Vice President, Development

As the nation's largest nonprofit and domestic hunger-relief organization, Feeding America is at the forefront of the fight to end hunger. With total public support and revenue of $5.2 billion (FY2025), which includes 7.2 billion pounds of food sourced and 4.3 billion pounds rescued from retailers, manufacturers, and farms, Feeding America engages our country and communities in the fight to end hunger on an unprecedented scale, serving as a catalyst at both the national and local levels, reaching every county in the United States.

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At this moment of rising need and extraordinary potential, Feeding America is seeking a strategic, collaborative, and dynamic leader to serve as the Vice President, Development (Vice President). This role represents a uniquely meaningful opportunity to join an organization positively impacting tens of millions of people each year and to help shape the partnerships and resources that will advance its mission at a critical moment.

Key responsibilities of the Vice President include:

• Develop and execute fundraising strategies informed by philanthropic trends, donor behavior, and market opportunities to advance Feeding America's mission and long-term philanthropic growth.
• Lead moves management and communication strategies that deepen relationships and increase giving from Strategic Gifts donors.
• Establish annual goals and operating plans for the major gifts, leadership annual giving, planned giving, and donor engagement teams; monitor performance and manage the Strategic Gifts and Donor Engagement expense budget.
• Lead donor engagement and stewardship strategies that deepen relationships, strengthen donor loyalty, and inspire philanthropy through events, recognition programs, donor societies, affinity groups, and other meaningful experiences.
• Personally build, advance, and maintain relationships with Feeding America's most significant donors and prospects, including the solicitation and close of transformational, 7- and 8-figure gifts, and serve as a model for best-in-class principal gifts fundraising.
• Oversee Feeding America’s planned giving program including marketing and frontline fundraising strategies to drive significant growth in both planned giving revenue and long-term expected planned giving revenue.
• Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion while developing talent through coaching, performance management, and leadership development.
• Lead a high-performing, inclusive team by setting clear expectations, developing leaders, driving accountability, and guiding teams through change and growth.
• Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO, CDO, Development Leadership Team, Executive Team, Board members, and food bank leaders, leveraging relationships to advance donor engagement and solicitation strategies.
• Facilitate alignment for cross-functional initiatives, driving execution across Development, Marketing and Communications, Programs, Finance, Network Relations, and Executive Leadership.
• Build relationships with network member food bank leaders to advance fundraising and strengthen collaboration between national and local giving.

While it is understood that no candidate will offer every desired skill, quality, and characteristic, the following offers a detailed, aspirational view of the ideal candidate profile:

• Brings deep knowledge of fundraising best practices, including principal, major, annual, and planned giving programs, as well as campaigns
• Has demonstrated…