Director of Development

Salary Range: $77,500.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Prevent Ed is seeking a thoughtful, relationship-centered, and strategic Director of Development to lead a diversified fundraising program generating nearly $6 million annually through government grants, institutional funding, events, and individual giving.

The Director of Development will lead a team of 2–3 fundraising professionals + volunteers and work closely with the Executive Director, Board, program staff, and organizational partners to build the relationships and resources necessary to advance our mission.

We approach fundraising as more than securing money. Fundraising is an opportunity to build relationships, invite people into meaningful participation, and move resources toward the communities and issues at the heart of our work. We strive to practice fundraising in ways that are rooted in trust, reciprocity, transparency, dignity, and shared power.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced fundraiser who can balance meeting revenue goals with a strong commitment to community-centered fundraising practices. They will be equally comfortable developing strategy, managing a team, cultivating a major donor, writing a grant, supporting a board member through a solicitation, analyzing fundraising data, and listening deeply to the people most connected to the organization’s work.

SUMMARY

Under the immediate supervision of the Executive Director, the Director of Development serves as a member of the Executive Leadership team and oversees the Development team. The Director of Development is dedicated to generating revenue for the organization, both restricted and unrestricted, and helps donors reach their philanthropic goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement an annual and multi-year fundraising strategy that supports the organization’s mission, strategic priorities, and long-term sustainability.
• Lead a diversified fundraising program generating approximately $6 million annually across government grants, institutional funding, individual giving, events, and other contributed revenue.
• Ensure fundraising strategies are aligned with the organization’s values and responsive to community priorities.
• Regularly assess not only how much money is raised, but how resources are raised, from whom, and at what cost to staff and community.
• Partner with organizational leadership to ensure that fundraising priorities do not drive or distort the organization’s mission or programmatic commitments.

• Cultivate relationships with individual donors, foundations, corporations, government partners, and other supporters based on shared values and mutual investment in the organization’s mission.
• Develop donor engagement strategies that invite people to participate meaningfully rather than simply asking them to provide financial support.
• Personally cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of major donors and prospects.
• Help donors understand the broader context of the organization’s work and the systemic issues it seeks to address.
• Communicate impact without exploiting, sensationalizing, or diminishing the experiences of people and communities served by the organization.
• Create opportunities for donors to listen, learn, connect, and contribute beyond financial giving.
• Develop stewardship practices that demonstrate genuine appreciation without treating donors as customers or centering their preferences over community needs.
• Be willing to respectfully challenge donor or funder expectations when those expectations conflict with organizational values or community priorities.
• Provide strategic leadership for the organization’s foundation, corporate, and government funding portfolio.
• Build and maintain relationships with institutional funders whose priorities align with the organization’s mission and values.
• Identify prospective funders and evaluate opportunities based on alignment, relationship potential, restrictions, reporting burden, and true organizational benefit—not simply available dollars.
• Oversee compelling proposals, letters of inquiry, budgets, reports, renewals, and other funder…