Senior Development Lead: Major Gifts & Partnerships

City Year; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

City Year San Antonio is seeking a Senior Development Manager to execute the fundraising strategy, cultivate major gifts, and manage donor relationships. Based in San Antonio with hybrid work options, you will work closely with the Executive Director to meet annual revenue goals and grow City Year’s philanthropic partnerships.

You will lead targeted donor engagements, refine giving circles, and collaborate with teams to align fundraising with program priorities, while ensuring accurate CRM

Qualifications

• 2+ years of progressive fundraising or relationship management experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in nonprofit management, communications, public administration, business administration, marketing, fundraising, or related field; or comparable professional experience.
• Authorized to work in the United States; background clearance for work with school-age children if needed.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of a site-specific fundraising strategy to meet annual revenue goals (~$1M).
• Inspire, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors with emphasis on major gifts and multi-year commitments.
• Develop and deepen institutional partnerships with corporations and foundations; steward Team Sponsors at $100k+ level.
• Collaborate with national Development team on multi-site partnerships.
• Oversee grant proposals and funder reporting; ensure timely, accurate submissions.
• Manage a donor portfolio toward the site’s private revenue target and maintain donor records in Salesforce.

Skills

Fundraising

Relationship building

Major gifts

Grant writing

CRM (Salesforce)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

City Year San Antonio is seeking a Senior Development Manager to execute the fundraising strategy, cultivate major gifts, and manage donor relationships. Based in San Antonio with hybrid work options, you will work closely with the Executive Director to meet annual revenue goals and grow City Year’s philanthropic partnerships.

You will lead targeted donor engagements, refine giving circles, and collaborate with teams to align fundraising with program priorities, while ensuring accurate CRM