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The Chief Development Officer works closely with the Dean, the Chapter, the Board of Trustees, and development staff to continually expand and diversify the Cathedral’s funding base to meet annual and long-term budget needs in support of its mission, programs, and strategic priorities. This includes overseeing annual giving, major gifts, annual gala, gift records, special events, and planned giving, and serving as the staff liaison to the trustee Development Committee and helping to steward trustee relations

El Tímpano is seeking a Senior Development Manager to join our award-winning journalism and civic engagement organization.

El Tímpano—whose mission is to inform, engage, and amplify the voices of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants—is at an exciting moment of expansion. In the past three years our staff grew from one full-time employee to ten, and our revenue tripled year-over-year for three consecutive years. Having won local and national recognition for our innovative model of journalism and civic engagement that centers Latino and Mayan immigrants, El Tímpano is poised for significant growth and impact in 2024 and beyond.

As we hire our first dedicated development position, we are seeking a strategic and collaborative fundraiser who can dream big, quickly turn ideas into clear and compelling proposals, develop and manage long-term strategies and plans, and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and make a difference in a non-profit startup that peers have described as “an outstanding innovation model.” The Senior Development Manager will report to the Founding Director, and work in close partnership with the leadership team. We anticipate adding additional development roles in the next two years, and this individual will play a key role in planning for the growth of the team, with opportunities for advancement within the organization for the right candidate.

The Senior Development Manager will lead research, strategy, and execution of primarily institutional fundraising, with additional focus on building an individual donor program over time. They will bring skills and expertise to implement a fundraising strategy in support of a $1.5M budget in 2023 that is projected at $2.5M in 2024 with continued growth expected to support the organization’s strategic goals. The Senior Development Manager will continue to cultivate a base of existing donors, and seek new sources of foundation, government, corporate and individual donors. As grants comprise the majority of funding, a significant portion of the job involves grant writing, research, and cultivating relationships with institutional funders. The Senior Development Manager will work closely with internal and external stakeholders including our Founding Director, Editorial Director, Director of Civic Partnerships, and foundation partners.

You’re an ideal candidate if you are an excellent grant writer with a strong track record in fundraising, are a project manager with an abundance mindset, are comfortable building systems and processes from the ground up, believe strongly in our mission of equitable and engaged civic media, and are eager to learn, iterate, and grow with the organization.

While El Tímpano is based in the Bay Area, the Senior Development Manager can work remotely based anywhere in California. Regular (quarterly) travel to the Bay Area will be required for on-site meetings and events. El Tímpano is a fiscally sponsored project of the 501(c)(3) public charity Independent Arts & Media (IAM). All employees of El Tímpano are employees of IAM, and subject to all IAM policies and procedures.

The Director of Strategic Operations provides vision, leadership, management, and oversight to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Development and Membership Branch. This role is responsible for three primary areas: Development and Membership Branch leadership and management; Administrative and operational services to members, donors, and frontline fundraisers; and Membership program direct fundraising through events, direct mail, and digital marketing.

An Exciting Leadership Opportunity

The Board of Directors of Lafayette Partners in Education (“LPIE”) is seeking a visionary, strategic executive leader who will achieve operational excellence and provide exemplary volunteer leadership at LPIE. The new Executive Director will start at an exciting time for LPIE as the organization has recently launched its Endowment Campaign.

This is an opportunity to lead a well-established and respected organization that supports enhanced public education programs in Lafayette’s K-12 public schools. It is a position of leadership and influence in the community that involves interacting with and inspiring parents, volunteers, business partners, elected officials, community members, and other nonprofit executive leaders. The Executive Director, in partnership with the Board of Directors (“the Board”), ensures that Lafayette’s public schools continue to be recognized as providers of a top tier education in the state of California.

This new position at Friends of the Urban Forest is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic professional organization that has been creating a greener San Francisco for over 40 years.

The Humane Society of Sonoma County’s Development Manager works closely with the Director of Development & Communications to ensure the long-term viability of our vital mission for the animals. You will help to cultivate and nurture a robust, diverse, engaged family of donors who are passionate about animals and their welfare. With support from the Development Assistant and in coordination with the Communications team, you will maintain a complete and accurate donor database, oversee prompt and well-crafted donor acknowledgements, create and maintain critical donor communication mailing lists, and oversee special donor programs such as Humane Partners sustained giving. You will play a key role in the presentation of our award-winning annual fundraising gala and support other fundraising projects and events throughout the year.

The President & CEO is responsible to ensure the Foundation has clear strategic direction, adopts, and implements best practice governance models, is transparent and authentic in operations, adheres to board-approved investment and spending policies, complies with regulatory requirements, applies equitable and objective standards to grantmaking, and in conjunction with the Board of Directors, maintains fiduciary oversight of the organization.

Eviction Defense Collaborative is seeking a remarkable civic leader who is passionate about social justice to serve as their next Executive Director. The Executive Director of Eviction Defense Collaborative is responsible to the Board of Directors for the successful vision, leadership, management of the organization including community engagement, city and state government relations, fundraising/development, human resources, strategic planning finance, and executive communications. During the period of COVID, EDC expanded at a rapid pace from a modest budget to an influx of municipal and state funds, resulting in explosive growth in services and programming. The incoming Executive Director will right-size the organization and budget in service of current needs.

The Director of Annual Giving is a community builder, strategist, and activator for the energetic, fast-paced, Advancement Team at Head-Royce School. Reporting to the Director of Advancement, this position serves as the primary project manager for gifts to the Head-Royce Annual Fund and other annual giving, managing each phase of the annual campaign, and coordinating strategies to achieve increasing levels of unrestricted support among all key constituencies.

The Development Manager will work to engage low- and mid-level individual donors through a variety of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts as part of the annual fund. Additionally, the position will support major gift efforts for our multi-year land acquisition campaigns and work to engage and secure corporate support for our annual signature event. This is an opportunity for someone to work across a variety of fundraising efforts with a team of four other development professionals. John Muir Land Trust is growing, and this is an exciting time to join a leading conservation organization to save more land in the East Bay.