Development Director

Overview

Pregnancy Choices
, established in 2006, is a life-affirming (do not provide or refer for abortion) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting under-served women, men, and their families in the south metro area of the Twin Cities. We provide crucial services including pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, STD/STI testing, and accurate information about pregnancy, abortion, and alternatives. Our safe, non-judgmental environment positively impacts lives through relationship-building, professional life coaching, and incentive educational programs.

Mission: We partner with women and men experiencing an unexpected pregnancy or relational poverty, and through life coaching uncover new possibilities and sustainable change for families.

Position

Description:

The Development Director oversees our donor relations and manages our fundraising initiatives. They are responsible for developing our non-profit s fundraising campaigns, communicating with current and prospective donors, and building a stronger development team for our organization. This position involves managing individual and corporate gifts as well as planned and annual giving campaigns.

DONOR ENGAGEMENT AND EVENT PLANNING (45%)

• Develop and oversee our annual fundraising program
• Generate an annual engagement calendar of activities for donors and alumni to engage in
• Evaluate effectiveness of events, institute learning into future offerings
• Collaborate with staff on the management and planning of fundraising events and donor receptions
• Research public and private grant sources (agencies, corporations and foundations) to identify sources of restricted and unrestricted funding
• Organize individual donor campaigns (major donors, direct mail and board trustees)
• Organizes solicitation drives for pledges of ongoing support from individuals, corporations, and foundations
• Cultivate donors by producing specialized correspondences, preparing letters of acknowledgment, scheduling and attending in-person visits
• Establish a Planned Giving Society to encourage others to make planned gifts

COMMUNICATIONS and MARKETING (25%)

• Actively engage and maintain ongoing communication with prospective and current donors via phone and in-person meetings
• Develop print marketing collateral related to fundraising in collaboration with our advertising partners
• Supervises most development/public affairs matters, particularly the creation of various communications such as the annual donor report, newsletter, recognition correspondence, as well as general content for website
• Review the organization’s strategic marketing plan, public relations and procedures annually and make changes as necessary

CULTIVATE NEW AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS (25%)

• Research, qualify, and cultivate current and prospective donors
• Develop and implement strategic steps to build relationships that will result in gifts in support of the organization’s priorities
• Capture significant relationship activities, financial projections, and donor information in Network for Good, as it relates to the development portfolio
• Leverage database to research donors and alumni
• Provide regular reporting and analysis on prospective donors and gifts

RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING (5%)

• Maintain accurate donor giving records
• Ensure timely and accurate report deliveries to funders
• Maintain accurate accounting of all restricted/unrestricted gift income and its sources

Compensation: $70,000 annual salary.