media strategies that support fundraising, program awareness, and community engagement.
• Develop compelling donor, program, and organizational messaging in collaboration with the Resource Development and Communications Team.
• Support storytelling and content development that demonstrates CtS’s impact and elevates participant and program success.
• Ensure communications consistently reflect CtS’s mission, vision, values, and brand.
• Internal lead for updating website and sharepoint folder, in collaboration with contracted marketing company and Director of Operations.

Skills

Donor relations

Grant writing

Volunteer management

Event planning

Sponsorships

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

DonorPerfect

Job description

Connections to Success in Kansas City seeks a Resource Development Manager to lead fundraising, donor relations, and program initiatives. You will partner with the CEO and leadership to expand revenue, manage Dress for Success KC, and engage volunteers and donors across multiple channels.

The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, highly organized, and collaborative, with a track record in grants, major gifts, events, and corporate partnerships to advance CtS’s mission of economic mobility.