Associate Development Director, Individual Giving
Description:
• Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director, Individual Giving.
• Serve as the fourth member of a collaborative Development Team securing financial resources for Faith in Place supporting Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities.
• Overall responsibility for identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies to increase yearly individual giving revenue from $300,000 (FY 2025 goal) to $500,000 (FY 2028 goal).
• Manage spring and end-of-year annual fundraising campaigns.
• Monitor and improve donor thanking to ensure all individual donors are thanked promptly, effectively, and consistently.
• Design and implement donor stewardship events, with initial focus on Sustainers Circle major donors.
• Write individual donor fundraising proposals and reports.
• Increase planned giving, including legacy gifts (bequests).
• Participate in other Development Team activities, such as corporate funder solicitation and foundation grant reporting.
• Supervise up to 1 development staff person.
Requirements:
• Live in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin at time of job application and, if hired, as employee.
• At least 6-8 years of successful experience in major gifts, annual giving, donor stewardship, and/or planned giving.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to communicate effectively and work with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Experience with donor database and CRM systems.
• Excellent skills in standard business computer applications.
• Passion for environmental and climate justice.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree. Significant employment experience relevant to the position may be substituted.
Benefits:
• A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and an employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment.
• In addition, Faith in Place provides an annual $350-$500 stipend to support professional development.
• Vacation: Employees accrue paid vacation at a rate of 10.67 hours per month (equivalent to four weeks per year under the 4-day flex work week model). Vacation becomes available for use after three (3) months of employment.
• Beginning December 2025, employees may carry over up to four (4) unused vacation days into the following calendar year.
• Personal Days: Employees receive two (2) paid personal days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Sick Leave: Employees receive five (5) paid sick days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Faith in Place provides employees with a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization.
• Employees also receive a $20/month stipend (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and a $40/month stipend (non-taxable) for internet use.
• A $500, one-time non-taxable amount will be provided for home office needs.
• Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work.
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• Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director, Individual Giving.
• Serve as the fourth member of a collaborative Development Team securing financial resources for Faith in Place supporting Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities.
• Overall responsibility for identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies to increase yearly individual giving revenue from $300,000 (FY 2025 goal) to $500,000 (FY 2028 goal).
• Manage spring and end-of-year annual fundraising campaigns.
• Monitor and improve donor thanking to ensure all individual donors are thanked promptly, effectively, and consistently.
• Design and implement donor stewardship events, with initial focus on Sustainers Circle major donors.
• Write individual donor fundraising proposals and reports.
• Increase planned giving, including legacy gifts (bequests).
• Participate in other Development Team activities, such as corporate funder solicitation and foundation grant reporting.
• Supervise up to 1 development staff person.
Requirements:
• Live in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin at time of job application and, if hired, as employee.
• At least 6-8 years of successful experience in major gifts, annual giving, donor stewardship, and/or planned giving.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to communicate effectively and work with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Experience with donor database and CRM systems.
• Excellent skills in standard business computer applications.
• Passion for environmental and climate justice.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree. Significant employment experience relevant to the position may be substituted.
Benefits:
• A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and an employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment.
• In addition, Faith in Place provides an annual $350-$500 stipend to support professional development.
• Vacation: Employees accrue paid vacation at a rate of 10.67 hours per month (equivalent to four weeks per year under the 4-day flex work week model). Vacation becomes available for use after three (3) months of employment.
• Beginning December 2025, employees may carry over up to four (4) unused vacation days into the following calendar year.
• Personal Days: Employees receive two (2) paid personal days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Sick Leave: Employees receive five (5) paid sick days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Faith in Place provides employees with a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization.
• Employees also receive a $20/month stipend (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and a $40/month stipend (non-taxable) for internet use.
• A $500, one-time non-taxable amount will be provided for home office needs.
• Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work.
Apply Now
Apply Now