Teach For America · 9 hours ago
Director, Development
Providence County, RI
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$74K/yr - $120K/yr
4+ years expTeach For America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to an excellent education. The Director of Development will be responsible for cultivating and managing a portfolio of donors, developing strategies for fundraising, and maximizing revenue through effective donor stewardship and relationship management.
CharityEducationNon Profit
Responsibilities
Identify, manage, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors. Manage the Rhode Island pipeline, moving donors through all stages of the donor life cycle in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
Work in close partnership with the Executive Director, local regional staff, and other fundraisers to build the relationships necessary to advance fundraising efforts, including regional advisory board members
In partnership with the Executive Director and VP of Field Fundraising, set a vision for the local fundraising landscape to build and execute a plan for cultivating a portfolio of donors with the goal of maximizing revenue to the organization, including new donor strategy and acquisition
Consistently maintain donor, prospect, and fundraising activity information in our customer relationship management system (currently SalesForce) and leverage this information to track progress, monitor gaps, and adjust strategy and approach
Steward team and organizational initiatives
Qualification
Required
At least 4 years of related experience in development and fundraising context, with direct experience managing a donor portfolio
Track record of meeting and exceeding ambitious goals managing and/or supporting the management of a portfolio of donors
Build strong relationships with prospects and donors and support key stakeholders and solicitors through a comprehensive relationship management plan
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a variety of internal and external constituents
Ability to manage up and laterally to influence teammates and Board members in service of donor stewardship and solicitation
Have a solid foundation in best practices of development and fundraising
Experience soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of donors/funders from various funding streams
Contribute to complex fundraising and relationship management initiatives
Ability to develop and write grant proposals that are motivating and effective
Track record of meeting individual revenue goals
Leverage the market vision and overarching strategy to determine the specific approach to steward a portfolio of local donors and execute on that strategy in service of maximizing revenue to Teach For America as an enterprise
Monitor progress against the portfolio to ensure continuous donor stewardship
Flexible orientation to problem solving, with the ability to work in complexity and adjust strategies and priorities as needed
Ability to explore new ideas, methodologies, and alternatives to reach outcomes and not being constrained by conventional thinking and established approaches
Preferred
Experience writing grants and managing proposals
Company
Teach For America
is a nonprofit whose mission is to engage our nation's most promising future leaders to strengthen the movement for educational equity.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (9)
2021 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7.04MKey Investors
Kauffman FoundationAppalachian Regional CommissionMartha Holden Jennings Foundation
2024-11-11Grant
2024-10-29Grant· $0.5M
2024-04-01Grant· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Elisa Villanueva Beard
CEO
Recent News
2025-11-08
2025-09-15
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