Director, Community Fundraising (P2P, Endurance Race Program, Fundraising Events)

About the role

The Director, Community Fundraising will lead the entrepreneurial and strategic growth of Active Minds' peer-to-peer and community fundraising programs, including the Team Active Minds endurance race fundraising program, workplace giving campaigns, and more.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as team leader for a rapidly growing community fundraising program, including through mentorship, coaching, and growth of a Manager, Community Fundraising responsible for the highly popular Team Active Minds endurance race fundraising program.
• Collaborate with the Chief Development Officer (CDO) to set a strategic vision and implement a related work plan for intentional community fundraising, including researching, coordinating asset development, piloting, and evaluating annual fundraiser moments.
• Discover, cultivate, and steward a portfolio of highly engaged community fundraisers leading workplace giving campaigns, organizational fundraising partnerships, peer-to-peer (P2P) efforts, memorial fundraisers, and more.
• Navigate cross-departmental project management with Marketing and School Mental Health teams to engage young adult-focused partners in using philanthropy as a means of mobilizing toward a new era in mental health.
• If and when needed, facilitate volunteer engagement opportunities with a focus on workplace partners; work cross-departmentally to align volunteering in service to the larger goal to mobilize youth and young adults.

Events & Donor Engagement

• Responsible for overseeing Active Minds’ large-scale fundraising events, securing a minimum of $350,000 annually, through oversight of event planning vendors, project managing sponsor solicitations and fulfillment, and managing up and across teams to advance event work plans on time and on budget.
• Serve as lead internal coordinator of planning and logistics for an annual 300+ person fundraising event in Washington, DC, including coordinating event communications and visual asset development, managing volunteers’ solicitations and event planning participation, securing exciting silent auction items, and conducting sponsor solicitations outside of managed portfolios.
• Organize projected small and large regional cultivation events, conducted independently or in coordination with other Development and Programs teams.

Organizational Management and Other Duties

• Serve on the Active Minds Leadership team, including fully participating in bi-weekly cross-departmental coordination meetings.
• Participate fully in committees and initiatives relating to Active Minds’ commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Maintain updated and accurate donor records and files in Active Minds’ Salesforce database.

Compensation

This position offers an initial salary range of $105,000-$119,700 along with robust benefits. The starting pay for this position is equal to others at the same level throughout the organization. Candidates whose experience meets both the minimum and preferred qualifications may be considered for a starting salary that exceeds the current amount. The role sits within Active Minds Level 5 salary band, and as such, has the potential to grow to $142,000 over time.