Development & Partnerships Manager

JOB TITLE

Development & Partnerships Manager

Executive Director – Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation

• Location:
  
  Hybrid | Wayzata, MN
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time, Exempt
• Salary: $85,000-$90,000 annually
• Benefits: $500/month medical stipend (additional benefits may be added)

The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation’s (HCBCF) mission is to ease the financial burden for individuals living in Minnesota with breast cancer, and their families, allowing them to focus on healing. We provide compassionate, direct support for essential needs like housing, transportation, utilities, and food.

We seek to hire a Development & Partnerships Manager who is responsible for donor fundraising, annual campaigns, and sponsor ships that generate revenue and exposure for the foundation. This individual is a key member of our team and will work in close partnership with the Executive Director to:

• Manage donor engagement and stewardship
• Lead the execution of annual fundraising campaigns (such as Give to the Max and year-end appeals)
• Maintain and grow corporate sponsor ships for events
• Support partnerships related to cause-marketing and fundraising events
• Collaborate with marketing and communications partners for these areas (donor engagement, fundraising campaigns, sponsor ships, and partnerships)

• Effectively communicates the HCBCF mission and programs to donors, sponsors, partners, community partners, and corporations to raise funds for HCBCF’s highest impact priorities
• In partnership with the Executive Director, executes fundraising campaigns (e.g. Give to the Max, Year-End Appeal) and strategies to secure financial support from individuals and family foundations, as well as matching gifts from corporations, including sponsor ships for events, third-party cause marketing relationships, and civic organizations
• Manages systems and processes to ensure coordinated donor engagement across all segments
• Monitors and analyzes donor fundraising outcomes (direct mail, events, and campaigns) and trends
• Identifies and cultivates new donor prospects to support annual fundraising goals
• Increases the number of quality donor prospects and existing donors
• Updates the database with call notes and new information about donors
• Works with the Executive Director to ensure understanding of the current program, identify opportunities for growth, and develop strategy to achieve that growth
• Ensures the accuracy and integrity of information collected

• In partnership with the Executive Director, responsible for maintaining and attracting sponsors for the events and programs to meet or exceed determined budgets
• Attend meetings with active and prospective sponsors outlining the investment opportunities, follow-up emails and confirmation sheets to accounting, Hope Chest team, and events and marketing contractors
• Continual communication with sponsors
• Manages sponsor deliverables by reviewing with the events contractor and marketing/communications contractor
• Provides post-event thank you flyer to all sponsors
• Analyzes sponsorship participation to inform the organization’s next steps and fiscal planning

• Tracks progress toward assigned budget items to ensure fundraising goals are met and expenses are not exceeded
• Report on any budget variances to the Executive Director
• Maintains a working knowledge of development revenue goals within the overall organizational budget
• Prepare reports for Executive Director and board meetings as needed

• Works with Hope Chest staff with the goal of broadening our donors and corporate businesses for the cause marketing events and programs
• Collaborates with marketing/communication contractor on strategy, messaging, and creative for annual campaigns, outreach/donor activation, social media, events, and newsletters
• Develops and sustains a network of broad local support through networking, attending special events, and building relationships with organizations and individuals who can support the work of HCBCF
• Represents HCBCF at industry, donor, and cause marketing events
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and marketing/communication…