Director of Development

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🕒 March 18

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Climate Defiance

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2023

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

Climate Defiance is a grassroots direct-action climate organization that stages civil disobedience and coordinated campaigns to block fossil fuel infrastructure and pressure political targets. The group organizes volunteers and supporters across U. S. cities, runs training series, solicits donations (including tax-deductible gifts to its 501(c)(3)), and emphasizes militant, non-petition strategies to halt new gas exports and other fossil fuel projects.

📋 Description

• Develop and lead plans to build our individual donor program, with an emphasis on four and five-figure gifts; • Manage a portfolio of 75+ current and prospective donors, regularly meeting with donors through in-person, phone, video and through email updates; • Identify new donors through Climate Defiance’s events, our database of activists and supporters, as well new avenues; • Manage our development team member and their event planning and major gifts responsibilities, providing training and ongoing support; • Support our Executive Director with his fundraising responsibilities and relationships, including preparing the ED for high value donor conversations and asks. • Develop systems to effectively cultivate, steward, and track donor relationships; • Develop strategies for high-capacity prospects; • Engage with attendees from VIP events, setting up meetings, facilitating introductions, and more. • Maintain our database, driving a strong donor management system, and tracking and analyzing trends; • Play a role in driving our small donor fundraising strategies; • Provide support as needed around other organizational initiatives, such as staff recruitment. • Participate and actively engage in Climate Defiance’s leadership team, providing strategic input into the direction of the work. • Regularly travel to cities for donor meetings and events (estimated at 35-50% time on the road, depending on where you are based).

🎯 Requirements

• At least 11 years of work experience with a significant background in development and individual giving programs, preferably in a nonprofit setting. • Passionate about addressing the climate crisis. • Have carried a portfolio of individual donors and had success in managing and growing a portfolio. • Successfully secured gifts up to and including 5-figures. • Understanding of cultivating and nurturing meaningful relationships with donors. • Played a role in scaling up a major donor program. • Success identifying new high-capacity prospects, including related research. • Comfortable and excited to travel for donor events and meetings. • Some experience with small donor fundraising. • Results-driven, entrepreneurial, and excited to join a fast-paced setting.

🏖️ Benefits

• unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged) • group health care • 401(k) with a 7% employer contribution