Director of Development
Listed on 2026-08-17
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
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Management
Project & Program Management, General Management
Organization’s Mission:
Sparking wonder through play, education, and nature to create a community of environmental stewards for a healthier Baltimore.
Parks & People works to sustain and improve Baltimore’s parks and open spaces through public-private partnerships. Since 1984, P&P has a history of making investments in green park projects to revitalize neighborhoods and is a major provider of programs to allow children, youth and adults to learn, grow, and explore their natural environment. Parks & People envisions a Baltimore City where green renewal contributes to economic investment and population growth, where people enjoy green spaces that spark wonder, and where communities build the strength and leadership to steward the environment.
MAJORRESPONSIBILITIES:
The Director of Development serves as Parks & People’s chief development officer with oversight of the development department. Specifically, the Director of Development is responsible for leading a development team in the strategy and execution of fundraising work that results in raising $3.5M in annual operating income through major giving activities, grants from public and private sector funders, and individual giving appeals.
Therefore, this role requires an experienced development professional who can provide the expertise to create dynamic annual plans to realize the needed revenue target, and personally participate in the work required to generate needed income.
The role manages a team, which currently consists of four full time equivalent staff persons (1.5 FTE for communications, 1 FTE for Donor Relations, and 1.5 FTEs for Grants prospecting, writing and reporting). The objective is to maximize P&P fundraising potential and guide all its major functions to the next level of excellence, with the support of the aforementioned staff and CEO.
The Director, working with the CEO, would be responsible for launching an endowment campaign, a planned giving process, planning and executing annual giving campaign, ensuring corporate and foundation grants and reports are completed, and developing and executing the strategy for sponsor ships and donations at P&P’s special events.
REPORTS TO:
President & CEO
This role includes identifying, engaging, and securing from current and prospective major gift donors at least $300K in annual operating support.
This role includes performing a feasibility study, developing a case statement, and creating the strategy to increase the endowment fund from $2.4M to $5M by 2029.
In this role, the Director creates an annual development plan and convenes the board committee to generate specific guidance and help from the board on executing the plan.
In this role, the Director creates an annual vision, theme, and event plan to get the board committee’s assistance for the annual Picnic in the Park fundraising.
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