Nonprofit Development Manager/Director

Development Manager/Director

Location: Englewood, Colorado

Compensation: $65,000–$88,000 annually, including bonuses; based on experience and skills

Benefits: 401(k), PTO

Reports to: Executive Director

Status: Full-Time, Exempt; Hybrid with Remote Fridays

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

For 40 years, Adam’s Camp has supported children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through therapy and adventure programs, with mountain camp programming for siblings and parents.

We seek an entrepreneurial development professional to build our fundraising program and prospect pipeline from the ground up. (Position may be defined as Manager or Director role, dependent on skillset/experience.) Working with the Executive Director and Board, you will grow individual giving, major gifts, corporate partnerships, and annual and recurring support through proactive outreach, direct asks, and compelling storytelling.

Donations outside grants and events have averaged approximately $500,000 annually. We aim to reach $1 million or more annually through a three-year build, establishing sustainable fundraising capacity for the next 5–10 years. This role does not manage staff, grants, or fundraising events, but collaborates with those teams on shared relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategy and pipeline: Create an annual development plan with measurable goals. Research and qualify individual, corporate, and community prospects, including new relationships; manage identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and long-term engagement.
• Individual and major gifts: Assess capacity and mission alignment, develop personalized strategies, initiate meetings, calls, tours, and site visits, and make direct asks.
• Corporate partnerships: Cultivate and secure sponsors, develop customized proposals, and coordinate event-related relationships and sponsor benefits.
• Giving and communications: Grow acquisition, retention, annual and recurring giving. Lead appeals, campaigns, communications, and stewardship; collaborate on case statements, stories, proposals, presentations, and impact reports.
• Systems and collaboration: Own the donor-management platform and consistent development processes. Engage Board members individually around networks, giving, advocacy, and fundraising. Coordinate across departments, strengthen shared fundraising responsibility, and support related development needs.

FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS

Build a documented, qualified prospect pipeline; maintain consistent cultivation and follow-up; implement giving-growth strategies; secure new corporate partners; and establish sustainable systems. Pipeline and relationship-development targets will be set together within 60 days.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

·        Five or more years of progressive experience in fundraising, nonprofit development, sales, business development, relationship management, or a related field.

·        Demonstrated success building new relationships and securing revenue.

·        Comfort initiating contacts and making asks.

·        Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and project-management skills.

·        Independent ownership, prioritization, and consistent follow-through.

·        Proficiency with donor databases, spreadsheets, email marketing, and office technology.

Preferred:

·        Experience building major-gift pipelines and soliciting individual donors.

·        Experience developing corporate partnerships.

·        Experience working with nonprofit Boards.

·        Experience with organizations with budgets of $2 million or more.

·        Experience using CRM systems.

·        Familiarity with Colorado philanthropy.

·        Experience with disability or human services communities.

Bring curiosity, confidence, patience, accountability, thoughtful listening, and belief in the potential of children and young adults with disabilities.

PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH

Mutually established goals guide evaluation within the three-year strategy. Annual performance and compensation reviews consider responsibilities, results, and organizational needs.

Address your interest in building this program, pipeline-development experience, any disability-community connection, and motivation for the work. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.