Vice President, Development

TITLE: Vice President, Development

DEPT/PROGRAM: Development / Administration

REPORTS TO: CEO

JOB TYPE: Full Time

FLSA STATUS: Exempt / Salaried

SALARY: $54/hr - $60.10/hr ($112,300/yr - $125,000/yr)

We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non‑profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma‑informed care:

• Nonviolence – being safe and doing the right thing
• Emotional Intelligence – managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
• Social Learning – respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
• Democracy – shared decision making whenever possible
• Open Communication – saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
• Social Responsibility – everyone contributes to the organizational culture
• Growth and Change – creating hope for our clients and ourselves

The Vice President of Development leads Morrison’s fundraising efforts by building donor relationships, growing philanthropic support, and advancing mission‑driven giving that sustains our statewide behavioral health services for children, youth, and families.

This role oversees major gifts, foundation relationships, donor engagement, marketing and communications, and annual and intimate cultivation events, in close partnership with the CEO.

Morrison is a well‑established, $40M organization with a strong base of government funding and significant opportunity to grow philanthropic revenue. The Vice President is accountable for near‑term philanthropic revenue through active moves management, while also building the strategy, systems, and relationships needed to grow total fundraising from approximately $1M today toward $2M+ annually over the next 3–5 years, including expansion of the Morrison Foundation.

The Vice President will develop and execute strategies to expand major gifts, foundation support, event revenue, and planned giving, while strengthening the development function to support long‑term growth. This is hands‑on fundraising, serving as Morrison’s primary ambassador to the philanthropic community, managing a high‑impact donor portfolio, making direct asks, closing gifts, hosting events and building the infrastructure for sustained fundraising success.

This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference in our community, throughout Oregon, and beyond.

• Serve as Morrison’s senior fundraising leader securing significant financial contributions and oversee marketing and communications designed to build our brand with clients, community, and donors, strengthen fundraising efforts, and support efforts to maximize utilization of key behavioral health programs.
• Grow annual philanthropic revenue year‑over‑year from approximately $1M toward $2M+ and support progress toward approximately 5% philanthropic support within 3‑5 years.
• Build, manage, and cultivate a portfolio of major donors, foundations, and corporate partners.
• Lead, direct, and operationalize all aspects of donor engagement and cultivation, donor relations, donor appreciation & recognition, identification of new donor prospects, and enhancing community awareness of the agency, and closing five‑ and six‑figure gifts.
• Strengthen key fundraising efforts, including long‑term donors, the Morrison Foundation, planned giving, grants, and the annual event.
• Manage the full donor lifecycle, including prospect identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and retention.
• Use the annual event as a stronger pipeline, conversion, and revenue strategy.
• Translate Morrison’s mission, program needs, and outcomes into a compelling case for…