Strategic Major Gifts Lead — Climate Justice Partnerships

Climate Resilient Communities; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Climate Resilient Communities seeks a strategic Major Partnerships Manager to mobilize philanthropic support for community-led climate resilience and justice initiatives.

The role cultivates a portfolio of high-capacity donors, family foundations, and donor collaboratives, bridging philanthropy with frontline leadership. The ideal candidate combines fundraising expertise with deep climate justice grounding and narrative storytelling for donors.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in major gifts, philanthropic partnerships, or institutional fundraising within nonprofit or climate justice spaces.
• Demonstrated success securing five- and six-figure gifts; seven-figure partnerships strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to manage complex donor portfolios and build long-term philanthropic relationships.
• Strong strategic planning, forecasting, pipeline management, and fundraising analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for proposals, briefs, and donor reports.
• Experience engaging sophisticated philanthropic audiences, including high-net-worth individuals and donor collaboratives.

Responsibilities

• Lead Major Partnerships strategy and portfolio growth with five-to-seven-figure giving potential.
• Design cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans to deepen multi-year investments.
• Build trusted partnerships aligning philanthropy with community-led resilience and justice outcomes.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and board on donor strategy and briefing prep.
• Translate program outcomes and community stories into donor communications and reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional work with program, communications, and finance teams.

Skills

Major gifts fundraising

Donor portfolio management

Strategic planning

Proposal development

Communication

Relationship building

Climate justice awareness

Tools

AirTable

Bloomerang

Job description

Climate Resilient Communities seeks a strategic Major Partnerships Manager to mobilize philanthropic support for community-led climate resilience and justice initiatives.

The role cultivates a portfolio of high-capacity donors, family foundations, and donor collaboratives, bridging philanthropy with frontline leadership. The ideal candidate combines fundraising expertise with deep climate justice grounding and narrative storytelling for donors.