Director of Development

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Preference given to applications received by September 6, 2024.

About Communities United for Police Reform (CPR): Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York, and to build a lasting movement that promotes public safety and reduces reliance on policing. CPR runs coalitions of over 200 local, statewide and national organizations and has won significant organizing, policy and litigation victories since being launched in 2012.

Position Summary: This position will lead CPR’s overall resource mobilization and philanthropic advocacy work. The Director of Development will work closely with the Managing Director, steering committee and others to build and implement a robust, multi-tiered fundraising strategy to support the resource needs of CPR and CPR member organizations. This position will oversee creative strategies to engage individual and institutional donors, with a movement-building approach that integrates all parts of CPR in our campaigns and resource mobilization efforts. The ideal candidate is a seasoned fundraiser who has deep roots in racial and other justice movements, understands fundraising as part of community organizing and is passionate about CPR’s mission and goals.

Position Reports to: Managing Director

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Planning: In collaboration with the Managing Director and others, develop, implement and monitor comprehensive annual and multi-year development plans to project and raise annual budget goals and advance CPR’s campaign priorities.
• Oversight: Provide oversight and management of systems and processes for effective identification, tracking, and engagement with donors and prospects, including prospecting, data management, acknowledgments, and ongoing communication with individual prospects, donors, institutional funders and other key partners.
• Team coordination: Coordinate and support CPR’s Managing Director, Steering Committee, and others in fundraising efforts; recruit and supervise relevant staff, vendors, consultants, and volunteers.
• Institutional fundraising: Research, develop, submit, track and steward proposals for foundation prospects with a long-term relationship approach; ensure timely submission of reports and renewal proposals for existing funders; coordinate foundation site visits and ongoing communication updates with institutional funders and prospects.
• Individual Fundraising: Develop and manage individual donor fundraising campaigns, including major donor campaigns, crowdfunding, digital appeal letters, prospecting and other tactics to expand CPR’s base of individual donors, ensure successful donor stewardship and secure other revenue sources.
• Events: Oversee planning, coordination and implementation of special events, including but not limited to gala, house parties, donor cultivation events and other related activities; oversight includes developing and managing event budgets, facilitating fundraising, programmatic and logistical coordination with relevant staff, consultants, and stakeholder groups
• Philanthropic advocacy: Develop and implement strategies to broaden support for the ecosystem of groups needed to advance CPR’s overall goals, with particular focus on increased philanthropic support for grassroots community organizing.

Other Responsibilities (10%)

• Represent CPR at external meetings and events, as requested, to advance fundraising priorities.
• Share infrastructure and administrative responsibilities with other staff, including assisting in other campaign meetings and events, as requested.

Qualifications & Skills of Ideal Candidate

• Passion for and knowledge of racial/other justice movements, police accountability issues, and demonstrated commitment to the vision and values of CPR. Knowledge of key issues and relevant movement landscape, commitment to and demonstrated experience working with diverse low-income communities of color directly affected by discriminatory and abusive policing, including youth, LGBT and gender nonconforming people, homeless people, immigrants, Muslim communities, women, and people with disabilities.
• 6+ years leading and managing multi-tiered successful fundraising campaigns and efforts, including strong experience with individual and institutional fundraising; using digital and online communications tactics in successful fundraising campaigns; integrating fundraising with community organizing goals; and philanthropic advocacy.
• Demonstrated success at raising $800K – $1M+ annually from a mix of individuals, events, appeals, and foundations, including success at cultivating, soliciting, and securing small gifts and larger multi-year commitments from $50,000 – $100,000+ 
• Excellent writing and research skills, including an ability and track record of writing well, quickly, and within deadlines.
• Strong track record with budget development and monitoring.
• Strong interpersonal, management and facilitation skills, including: experience coordinating teams; facilitating meetings towards action; demonstrated experience understanding and acting on complexities of group/coalition dynamics; experience recruiting, retaining and supervising staff/volunteers.
• Detail-oriented, results-driven, excellent time/project management skills: creative, results and detail-oriented, and able to manage and prioritize multiple responsibilities within deadlines and in a resource-limited environment.
• Proficient in various database programs and fundraising platforms; working knowledge of social media platforms.