Vice President of Fund Development

Essential Access Health; California; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Access Health seeks a strategic Vice President of Fund Development to lead strategy, execution, and growth of fundraising to support a stable, diversified revenue portfolio and public funding management.

Reporting to the Chief of External Affairs, the VP will align fund development with communications and external engagement to reflect the organization’s impact and direction while driving significant revenue outcomes and sustainability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in fund development.
• Proven ability to secure significant revenue and funding.
• Experience building fundraising goals and programs with necessary tools.
• Experience leading a national fundraising program in a nonprofit setting.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams in related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a comprehensive fund development strategy aligned with priorities.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with current and prospective funders.
• Provide oversight of state and federal grants and contracts.
• Lead and support Communications and Grants directors for alignment.
• Contribute funding insights to organizational strategy and opportunities.
• Partner with CEO and Board to strengthen engagement in fund development.
• Collaborate across Fund Development, Communications, and other teams

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Relationship building

Leadership

Grant management

National fundraising

Team development

Job description

Job Description

Vice President of Fund Development

The Vice President of Fund Development will lead the strategy, execution, and growth of Essential Access Health’s fundraising efforts to support a stable, diversified, and values-aligned revenue portfolio. This role is responsible for building and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective funders, while ensuring the organization is well-positioned to secure and manage public funding, including state and federal grants and contracts.

Reporting to the Chief of External Affairs, the Vice President will align fund development with communications and external engagement efforts, ensuring a clear, compelling narrative that reflects the organization’s impact and direction. This role requires both strategic leadership and direct engagement in fundraising, with a focus on achieving significant revenue outcomes and strengthening long-term sustainability.

KEY DUTIES + RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and lead a comprehensive fund development strategy aligned with organizational priorities and long-term sustainability goals
• Cultivate and steward strong relationships with current and prospective foundation partners and institutional funders
• Provide strategic oversight of state and federal grants and contracts, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities
• Lead and support the Director of Communications and Director of Grants, ensuring alignment across functions
• Contribute to broader organizational strategy, bringing forward funding insights and opportunities
• Partner with the CEO and Board to strengthen engagement in fund development
• Serve as an active partner to Fund Development, Communications, and other internal teams, ensuring coordinated and complementary external engagement

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in fund development, with demonstrated success securing significant revenue
• Effective relationship-building skills and an ability to develop meaningful and impactful partnerships with diverse audiences
• Demonstrated experience building successful fundraising programs including developing fundraising goals and strategies, and defining the tools and resources needed to support a growing fundraising operation
• Experience leading a successful national fundraising program at a nonprofit organization of similar size or larger size, structure, and scope
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
• Experience working in nonprofit, public health, or related sectors strongly preferred
• Other duties as assigned

Company Description

Mission: Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all

At Essential Access Health (Essential Access), our values are our compass. We believe bodily autonomy is a human right, and that everyone deserves to make decisions about their lives, families, and futures with dignity and respect. Today’s reproductive health landscape is marked by escalating attacks on access, deepening inequities, and state-sanctioned violence against people who can get pregnant. Yet this moment—while challenging—has also become a catalyst for change. It has demanded clarity, courage, and creativity. It has pushed us to reimagine and redesign our work, to ask who is better off because of it, and to expand our sense of what is possible and necessary. This strategic plan sets our direction for the next three years: to lead with our values, transform systems rather than defend the status quo, and shape a future in which sexual and reproductive health care is just, equitable, and centered on people.

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Justice + Inclusion
Since our founding in 1968, Essential Access has been guided by a foundational belief: every person has the right to access the health services and information they need—with dignity and respect. That belief is as urgent today as it has ever been.

We know that access is not enough on its own. Systemic barriers—rooted in race, identity, ability, and circumstance—continue to dete