Lift
Development Director-Los Angeles
Los Angeles · Director
Sponsorship not specified$95k-$125kDetected 15 days ago
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About the role
- Regularly generate and analyze fundraising data to inform strategy adjustments
- Ground all fundraising in race, equity, and social justice; work toward a community-centric fundraising model
- Steward existing foundation relationships
Responsibilities
- Develop deep understanding of programmatic offerings and use those insights to drive development strategy
- Support the ED in managing LIFT-LA's current foundation relationships, including reviewing grant proposals and reports from the National Grants Consultant
- Support Board in partner engagement and stewardship
- Develop, cultivate and inspire relationships with corporate donors as sponsors and long-term sustainability partners
- Build and steward a prospect portfolio targeting $3,500+ gifts. Solicit and close individual gifts
- Manage Salesforce to integrate data and research into the donor cultivation process
- Support the Development Manager in creating and implementing a communications strategy including newsletters and donor stewardship touchpoints
- Continue to grow and implement ethical storytelling and compensation processes
- Support staff in collecting stories from members, coaches, and donors; ensure families' voices and narratives are centered in communications and donor conversations
- Support the ED in engaging the Operations Manager in events, development, and fundraising activities
Requirements
- Has a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Has strong strategic thinking skills with an ability to use data to make decisions and to translate strategy to action
Compensation
- $95,000-$125,000 year
- Non-local: 0% except once a year for approximately 3-4 days for LIFT's annual All Staff Retreat in one of its regional cities (no non-local travel if retreat is in home city)
Benefits
- We're guided by mission- and strategy-aligned leadership grounded in kindness, curiosity, relationships, and a commitment to equity.
- Explore our benefits and what it's like to work at LIFT below - or visit our Benefits & Culture Overview to learn more.
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