Teach For America · 5 hours ago
Director, Development
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$74K/yr - $101K/yr
4+ years expTeach For America is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to an equitable and excellent education. The Director of Development will be responsible for cultivating and managing a portfolio of donors, developing and executing strategies to achieve development goals, and maximizing contributions from local donors.
CharityEducationNon Profit
Responsibilities
Leverage broader vision set 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 as a whole
Manage, cultivate, and steward a portfolio of donors, ensuring that primary solicitors are well equipped to engage at all stages of the donor life cycle
Work in close partnership with the Executive Director and other fundraisers to build the relationships necessary to advance fundraising efforts, which may include regional advisory board members
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
Track record of meeting and exceeding ambitious goals managing and/or supporting the management of a portfolio of donors
Bachelor's Degree
Build strong relationships with prospects and donors and/or support the primary relationship holder/solicitor 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 development teammates in service of donor stewardship
Have a solid foundation in best practices of development and fundraising
Experience stewarding a portfolio of donors/funders from various funding streams
Contribute to complex fundraising and relationship management initiatives
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
Preferred
Teach For America development experience
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
Outgoing CEO
Recent News
2025-11-08
2025-09-15
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