Foundation Development Manager

Foundation Development Manager – Turn Passion Into Impact with Northern Illinois Hospice

Are you a relationship-builder who loves connecting people to a meaningful mission? Join the Northern Illinois Hospice n as our next Development Manager and help ensure patients and families receive compassionate care when they need it most.

For more than 45 years, Northern Illinois Hospice has been a trusted community partner, and the Foundation plays a vital role in advancing that mission through philanthropy, donor engagement, grants, and community support. As a Development Manager, you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting difference while building meaningful relationships throughout our community.

Why You'll Love Working Here

At Northern Illinois Hospice, we believe work should have purpose. Northern Illinois Hospice is driven by compassion, collaboration, and service. You'll join a supportive team that values innovation, celebrates success, and empowers employees to grow professionally while making a real impact.

A Day in the Life of a Development Manager

As a Development Manager, your day may include meeting with donors, collaborating on fundraising campaigns, writing grant proposals, planning community events, reviewing donor engagement metrics, and sharing the story of the Northern Illinois Hospice Foundation with supporters. Every conversation, campaign, and connection helps strengthen the future of hospice care in our region.

Development Manager Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Foundation Executive Director to develop and implement fundraising strategies, annual campaigns, and donor engagement initiatives that achieve revenue goals.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with donors, community partners, volunteers, sponsors, and prospective supporters.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate fundraising campaigns, donor stewardship activities, and community engagement efforts, using metrics and reporting to measure success.
• Research, write, submit, and manage grant applications, while maintaining grant calendars, reporting requirements, and renewal opportunities.
• Partner with leadership and departments across the organization to identify fundraising opportunities, gather grant information, and support philanthropic initiatives.
• Develop and coordinate donor communications, including newsletters, appeals, impact reports, acknowledgments, social media content, and stewardship materials.
• Assist in planning and executing fundraising events, donor appreciation events, and community outreach activities, including logistics, sponsor ships, vendors, volunteers, and event communications.
• Maintain accurate donor and gift records in Donor Perfect, ensuring proper gift processing, acknowledgments, reporting, database integrity, confidentiality, and compliance.
• Generate donor, fundraising, and event reports; manage mailing lists; coordinate database reconciliations with Finance; and support donor recognition efforts.
• Provide training and backup support for donation data entry and administrative functions while maintaining HIPAA compliance and ethical fundraising standards.
• Work closely with the Foundation Executive Director to identify strategic opportunities and foster relationships with professionalism, discretion, and sensitivity.

Requirements of the Development Manager:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Five (5) or more years of experience one of more of the following: in development/fundraising, or comparable work experience in marketing, communications, public relations, campaign management, project management, event planning, and relationship building.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrates superior communications skills and ability to understand and provide excellence in customer service.
• Critical thinking ability and application.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and gain results through others; directly or indirectly supervise and manage professional and administrative personnel, as needed.
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality…