Senior Director of Major Gifts & Development Strategy

Love146; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Love146 is seeking a Director of Development to lead a high-impact fundraising program, combining strategic planning with hands-on donor cultivation. This senior role reports to the CEO, heads a small development team, and manages a portfolio of top donors and prospects across multi-year initiatives.

The candidate will leverage relationships with high-net-worth individuals, foundations, and family offices, driving growth in major gifts, DAF revenue, and capacity-building support while aligning

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of nonprofit development experience, including direct major gift solicitation and at least 3 years supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Own and personally manage a portfolio of 65-85 high-net-worth donors and prospects, with primary accountability for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship at the five-, six-, and seven-figure levels.
• Aggressively source new high-net-worth prospects through personal networks, donor referrals, Board connections, wealth advisors, family offices, and regional philanthropic circles.
• In collaboration with the CEO, design and execute donor-specific cultivation strategies grounded in each donor’s values and philanthropic goals.
• Develop and grow donor-advised fund revenue: identify DAF-holding donors and prospects, build relationships with DAF sponsors and community and family foundations, navigate grant recommendation cycles and advisor dynamics, and convert giving into multi-year commitments.
• Cultivate and steward relationships within trust-based philanthropy networks and funder collaboratives, positioning Love146 as a credible partner for unrestricted, multi-year, and capacity-building support.
• Partner with the CEO to deploy their time strategically - joint cultivation visits, bespoke asks, and high-touch stewardship of the organization’s most significant relationships.
• Equip and support Board members and the organization’s Fundraising Committee to open doors, make introductions, and participate meaningfully in donor engagement.
• Recruit, equip, and steward donors who host house parties and third-party fundraisers on Love146’s behalf - providing the materials, messaging, and staff support that make hosting easy, and converting attendees into cultivated prospects.
• Identify and secure transformational gifts, including multi-year commitments, legacy and planned gifts, and capacity-building investments.
• Meet and exceed personal and departmental fundraising targets on or ahead of schedule.

Skills

Hustle

Relational intelligence

Strategic and operational range

Data literacy

Exceptional communication

Trauma-informed judgment

Resilience

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFRE certification

Graduate degree

Tools

Salesforce

Classy

Job description

Love146 is seeking a Director of Development to lead a high-impact fundraising program, combining strategic planning with hands-on donor cultivation. This senior role reports to the CEO, heads a small development team, and manages a portfolio of top donors and prospects across multi-year initiatives.

The candidate will leverage relationships with high-net-worth individuals, foundations, and family offices, driving growth in major gifts, DAF revenue, and capacity-building support while aligning