PowerLines

Director of Development

PowerLines

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: District of Columbia • Washington • United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Design and Lead PowerLines’ Fundraising Strategy
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy focused on family foundations, family offices, donor advised funds, and high-net-worth/ultra-high-net-worth individuals
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to integrate fundraising goals with organizational planning and budgeting
  • Maintain relationships with institutional funders for PowerLines
  • Identify and research new potential donors with capacity and affinity to support PowerLines
  • Build and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective donors through thoughtful cultivation plans
  • Research and vet new prospective donors that are identified through PowerLines' participation in conferences and events
  • Support Founder and Executive Director in funder meetings, pitches, and other fundraising opportunities, including development of briefing materials, as needed
  • Convert PowerLines' policy and media wins into actionable fundraising opportunities
  • Lead planning and execution of PowerLines dinners, small gatherings, and other events to support fundraising
  • Attend conferences and events with the objective of meeting new prospective donors
  • Manage stewardship and renewal of existing foundation, family office, and individual donor support, ensuring timely and meaningful engagement
  • Make direct asks for potential funder contributions
  • Build authentic, long-term relationships with funders through regular communication, thank-you notes, follow-ups, events, and personalized outreach
  • Oversee development-related communications including donor updates, briefings, memos, newsletters, and impact reports
  • Develop databases, CRM, and processes to ensure efficient and accurate tracking of donor relationships
  • Lead development of grant proposals for family foundations, family offices, donor-advised funds, and high-net worth individuals in collaboration with Founder and Executive Director
  • Oversee grant lifecycle after initial development, tracking reporting requirements, amendments, and renewals as needed
  • Collaborate with other PowerLines team members to prepare compelling materials—presentations, concept papers, proposals, budgets, and reports—that reflect PowerLines’ mission and strategic priorities
  • Design and implement systems that can scale as the development team grows
  • Support onboarding and mentoring of additional fundraising staff as hired

Requirements

  • 8+ years of fundraising experience with a demonstrated record of securing six- and seven-figure gifts from family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors.
  • Strong relationships with family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors
  • Experience managing significant donor portfolios
  • Strong degree of comfort in making direct asks
  • Proven skills in donor stewardship and cultivation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong strategic thinker with the ability to connect the dots between PowerLines’ programmatic objectives and donor interests, motivations, and priorities
  • Experience crafting compelling pitch decks, concept notes, and proposals for family foundations, family offices, DAFs, and HNW individual donors
  • Strong emotional intelligence skills, including the ability to understand what motivates prospective donors
  • Capacity to thrive in an early-stage, fast-paced, dynamic, and uncertain startup environment, including an ability to identify priorities, function independently, and operate with tight timelines
  • A passion for advancing PowerLines’ mission of modernizing the utility regulatory system to lower utility bills and grow the economy through a consumer-centered lens
Benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid holidays
  • Health insurance
  • 401k employer match
  • Sick leave
  • Health and wellness benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
fundraising strategydonor stewardshipgrant proposalsdonor cultivationdonor portfolio managementdatabase developmentCRMimpact reportspitch decksconcept notes
Soft Skills
excellent written communicationexcellent verbal communicationstrategic thinkingemotional intelligencerelationship buildingindependent functioningprioritizationadaptabilitymentoringcollaboration