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Women Donors Network · 3 weeks ago

Vice President of Community and Development

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$220K/yr - $220K/yr

10+ years exp

Women Donors Network (WDN) is a national network committed to gender, racial, economic, and climate justice. The Vice President of Community and Development will lead fundraising strategies and membership growth while managing a team, ensuring a compelling membership experience.

CommunitiesNon ProfitWomen's

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a comprehensive fundraising strategy with annual giving, multi-year pledges, major gifts, legacy giving, rapid response, and collaborative funding partnerships in alignment with WDN/A's financial model and long-term revenue goals

Cultivate, solicit, steward, and personally close major gifts (including six and seven figure commitments), maintaining a personal portfolio of members

Build and sustain a bold, joyful, relational fundraising culture that frames fundraising as mission-aligned work and strengthens confidence across staff, our Boards, and members

Develop and implement moves-management systems that deepen donor relationships, strengthen retention, and support meaningful, personalized stewardship for individual and institutional members

Lead WDN/A's member community growth strategy with strategic efforts to double our growth of individual and institutional members

Serve as primary staff lead on our two Boards' Fundraising Committees, which often meet jointly, and provide leadership, guidance, and tools to help board members successfully meet their fundraising goals

Provide strategic fundraising partnership to incubated initiatives (one of our grantmaking vehicles), ensuring they are effectively positioned for donor engagement within WDN/A's broader revenue strategy

Collaborate closely with the Communications Team to shape, maintain, and update donor and member-facing materials and other fundraising tools

Partner cross-functionally with other stakeholder teams (Communications, Learning & Impact, Politics & Advocacy, and Finance) to ensure aligned messaging, narrative cohesion, and coordinated donor engagement

Lead WDN/A's membership strategy, across the membership lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, renewal, stewardship, and offboarding) for both individual and institutional members, ensuring a seamless and compelling membership experience

Partner with the Learning & Impact Team to cultivate a membership culture rooted in belonging, growth, accountability, and principled solidarity

Develop and refine strategies to source, attract, and steward new values-aligned members to WDN/A

Strengthen programs, gatherings, and engagement opportunities that support members' political, personal, and philanthropic journeys

Design and analyze the annual membership survey (with operational management by a Manager), ensuring insights drive membership strategy and alignment across the organization

Strengthen regional engagement and activation through regional gatherings, leadership pathways, and community structures that deepen connection and action

Serve as primary staff lead to the Boards' Member Engagement Committee, supporting member activation and governance alignment

Leverage power mapping (data and relationship insights) to understand member interests, capacities, and expertise, connecting them to meaningful opportunities to lead, give, and mobilize through WDN/A

Collaborate with WDN Action and cross-functional partners to support mobilization efforts, donor activation, and regional organizing

Partner with other team leaders to ensure alignment across member engagement, development, and programmatic initiatives across WDN/A

Lead, coach, and manage a Community & Development team of four, providing strategic vision, clarity, accountability, and coaching

Foster an inclusive, relational, values-driven team culture grounded in communication, collaboration, and excellence in shared outcomes

Partner with the President & CEO and Management Team on organizational planning, budgeting, fundraising strategy, membership strategy, and cross-functional execution

Model courageous communication, transparent decision-making, and solutions-oriented leadership

Qualification

Nonprofit fundraisingMajor giftsDonor acquisitionFundraising CRMTeam leadershipGoogle WorkspaceZoomSlackMacOSEmotional intelligence

Required

10+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience with organizations of a comparable size

Deep expertise in major gifts and donor acquisition and retention strategies, with demonstrated success leading successful fundraising campaigns that inspire generosity

Commitment to WDN's mission and values, and experience in at least two of WDN's funding priorities

Proven track record successfully cultivating, soliciting, and closing multi-tier donors, including six and seven figure gifts

Exceptional communication skills with the ability to speak plainly, directly, and with emotional intelligence across multiracial, multigenerational audiences and donor communities

Proficiency with fundraising CRMs (Salesforce is preferred), as well as, Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, and MacOS

Experience in social-justice-aligned 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) organizations and/or membership networks is strongly preferred