Development Manager – Fundraising

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in the cultivation, solicitation, renewal, and stewardship of corporate partners, sponsors, and potential clients.

• Oversee assigned relationships and prospect portfolios utilizing Salesforce.

• Conduct research on potential corporate partners that align with Move For Hunger’s mission.

• Create tailored proposals, pitch materials, sponsorship packages, meeting briefs, and follow-up communications.

• Identify engagement opportunities with partners, including employee giving, food drives, volunteering, and cause-marketing campaigns.

• Coordinate the fulfillment of sponsorships and partner recognition alongside Development and Marketing teams.

• Represent Move For Hunger at donor meetings, partner calls, conferences, networking events, and community functions.

• Assist in managing the pipeline, partner strategies, prospecting, and revenue planning.

• Execute and oversee individual giving program components, donor segmentation, communication calendars, stewardship, and performance tracking.

• Administer annual giving campaigns, which include year-end appeals, GivingTuesday, outreach to recurring donors, renewals, and digital or email solicitations.

• Perform research on donors and prospects to identify cultivation opportunities, major gift prospects, lapsed donors, and individuals connected to the mission.

• Create personalized stewardship and cultivation communications, acknowledgments, impact updates, donor reports, thank-you notes, and renewal outreach.

• Record gift history, engagement details, interests, capacity indicators, and next steps in Salesforce.

• Monitor metrics such as donor retention, average gift size, recurring giving, response rates to appeals, and acquisition results.

• Ensure accurate maintenance of donor and partner records, supporting gift processing, acknowledgments, recognition, impact reporting, and stewardship.

• Track revenue objectives, pipeline health, follow-up requirements, and fundraising activities using Salesforce and associated tools.

• Collaborate on revenue-generating opportunities, fundraising strategies, organizational campaigns, processes, templates, tracking tools, and calendars.

• Manage multiple priorities effectively while contributing to team and organizational initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, marketing, or events, demonstrating a proven ability to independently manage relationships, cultivate donor pipelines, and steward gifts throughout their lifecycle.

• Proficient in Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and SharePoint.

• Skilled in using Salesforce and Canva.

• Comfortable with remote work tools, such as video conferencing, Slack, and project management platforms like Asana.

• Willingness to travel nationally for donor meetings, conferences, team gatherings, or special events as necessary.

• Capable of managing corporate partnerships, donor pipelines, relationship management, fundraising operations, and CRM records.

• Ability to leverage data to prioritize activities, monitor outcomes, enhance processes, and maintain accurate records.

• Strong skills in communication, networking, negotiation, self-directed work, adaptability, and attention to detail.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Care, Dental, Vision, Basic & Supplemental Life Insurance.

• Dependent Life Insurance.

• AD&D, Hospital & Critical Illness Coverage.

• Retirement Plan (401k & ROTH IRA).

• Annual Professional Development Fixed Stipend.

• Open Vacation/Time Off Policy.

• Bonus structures may be available for exceeding pre-established goals and benchmarks after achieving the organization's overall revenue target.

• Remote/work-from-home arrangement Monday-Friday, generally from 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time.

• Opportunities for national travel as part of the role.