Board Member - Fund Development

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3 Year Term

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Board of Directors, Executive Director to identify, solicit and steward gifts
• Work closely with the fund development committee to assist with making annual appeals, major/minor gift solicitation, writing grants, strategic planning and planning in events. This role may be responsible for recruiting a fund development committee if one is not already in place.
• Fundraising - Establish short- and long-term goals for unrestricted funding sources. Strategizes and orchestras methods of approach to corporate donors. Researches public and private grant sources (agencies, corporations and foundations) to identify sources of restricted and unrestricted finding. Organizes individual donor campaigns (e.g. major donors, direct mail, matching gifts and board of trustees). Organizes solicitation drives for pledges of ongoing support from individuals, corporations and foundations.
• Grant writing - solicits and writes proposals and reports to funders.
• Major Gift/Donor Support - Produce major donor and board solicitation/support materials with the intent to retain or upgrade gifts when possible. Cultivates donors by producing specialized correspondences, preparing letters of acknowledgement, scheduling and attending in-person visits (if necessary).
• Records Management - Maintain records associated to individual, corporate and other major donor gifts and reporting requirements.
• Recommendations - Provide recommendations to the board of ways to position the organization to enhance funding potential

Fundraising

• Personally, treat Rahab’s Hope as a top philanthropic priority reflected in an annual financial gift and solicitation efforts