Development Director; structure

The Love Your Brain  Foundation is a US-based nonprofit that improves the mental, physical, and social well-being of people with brain injury and caregivers. Since 2014, we’ve been pioneering the use of mindfulness, yoga, psychoeducation, nutrition, and community-building programs for healing, advancing the science behind our holistic approach in clinical and community-based settings, and re-imagining how people can actively participate in their healing.

This is an exciting time for our organization—we’ve recently reached our 10-year anniversary, refining our strategic vision, and our Executive Director was recently recognized as a Top Ten CNN Hero (see video segment here).

The Development Director is instrumental in growing Love Your Brain ’s multifaceted fundraising activities. As part of the leadership team and critical thought partner to the Executive Director, the position develops, implements, and manages a comprehensive fundraising strategy to achieve the goal of 15-20% financial growth annually. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of growing a nonprofit organizational budget of $1M+ through a diverse portfolio of revenue streams, and must have demonstrated success with:

• Major Donors: identification and acquisition of new major donors at the 10K+ level, and stewardship of existing major donor portfolio
• Events and campaigns: leading strategy and growth of events and fundraising campaigns that include peer-to-peer as a primary revenue driver
• Manage a grant writer and/or skills in prospecting and writing grants
• Corporate partnerships and sponsor ships

This candidate must have exceptional interpersonal and writing skills, strong analytical skills, and be a collaborative leader. This role requires travel throughout the U.S. to steward relationships and lead events throughout the year.

If you share Love Your Brain ’s values of being real, compassionate, inclusive, fun, and curious, we’d love to speak with you. The LYB community believes in respect for all people and the planet. We embrace and strive for a community that values differences and prioritizes equity. Regardless of how you identify, or how the world sees you, please feel welcome to apply and join our community.

• Lead and cultivate a portfolio of major and mid-level donors ($10K - $99K)
• Develop and implement stewardship strategies to strengthen donor relationships
• Identify and transition high-capacity donors into principal gifts ($100K+)
• Plan and execute donor engagement events and stewardship initiatives (in-person and virtual) to build impactful interactions with donors
• Collaborate with Development Manager to analyze and leverage donor data in prospecting and segmentation strategies

• Develop and execute foundation and corporate fundraising strategy, including diversified portfolio of yearly and multi-year grants and large-scale funding partnerships from $10k-$200k
• Build relationship management strategies with key and target funders and cultivate new funding opportunities
• Ensure stewardship of institutional donors, including impact reports and engagement opportunities across programs and events

• Oversee the strategy and implementation of 5 primary events and campaigns annually (i.e., $50k-$100k goal per event)

• Partner with leadership team to implement comprehensive and cohesive fundraising strategy
• Work with Development Manager to analyze donor data and trends, ensuring data-informed fundraising decisions
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop impact-driven messaging and donor touchpoints to increase engagement and retention donor
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fundraising trends, best practices, and legal regulations to ensure the organization’s approach remains innovative and compliant
• Oversee Development Manager, ensuring their role spearheads event logistics, donor communications, and stewardship initiatives, while supporting their professional development and growth opportunities

• Opportunity to serve on the Leadership…