Director of Development
$150,000–$225,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and lead PowerLines' fundraising strategy from the ground up, focusing on family foundations, family offices, donor advised funds, and high-net-worth individuals. Identify and research new prospective donors, convert policy and media wins into actionable fundraising opportunities, and lead the execution of major gifts and events. Manage stewardship and renewal of existing donor support while making direct asks for contributions. Oversee grant proposal development and lifecycle management for institutional funders, ensuring timely reporting and amendments. Build and maintain donor relationship systems, including CRM databases and processes, while supporting the onboarding of additional fundraising staff. Report directly to the Founder and Executive Director with up to 30% travel expected.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of fundraising experience
- demonstrated record of securing six- and seven-figure gifts from family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors
- Experience fundraising within the energy, consumer advocacy, democracy, public policy, or other nonprofit spaces
- Strong relationships with family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors
- Experience managing significant donor portfolios
- Strong degree of comfort in making direct asks
- Proven skills in donor stewardship and cultivation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong strategic thinker with the ability to connect the dots between PowerLines' programmatic objectives and donor interests, motivations, and priorities
- Experience crafting compelling pitch decks, concept notes, and proposals for family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors
- Strong emotional intelligence skills, including the ability to understand what motivates prospective donors
- Capacity to thrive in an early-stage, fast-paced, dynamic, and uncertain startup environment, including the ability to identify priorities, function independently, and operate with tight timelines
- A passion for advancing PowerLines' mission of modernizing the utility regulatory system to lower utility bills and grow the economy through a consumer-centered lens
- Remote position
- Travel of up to 30% expected
Desired Qualifications
- Experience fundraising within the energy, consumer advocacy, democracy, public policy, or other nonprofit spaces is a plus
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