Director of Philanthropy; Fully Remote

If you believe storytelling is a tool for creating positive change, keep reading!

For two decades, Cinereach has been a home for visionary storytellers and groundbreaking ideas in independent film. Today we are evolving into a storytelling studio—a creative catalyst that seeds and amplifies stories when and where they matter most. We no longer just fund great stories; we're building the infrastructure that makes transformative storytelling possible. We are the bridge between creative vision and cultural change.

Join us on our mission to connect creators with the insights, movements, platforms, and resources they need to make and move culture through story.

It is an exciting time to join Cinereach's fund development work. The Director of Philanthropy will build on Cinereach's legacy of championing diverse artists and compelling stories by helping to diversify our funding beyond our primary legacy funder. At Cinereach, we're building a blended capital model: a narrative change in entertainment practice funded by an engaged community of philanthropists, family offices, and impact-aware funders who understand how philanthropic and investment capital can work together.

You will join an organization with strong fundraising partners in the COO,CEO and Fund Development Coordinator, a carefully cultivated and focused list of prospects, partners across the organization in creating compelling communications and events, and strong program-centered asks.

The Director of Philanthropy is the front-line relationship builder

You carry the major gifts portfolio, take the qualification and cultivation meetings that turn research into relationships, and bring people to a clear ask. You are as comfortable with a family office principal or an impact investor as with a traditional program officer, and you understand why a family with both a foundation and an investment arm is Cinereach's ideal partner.

You work in partnership with the COO and CEO on a focused and high valued prospect portfolio and building the pipeline that will make future funding partnerships possible.

In addition to focusing on fund development at Cinereach you will also partner with the COO in funder field building in the narrative change in pop culture space, working to bring greater and more diverse funding to the field of culture change.

• Carry the major gifts portfolio. Manage 30-40 qualified prospects and donors at the $5K–$250K level. Own the moves management plan for each relationship in Cinereach’s CRM, Every Action, and keep it current. Work from the FY27 Fund Development Plan's gift ladder and pacing calendar with the COO.
• Take the meetings. The Fund Development Coordinator is your partner behind the scenes, running the back end of qualification: research, lists, the outreach series, briefing notes, and CRM. You take the qualification and cultivation meetings and make the qualified / not ready / not a fit decisions.
• Make the asks. Build tailored solicitations using Cinereach's co funding cases for support: for co development and production of content, narrative initiatives and events, artists support and general operations. Frame institutional asks as multi-year where possible.
• Lead the family office and impact-aware funder strategy. Identify, qualify, and cultivate families and individuals with philanthropic and investment arms. Design blended conversations (philanthropic and impact investing) with the COO and Fund team. Represent Cinereach credibly in impact investing and catalytic capital networks such as , and know when to bring in the Leadership and Extended Leadership teams.
• Partner on six-figure institutional asks. Prepare briefings, draft concept notes, and manage…