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The Family Center · 1 month ago

Director of Development and Communications

Brooklyn, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$110K/yr - $130K/yr

The Family Center envisions a future where all New Yorkers thrive in secure healthy communities. They are seeking a passionate Director of Development and Communications to lead their fundraising strategy and implementation, working closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to cultivate donor relationships and grow revenue.

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Responsibilities

Develop and lead a comprehensive and diverse fundraising development strategy to sustain and grow revenue to support the agency’s mission in collaboration with the Executive Director and the Board

Specifically responsible for raising $2 million annually and increasing by at least 20% in subsequent years

Build multifaceted development plans annually, including in-depth research on potential funding opportunities and grant prospects

Draft, edit and submit letters of intent, grant proposals and required reports

Develop and leverage strategies for engaging individual donors, major donors, and donor institutions

Craft fundraising communications, cases for support, pitches for donor support, along with donor correspondence

Direct all event fundraising, including the annual gala

Plan and lead donor cultivation events in collaboration with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors

Identify, cultivate, and steward relationships with individual donors, major donors, and donor institutions

Maintain and nurture existing donor relationships ensuring timely and personalized communication

Support the Executive Director and the Board in research, preparation, documentation and follow-up of all donor meetings

Present at Board meetings, attend all Board Fundraising Committee meetings and all Board Recruitment & Leadership Development meetings

Project and report on progress in meeting quarterly fundraising goals

In collaboration with the Executive Director and Board of Directors, oversee new Board member prospecting and engage board members in The Family Center’s fundraising strategy

Direct all external communications and provide all constituents with guidance as to how they can maintain and uphold The Family Center brand

Collaborate closely with program staff to provide donors and funders with qualitative and quantitative program data and outcomes

Collaborate with client leaders to bring awareness of their lived experience, including receiving agency services, to donors and funders

Oversee the CRM: ensuring data hygiene and leveraging its functionality to move donors through the pipeline

Track and report on fundraising progress, donor interactions and outcomes

Manage two staff: a full-time Development Associate and a part-time Communications Associate

Other duties as assigned