Executive Director KCKCC Foundation

JOB CLASSIFICATION
Pay grade level:
Grade 19
Compensation: $96,797 - $133,096 (commensurate with education and experience)
Employee category:
Staff
Department:
Foundation

Reports to:

Executive Vice President
FLSA status:
Exempt
Job Code: PR053FT
EEXD

Location:

Primarily Main Campus; other college locations as required

The Executive Director of the Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) Foundation serves as the chief advancement and philanthropic officer for the College, responsible for advancing a comprehensive, modern fundraising and engagement strategy that supports student success, workforce development, capital priorities, and long-term institutional sustainability. Reporting to the Executive Vice President and working in close partnership with the President, the Foundation Board of Directors, and College leadership, the Executive Director provides strategic direction, operational leadership, and accountable execution for all advancement functions.

This role oversees major and principal gifts, annual giving, corporate and foundation relations, planned giving, donor stewardship, alumni engagement, communications, events, and campaign planning, ensuring philanthropic support for student scholarships, College programs, and operations, and advancing KCKCC’s strategic priorities. The Executive Director leads the Foundation as an entrepreneurial, data-informed, donor-centered organization aligned with the mission and strategic priorities of a comprehensive community college serving a socially and economically multicultural community.

The role requires a strong external presence, sophisticated relationship management, and the ability to translate institutional priorities into compelling philanthropic opportunities.

Strategic Leadership and Advancement Strategy

• Provide strategic leadership for the Foundation, aligning fundraising priorities with the College’s strategic plan, enrollment goals, workforce and economic development initiatives, and capital needs.
• Design, implement, and continuously refine a comprehensive advancement strategy that integrates annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation partnerships, grants, alumni engagement, and future comprehensive campaigns.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the President, Executive Vice President, and senior leadership on philanthropy, donor engagement, advancement strategy, and external funding opportunities.

Major, Principal, and Planned Giving

• Manage a portfolio of high-capacity individual, corporate, and foundation prospects, with a focus on major and principal gifts.
• Lead prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies in collaboration with Foundation Board members, alumni leaders, and College leadership.
• Advance planned and deferred giving strategies that support long-term financial sustainability and endowment growth.
• Lead the development, growth, and stewardship of student scholarship funds, aligning donor intent with institutional priorities to expand access, affordability, and student success.
• Lead the development and stewardship of endowed funds and positions, including faculty, staff, and programmatic endowments, ensuring alignment with donor intent and long-term institutional priorities.

Grants and Institutional Giving

• Provide strategic oversight and coordination for philanthropic and private grant development in partnership with College leadership, academic units, and workforce and community partners.
• Align grant-seeking efforts with institutional priorities, donor intent, and long-term sustainability, ensuring effective stewardship of grant-funded initiatives.
• Collaborate with College staff responsible for public and private grants to ensure clear roles, alignment, and integration with broader advancement efforts.

Campaign Planning and Execution

• Provide leadership for the planning, feasibility assessment, and execution of multi-year capital and comprehensive campaigns aligned with institutional priorities.
• Develop campaign structures, gift tables, messaging frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Ensure disciplined campaign management, reporting, and accountability.
• Design…