Faith in Place

Director

• Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director, Individual Giving.
• Serve as the fourth member of a collaborative Development Team securing financial resources for Faith in Place supporting Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities.
• Overall responsibility for identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies to increase yearly individual giving revenue from $300,000 (FY 2025 goal) to $500,000 (FY 2028 goal).
• Manage spring and end-of-year annual fundraising campaigns.
• Monitor and improve donor thanking to ensure all individual donors are thanked promptly, effectively, and consistently.
• Design and implement donor stewardship events, with initial focus on Sustainers Circle major donors.
• Write individual donor fundraising proposals and reports.
• Increase planned giving, including legacy gifts (bequests).
• Participate in other Development Team activities, such as corporate funder solicitation and foundation grant reporting.
• Supervise up to 1 development staff person.