Director of Development

Travel: 1-3 trips monthly throughout the United States and Canada

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of a growing national nonprofit while building meaningful relationships that make camp experiences possible for children with cancer. Care Camps Foundation is seeking an experienced relationship builder to join our leadership team as Director of Development (Corporate & Individual Giving). Working alongside the Executive Director, you will help expand our philanthropic impact by developing corporate and industry partnerships, cultivating major donors, strengthening foundation relationships, growing sponsor ships, and launching a planned giving program.

If you are energized by building relationships, creating opportunities, and connecting people with a meaningful mission, we’d love to meet you.

Care Camps Foundation believes every child with cancer deserves the opportunity to experience joy, belonging, and the healing power of the outdoors through medically supervised pediatric oncology camps. For more than 40 years, Care Camps Foundation has helped provide consistent funding to pediatric oncology camps across the United States and Canada, making camp experiences possible for thousands of children with cancer and their families each year.

As the organization continues to grow, we are expanding our fundraising capacity to build new partnerships, diversify philanthropic revenue, and strengthen our long‑term impact.

The Director of Development (Corporate & Individual Giving) is responsible for developing and growing philanthropic revenue through strategic relationship development.

Working collaboratively with the Executive Director, this position will identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward philanthropic investments from corporations, industry leaders, major donors, private foundations, and planned giving supporters.

This is a highly collaborative leadership role for someone who enjoys meeting new people, creating meaningful partnerships, and inspiring others to invest in an important mission.

Corporate Partnerships, Industry Partnerships & Sponsorship Development

45%

Major Gifts & Planned Giving

30%

Foundation Relations

15%

10%

• Develop new corporate partnerships that create meaningful, long‑term impact.
• Expand relationships throughout the RV, camping, outdoor recreation, marine, powersports, hospitality, and related industries.
• Develop sponsorship opportunities that create shared value for partners and Care Camps Foundation.
• Steward existing corporate and industry relationships while identifying opportunities for continued growth.

• Build and manage a portfolio of major gift prospects.
• Develop individualized cultivation and solicitation strategies.
• Partner with the Executive Director on transformational gift opportunities.
• Develop and launch the foundation’s planned giving program.

• Build relationships with private and family foundations.
• Research and qualify funding opportunities.
• Steward foundation relationships and funding partnerships.
• Develop and manage fundraising pipelines.
• Collate with the Executive Director on fundraising strategy and organizational growth.
• Represent Care Camps Foundation at conferences, meetings, and industry events.
• Build relationships that strengthen implementation of the Care Camps Foundation Capacity Blueprint.

Success in this role is measured by relationships built, opportunities created, and long‑term philanthropic growth. Within your first year, you will be expected to make meaningful progress toward:

• Expanding corporate and industry…