The LoveYourBrain 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).

Position Summary: The Development Director is instrumental in growing and overseeing LoveYourBrain’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 overseeing a nonprofit organizational budget of $1M+ with 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
Grants and corporate sponsorships: sustaining and securing new grants and corporate sponsors
Events and campaigns: leading strategy and growth of events and fundraising campaigns that include peer-to-peer as a primary revenue driver

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 LoveYourBrain’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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Major and Mid-Level Donor Engagement & Stewardship

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

Institutional Fundraising

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

Events & Campaigns

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

Endowment Implementation

With leadership, implement inaugural endowment campaign through quiet and external phases to meet target ($10M)
Present Endowment prospectus and lead external visibility of campaign
Identify, cultivate, and acquire new donors with capacity to support

Collaboration and Strategy Development

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

In addition:

Opportunity to serve on the Leadership Team
Opportunity to serve on Equity Team to advance our vision of being a more equitable, anti-racist organization
Willingness and flexibility to contribute to projects outside of your primary scope of work.

While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

At least 5-15 years experience in directing nonprofit fundraising, preferably focused on holistic health services for marginalized communities
Demonstrated track record of successfully securing major gifts and developing sustainable donor relationships.
Proven success in creating and executing annual fundraising campaigns, events, and peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives.
Strong writing skills that has successfully translated into securing grants and corporate sponsorships
Proficient in working with Classy, Salesforce, Google platform, Microsoft Office Suite
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and inspire a wide range of stakeholders.
Highly-developed organizational skills with a keen attention to detail, and a demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Strong manager with ability to effectively delegate and inspire team collaboration
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

Qualifications and skills strongly preferred:

CFRE preferred
Experience implementing community-centric fundraising model
Experience with people affected by traumatic brain injury or other disabilities
Mindfulness and yoga practitioner/teacher or passion for holistic health approaches

Physical Requirements:

Travel in the US by air and/or car (must have license, passport)
Drive a car

Work Environment:

Ability to effectively work remotely
Ability to work on a computer for up to 8 hours per day
Ability to talk over the phone or video conferencing (multiple times a day)
Ability to work over weekends (occasionally)

LoveYourBrain is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email us at kyla@loveyourbrain.com and let us know. LoveYourBrain is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks candidates from diverse backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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