Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations

About the Organization

The Salvation Army is an international movement and an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its mission is to meet human needs without discrimination. National Headquarters (NHQ) supports the work of The Salvation Army across the United States and internationally by providing leadership, resources, and strategic support to territorial and local operations.

The Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations provides strategic leadership for The Salvation Army’s national corporate and foundation fundraising efforts, with a focus on expanding sustainable revenue, strengthening strategic partnerships, and scaling opportunities for nationwide impact. This role leads the development and execution of national corporate and foundation engagement strategies in collaboration with the Assistant National Community Relations and Development Secretary and in close partnership with territorial and divisional leadership across the country.

The position oversees a national portfolio of corporate and foundation relationships whose interests extend beyond a single territory and works collaboratively to secure transformational funding, cause-marketing opportunities, grants, sponsor ships, in-kind support, and strategic partnerships that advance the mission of The Salvation Army.

This role also provides leadership and supervision to staff supporting national Red Kettle partnerships, grants management and proposal development, and coordination of corporate partnership initiatives and in-kind support.

The Senior Director serves as a key connector between National Headquarters and the four territories, ensuring strong communication, alignment, collaboration, and coordinated strategic execution through national round tables, reporting structures, and coordinated partnership efforts.

• Develops, implements, and leads a comprehensive national corporate and foundation relations strategy designed to increase sustainable revenue streams, strengthen key partnerships, and maximize nationwide partnership opportunities.
• Works in consultation with the Assistant NCRD Secretary to establish strategic priorities, annual goals,
• partnership growth plans, and national fundraising initiatives.
• Serves as primary relationship manager, in collaboration with territorial and divisional fundraisers, for a portfolio of major national corporate and foundation partners whose interests extend across multiple Salvation Army territories.
• Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards new and existing national corporate and foundation partners to secure grants, sponsor ships, cause-marketing initiatives, in-kind support, emergency disaster partnerships, and other strategic opportunities.
• Pursues and coordinates new national funding opportunities in collaboration with territorial and divisional leadership to ensure alignment, scalability, and shared benefit across the organization.
• a research informed pipeline of prospective national corporate and foundation partners and creates strategic engagement, solicitation, and stewardship plans tailored to organizational priorities and donor interests.
• Solicits corporate gifts and strategic investments for national initiatives that align with corporate philanthropic priorities, co-branding opportunities, and Salvation Army mission objectives.
• TERRITORIAL COORDINATION & NATIONAL COLLABORATION
• Coordinates national corporate and foundation partnership efforts with the four territories through proactive communication, collaboration, and strategic planning.
• Leads and facilitates the Corporate Partnership Roundtable and National Grants Roundtable to strengthen communication, promotes best practices, identify…