Development Director; GDCDB

Greater DC Diaper Bank’s (GDCDB) mission is to strengthen families by providing a reliable and adequate supply of diapers to families in need in the Washington metro area. We work with an incredible network of 40+ social service agencies to reach more than 3,600 families each month with the 175,000+ diapers and other baby and hygiene items that help keep children healthy in their early years.

Founded in 2010, the Diaper Bank has distributed more than 7,500,000 diapers in the last 8 years. Learn more atwww.greaterdcdiaperbank.org

Greater DC Diaper Bank seeks its first-ever Director of Development (DOD) to join the leadership team. Reporting to our Executive Director, the DOD will bring a passion for our issues paired with a high-level of expertise and strategic thinking to drive revenue and build long-term growth opportunities for Greater DC Diaper Bank.

Just like everyone at Greater DC Diaper Bank, you believe:

• In the overall success of our organization and all our programs
• We can create, through actions large and small, collective and individual, a community in which families have all they need to thrive
• That strong, caring community outreach makes our region better

Working 40 hours a week, you will be the lead strategist and project manager of the Diaper Bank’s roughly $670,000 philanthropic revenue portfolio. The Director of Development is both a strategic and tactical position and is responsible for developing, executing, and analyzing GDCDB’s annual development plan, as well as representing GDCDB to individual and institutional donors. In addition, the DOD will manage and execute the Diaper Bank’s robust grant writing and reporting process.

Finally, the DOD will be responsible for analyzing and fine-tuning communications, ensuring the Diaper Bank is optimizing its messaging at every opportunity.

This position will be able to work out of their home but be expected to work regularly at all GDCDB locations which currently include:

• Headquarters: 1532 A Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
• Warehouse: 8858 Monard Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20901

The primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Leadership and Development Strategy

• Collaborate with and support the organization’s leadership and participate in Greater DC Diaper Bank’s leadership team
• Serve as the staff leader and liaison to the GDCDB Development Committee
• Manage and execute the organization’s annual development and stewardship plans to achieve annual revenue goals and to generate funding to support the programmatic operations of GDCDB
• Update existing development and stewardship plans with new ideas, industry best practices, and data-driven analysis
• Ensure a robust gift pipeline big enough to hit annual revenue goals by actively managing prospective and current donors, foundations and other funders solicited via proposals, grant applications, multiple appeals, and other fundraising activities

Foundation and Corporation Relations

• Manage relationships with existing foundations/corporations
• Author compelling grant proposals and complete grant reporting processes in a timely and efficient manner
• Research and develop relationships with potential foundation/corporate funders
• Serve as primary contact and manage all groups and companies that are sponsoring and/or entering into a cause marketing relationship with GDCDB

Individual Donor Stewardship and Management

• Partner with Executive Director to identify, cultivate and solicit individual donors for major gifts
• Manage and develop existing initiatives, appeals, and campaigns focused on targeting new donors and stewarding existing donors
• Coordinate and oversee moves and task management for individual giving
• Cultivate relationships with Board of Directors and support them in identifying and tailoring their best development contributions to GDCDB
• Execute the donor stewardship process (i.e. acknowledgment letters) and other donor stewardship campaigns in order to connect donors to the mission of GDCDB and foster a sense of community
• Help develop creative and mission-centric fundraising messaging that articulates the special role and impact of the Diaper…