Deputy Director of Advancement

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October 23

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Funders for LGBTQ Issues

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Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Funders for LGBTQ Issues is an organization dedicated to advancing philanthropy for LGBTQ communities. They work to document and enhance the scale of philanthropic support, and facilitate networking among grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues. The organization hosts events such as Funding Forward, which brings together funders to coordinate efforts and maximize impact on the lives of LGBTQ individuals.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 1982

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• The Deputy Director of Advancement will serve a crucial role in setting and implementing the organization’s internal and external fundraising strategy by engaging long-time funders of LGBTQ issues, and building new programs to engage high-net-worth donors and donor advisors. • Responsible for overseeing organizational development across the goals outlined in our 2024 - 2027 Strategic Plan. • Lead the organization’s fundraising, including the development and implementation of an annual organization-wide fundraising strategy that includes identifying and cultivating prospects as well as relationship management with current funders. • Monitor and analyze revenue, develop projections to anticipate future income, and identify potential gaps or challenges. • Work proactively to recommend and implement strategies to ensure the continued financial stability of the organization. • Partner with the Director of External Affairs to equip staff and board with the knowledge and tools they need to advance the fundraising strategy. • Collaborate with the Senior Team (President and Deputy Director) to provide insights for budgeting and strategic decision-making. • Develop and oversee the implementation of the organization's external communications strategy. • Build and implement an engagement strategy to attract donor advisors and high-net-worth individuals to the Funder for LGBTQ Issues’ membership network. • Launch and direct a working group for donor advisors and HNWI seeking to mobilize new dollars for US-based LGBTQ movements. • Supervise and lead a team that includes the Director of External Affairs and Communications & Storytelling Officer.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrable success in organizing with donor advisor networks and high net worth donors • Proven ability to secure major gifts (six figures or more) • Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and produce compelling written and digital materials. • Exceptional mastery of both big-picture communications and branding strategy as well as a wide range of specific tactics and technological tools essential for effective communications. • A strong commitment to social justice combined with a pragmatic, problem-solving approach and an openness to understanding and engaging people and institutions representing diverse viewpoints and theories of change. • Broad understanding and commitment to LGBTQ issues, and, ideally, in-depth knowledge of at least one or two subject areas that affect LGBTQ communities, such as LGBTQ youth, marriage equality and family recognition, education, and LGBTQ communities of color. • A skilled people manager and leader who models integrity, accountability, minimum of seven years of experience in supervising staff. • Key qualities include trustworthiness, empathy, deep self-awareness, and emotional intelligence. • Someone with a strategist’s mind who excels at visioning, goal setting, and implementing big ideas into action, and who has a successful track record of taking a concept from idea to implementation. • 12+ years of progressive experience in fundraising and non-profit experience preferred. • Experience with CRM systems and the ability to motivate teams to keep systems up-to-date.

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent benefits, including fully employer-paid health insurance for employees and 75% coverage for dependents • Employer-funded health reimbursement account • Reproductive justice fund • Gender identity wellness fund • Flexible spending accounts • Retirement plan contributions • Generous vacation and PTO • Flexible work hours for employees’ ability to balance work and personal obligations • Office rental $350 monthly stipend • $100 monthly stipend for internet and cell phone