Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement

Position Summary

Provide strategic leadership for WellPower’s integrated philanthropy and community engagement efforts, building a high-performing, cross-functional program that generates $1M in annual philanthropic revenue while achieving 5–8% year-over-year growth. This role ensures fundraising, donor engagement, and community partnerships are aligned with WellPower’s strategic priorities and long-term financial sustainability, strengthens donor relationships and retention, advances mission-aligned community engagement centered on lived experience, and delivers clear, data-informed outcomes through effective leadership, external representation, and compelling impact storytelling.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation: $99,088 - $148,990 per year
Benefits: For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/

Job Duties & Functions

• Lead a comprehensive fundraising program generating $1M in annual philanthropic revenue, representing approximately 1% of total organizational revenue, and will deliver 5–8% year-over-year growth while strengthening donor retention, major gift performance, and long-term sustainability of the donor pipeline.
• Lead and supervise cross-functional staff advancing fundraising, donor engagement, grant development, and mission-aligned community engagement.
• Oversee team budgets and philanthropic revenue forecasting in partnership with executive leadership and Finance, ensuring alignment with fundraising goals and performance targets.
• Ensure fundraising, donor engagement, and community initiatives are aligned with WellPower’s strategic priorities and long-term financial sustainability
• Represent WellPower with funders, donors, corporations, and community partners to advance strategic relationships and organizational growth.
• Develop and deliver strategic presentations and materials for executive leadership, the Board, funders, and external partners highlighting fundraising priorities, donor engagement, and organizational impact.
• Set clear team objectives grounded in WellPower’s guiding principles and uses metrics, dashboards, and performance indicators to drive sustained results.
• Connect community impact to philanthropy through clear, compelling narratives.
• Oversee organizational partnerships and community engagement strategies that center lived experience and reciprocal partnership.
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, political science, public policy, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling a philanthropy function from the ground up to secure meaningful, mission-advancing revenue.
• 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience supervising teams across core fundraising functions.

Work Location & Shift/Hours

This is a hybrid opportunity open to folks residing in the Greater Denver Metro area and will require 1-2 days per week on-site and the rest of the week working remotely.
Shift/Hours: This is a Monday-Friday opportunity observing standard business hours.

Physical Requirements

This largely sedentary role requires frequent computer use, effective communication, manual dexterity for typing, and visual acuity for reading and analyzing on-screen data. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.