Director of Development

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $160k - $185k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Obama Foundation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $100M Grant on 2021-11

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

Obama Foundation is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring, empowering, and connecting people to foster change in their communities and the world. The Foundation runs various programs aimed at developing the next generation of leaders and changemakers through initiatives like the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance and the Girls Opportunity Alliance. It is also working on the establishment of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which will include a museum and gathering spaces to inspire civic engagement. The Foundation is committed to promoting pluralism, education, and leadership on a global scale, making a positive impact through its various projects and partnerships.

📋 Description

• Lead and grow the Foundation’s fundraising program for the Northeast region in partnership with the Senior Director of Development, East • Create and lead the strategy for a portfolio of major gifts donors and prospects • Manage a portfolio of 100 six and seven-figure prospects and develop customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans • Build and manage relationships with prospects and donors through visits, correspondence, regular communication, and events • Identify new prospects and design and execute donor engagement opportunities with Development Operations • Design and execute events of varying tone and scale for diverse audiences • Develop partnerships with alumni and volunteers to support regional fundraising efforts • Collaborate with the Executive Leadership Team on select high-capacity donors, including meeting preparation and follow-up • Propose and plan development travel for key principals and surrogates • Collaborate with other regional fundraisers and share best practices • Represent the Development team at conferences and gatherings • Partner across the Foundation to advance a culture of philanthropy • Build Salesforce utilization to track and evaluate key metrics and use data to improve practices and inform decisions • Ensure timely creation and distribution of fundraising and stewardship materials, collateral, briefings, and personalized proposals • Meet fundraising targets and key metrics • Expand the prospect pipeline • Help lead and execute regional development events • Propose, plan, and staff Foundation executive travel to the region

🎯 Requirements

• 8 - 10 years of experience in fundraising, including a minimum of five years in a leadership position securing funds directly • Track record of building relationships with major donors, ideally closing gifts of at least $1M+ • Deep understanding of fundraising programs and high-level gift strategies, including Planned Giving • Ability to develop and maintain long-term, productive relationships internally and externally