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

About the role

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

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. Examples may include 5k walks/runs, fundraising inclusion in campus mental health tabling, workplace mental health challenges, and more.
• 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. May include support for Board members using P2P methods to solicit their network for support.
• Navigate cross-departmental project management with Marketing and School Mental Health teams to engage young adult-focused partners (ex: fraternities/sororities, academic societies) 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience in a nonprofit fundraising environment, or a combination of direct fundraising experience and significant transferable experience.
• Experience in employee supervision and/or team management, with preference for 3+ years in a supervisory role.
• Experience with event planning and management, and/or peer-to-peer and participant-led fundraising, with a preference of 3+ years.
• Demonstrated success in soliciting sponsorships or contributions of $10,000+.
• Fully digital literate, including Microsoft & Google products, and online meeting tools.
• Experience with Salesforce or other databases and project management tools.