Capital Campaign Director

Reports To: Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation Executive Director

Prepared Date: January 2026

Classification: Exempt

Location: Leadville, CO – Full Time (The ideal candidate will live in Lake, Chaffee, Summit, Eagle or Vail County, but we will consider any Colorado resident, as this may be negotiated as a hybrid position if approved by the Executive Director. For any candidate, regular travel to Lake County, CO and throughout Colorado will be essential.)

Final date to receive applications: February 16, 2026

Submission Instructions: Send a Cover Letter & Resume to: sara by February 16, 2026. References will be requested of finalists.

The Tabor Opera House is seeking a charismatic and enthusiastic champion for the Tabor project in the new role of Capital Campaign Director who will ensure the historic integrity of the opera house and the values‑based mission of the Tabor while cultivating major support for the rehabilitation fundraising. The Capital Campaign Director will provide effective and innovative leadership to achieve the fundraising goals for the rehabilitation of the Historic Tabor Opera House, a property within the Leadville Historic Landmark District.

Primary Responsibility falls on the Campaign Director to the capital campaign committee to coordinate an effective multi-year building rehabilitation capital campaign. The Campaign Director is the primary organizer of fundraising for the Capital Campaign and a key member of the team. The position works closely with the Executive Director to ensure a coordinated approach to organizational fundraising to meet the Foundation’s Rehabilitation and Programming Missions.

About the Tabor Capital Campaign: In 1879, riding high on the silver boom, Horace and Augusta Tabor built the Tabor Opera House to bring culture to the rough‑and‑tumble mining community of Leadville. Now, the Historic Tabor Opera House The Tabor Opera House is the crown jewel of Leadville’s main street, and an anchor for the city’s National Historic Landmark District. With a stage that once saw luminaries like Oscar Wilde, John Philip Sousa, and Buffalo Bill, the Tabor was named a National Treasure and one of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The building is nationally acclaimed for celebrating the history of the West. In 2016 a group of volunteers worked with the City of Leadville to purchase the Opera House. Programming, rehabilitation and operations are run via the nonprofit Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation through a 50-year agreement with the City. The project has successfully completed 3 exterior building rehabilitation phases over the last 6 construction seasons, (primarily funded by state and foundation grants) and is currently working on a roof replacement project to occur in 2026 or 2027.

Following a 2024 Feasibility Study and 2025 Capital Campaign Plan, the Foundation has begun seeding a Capital Campaign Committee, is onboarding a new CRM, and hiring this FT Campaign Manager so that we may begin to rapidly execute the interior capital campaign – a process currently expected to take 10+ years and at least 4 major phases.

• Following and adapting the recommendations and actions identified in the 2025 Capital Campaign Plan to ensure success for the next phase of the Tabor rehabilitation project.
• Identify, Qualify, Cultivate, Solicit, and Steward donors for the Tabor Capital Campaign.
• Personally cultivate a portfolio of approximately 10‑20 major donors per year.
• Lead the Capital Campaign Committee efforts, including assigning portfolios, coordinating prospect messaging and meetings, coordinating details of the Tabor road show (state‑wide events related to donor‑building), ensuring committee review of materials and campaigns, modeling and showcasing effective donor relations strategies, and attracting new members for the committee.
• Ensure that best practices are created and followed for organization‑wide fundraising and stewardship activities including administrative practices for tracking donations; policies for donor acknowledgement levels and benefits.
• Provide…