Director of Development

JOB POSTING

Organization: 4th Trimester

Job title:

Director of Development

Reports to:

Executive Director

Status:
Exempt, Full-time, Hybrid

Compensation: $100,000 - $110,000

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4th Trimester is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit providing postpartum care in California and along the U.S.

-Mexico border. We support families through essential items, emotional and financial support, and advocacy, ensuring no parent navigates the fourth trimester alone.

At 4th Trimester, we believe the weeks and months after birth should be a time of deep care. We’re a nonprofit organization changing how new mothers and birthing people experience the postpartum period. We’ve been through the trenches ourselves and know how isolating it can feel without enough support. We serve those most often left behind by traditional systems, including low-income, immigrant, asylum‑seeking, and disaster‑impacted families.

We started simply with a few mothers supporting others after birth, providing recovery supplies, diapers, and a listening ear. As our community grew, we learned more about what families truly need. Over the past two years, we’ve expanded our focus to include mental health support, economic assistance, and advocacy. The name ‘4th Trimester’ reflects our bold belief that this tender stage of life matters, enough to refer to it as a separate ‘trimester’ with its own set of important needs.

We currently have a full‑time staff of four, a Board of Directors with 7 members, and we work with independent contractors including fundraising, accounting, events production, HR, and bookkeeping, as well as with our local Mexican contractors in Tijuana, including our Program Facilitator and psychologist.

The Director of Development is a full‑time, Pasadena‑based senior leadership role responsible for leading all development efforts at 4th Trimester. This pivotal position, and the organization’s first dedicated Development leader, plays a key role in shaping and executing the organization’s fundraising and growth strategies to engage stakeholders, expand annual revenue, and advance our mission to improve postpartum outcomes.

This role oversees all development operations—including strategy, donor stewardship, institutional relationship management, development marketing, solicitation, and fundraising events. Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with the Board Chair, staff, and external consultants, the Director should demonstrate a proven track record in cultivating donor relationships, securing individual and institutional gifts, and enhancing overall fundraising capacity.

A passion for storytelling and community engagement is essential, alongside an innovative approach to fundraising strategies. The ideal candidate is driven, highly organized, excited to be a part of a small and highly‑motivated team, and deeply committed to women’s and maternal health.

• In collaboration with the Board Chair and Executive Director, develop and execute a comprehensive, multi‑year fundraising plan that aligns with organizational goals
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward a diverse portfolio of major donors and prospects, fostering long‑term relationships
• Conduct prospect research to identify new major donor, foundation and corporate opportunities; analyze donor and prospect giving patterns to inform strategies
• Develop and manage annual development calendar outlining campaigns, grant deadlines, stewardship touchpoints, and major events
• In collaboration with the Senior Director, Branding & Marketing, execute individual giving campaigns, including annual giving, recurring donations, major gift solicitations, and planned giving initiatives
• Maintain and refine personalized engagement strategies for individual donors, including stewardship, recognition, and impact communications
• Oversee targeted outreach and campaigns to engage new individual donors and deepen relationships with existing supporters
• Lead efforts to identify and cultivate major donors, ensuring…