Director of Development

Salary : $75,000–$80,000, based on experience

Schedule :
Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week

Location :
New York City; up to two remote workdays per week

Benefits :
Comprehensive health coverage and generous paid time off, including a four-day summer workweek and seasonal office recesses

Preferred start date :
November 1, 2026 or earlier

Visual AIDS seeks a Development Director to lead all aspects of fundraising and development, including institutional and individual giving, benefit events, and board engagement.

Working in close partnership with the Executive Director, the Development Director will be both a strategic and hands-on member of a small, collaborative staff. This is an exciting moment of growth at Visual AIDS, with significant opportunity to shape the next phase of our fundraising strategy and develop new sources of support.

Full-time, permanent, exempt position

Salary : $75,000–$80,000, based on experience

Schedule :
Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week

Location :
New York City; up to two remote workdays per week

Benefits :
Comprehensive health coverage and generous paid time off, including a four-day summer workweek and seasonal office recesses

Preferred start date :
November 1, 2026 or earlier

Visual AIDS seeks a Development Director to lead all aspects of fundraising and development, including institutional and individual giving, benefit events, and board engagement.

Working in close partnership with the Executive Director, the Development Director will be both a strategic and hands-on member of a small, collaborative staff. This is an exciting moment of growth at Visual AIDS, with significant opportunity to shape the next phase of our fundraising strategy and develop new sources of support.

About Visual AIDS

Visual AIDS is a New York-based arts organization that works at the intersection of art and AIDS. Founded in 1988, we foster a culture that understands HIV as part of human experience, because we all live in a world shaped by HIV and AIDS.

Through our archive, artist support programs, exhibitions, publications, public programs, and international Day With(out) Art initiative, we support artists living with HIV, preserve and activate artistic and activist histories, commission and present new work, and create opportunities for dialogue, research, and exchange. Our work repairs gaps in the cultural record created by the stigma of AIDS and intersecting social biases, while encouraging people to see the relevance of HIV and AIDS to their own lives and to other contemporary crises.

The Development Director will work closely with the Executive Director to set fundraising priorities and strategy, while taking primary responsibility for managing and implementing Visual AIDS's day-to-day development work. The role will also collaborate across the staff to connect development work with Visual AIDS's programs, communications, and broader organizational goals.

Institutional Giving

• Lead Visual AIDS's foundation, government, and corporate fundraising, including researching and cultivating prospective funders and developing strategies for renewed and increased support.
• Draft and edit grant proposals, reports, letters of inquiry, and other fundraising materials in collaboration with the Executive Director and program staff. Ensure that proposals, reports, and other funder requirements are completed accurately and on time.
• Develop and maintain relationships with foundation and corporate partners alongside the Executive Director.

Individual Giving

• Develop and implement strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, including annual appeals and direct outreach.
• Coordinate donor acknowledgments and stewardship and maintain accurate donor and giving records in Salesforce.
• Identify opportunities to deepen donor engagement with Visual AIDS's programs and community.

Benefit Events

• Take a leading role in planning and producing Visual AIDS's major fundraising events, including the annual Postcards from the Edge benefit and the biennial Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards, while identifying opportunities to evolve these events in ways that strengthen their fundraising impact and advance Visual AIDS's broader goals.
• Develop…