Development Communications Manager

Location: New York

About Asphalt Green Asphalt Green is a nonprofit organization that transforms lives and builds community through sports, fitness, and play for all.

Each year, Asphalt Green serves thousands of New Yorkers through sports, aquatics, fitness, camps, and community programs that promote health, personal growth, and lifelong participation in physical activity. Across three campuses and numerous community partnerships, Asphalt Green is committed to providing high-quality programs that are inclusive, accessible, and rooted in excellence.

Asphalt Green believes that access to movement, sport, and wellness can change lives. Our work helps young people develop confidence, resilience, leadership skills, and healthy habits that extend far beyond the playing field.

About the Role The Development Communications Manager serves as the primary writer for Asphalt Green’s Development team, creating clear, compelling donor-facing communications that support fundraising strategy, deepen donor engagement, and tell the story of Asphalt Green’s mission, impact, programs, and funding  this role, you will write and coordinate fundraising content, donor updates, stewardship materials, campaign messaging, impact stories, event communications, donor briefings, and other Development-related materials.

You will work closely with Development, Marketing, Communications, Programs, Community Programs, Finance, and other teams to ensure donor communications are accurate, mission-aligned, and connected to Asphalt Green’s broader voice.

This position is a good fit for someone who is a strong writer, highly organized, collaborative, and comfortable turning program information, donor strategy, and organizational priorities into clear, engaging communications for donors, funders, and supporters in a mission-driven organization.

Why This Role Matters Strong Development communications help donors, funders, partners, and supporters understand Asphalt Green’s impact and the importance of investing in its mission. This role helps connect people to the work behind the programs, including sports, fitness, aquatics, camps, and community-centered programming that serve New Yorkers of different ages, backgrounds, and abilities.

The Development Communications Manager helps Asphalt Green strengthen donor engagement, support fundraising efforts, improve stewardship, and tell a consistent story about the organization’s mission, community impact, and future priorities. By creating thoughtful, donor-centered communications, this role helps frontline fundraisers and Development leadership build stronger relationships and inspire philanthropic support.

What You’ll DoDonor-Facing Writing and Content Development Serve as the primary writer for Development communications, creating materials that support frontline fundraising, donor engagement, stewardship, and campaign goals.

Write, edit, and coordinate donor-facing communications, including appeals, newsletters, stewardship updates, impact stories, campaign materials, donor emails, acknowledgement language, recognition copy, event-related messaging, and donor reports.

Translate program work, participant stories, funding priorities, campaign goals, and organizational impact into clear and compelling written materials.

Support Development leadership and frontline fundraisers with talking points, donor briefs, presentation content, proposal language, follow-up materials, and other donor-facing communications.

Help maintain consistent language around Asphalt Green’s mission, impact, community programs, funding priorities, and case for support.

Adjust tone and content for different audiences, including individual donors, institutional funders, board members, partners, and community supporters.

Proofread and edit materials to ensure accuracy, clarity, grammar, consistency, and alignment with Asphalt Green’s voice.

Fundraising Campaign, Stewardship, and Event Support Support communications connected to annual giving, leadership giving, principal giving, institutional giving, special campaigns, events, and donor stewardship.

Help create materials that support donor cultivation, solicitation, renewal, recognition,…