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About the Role

Room to Read is seeking an experienced Development Manager to help grow philanthropic revenue across North America, our largest fundraising market. This role manages a portfolio of major donors while helping expand the organization's donor pipeline and supporting regional fundraising initiatives. It is a relationship-focused fundraising role for someone who enjoys cultivating donors, making solicitations, and building long-term partnerships.

Responsibilities

Manage and grow a portfolio of individual, family foundation, corporate, and foundation donors with annual fundraising goals of approximately $2 million.
Cultivate, solicit, steward, and retain donors through meaningful engagement and relationship management.
Identify new funding opportunities and develop strategies to acquire, retain, and upgrade donors.
Prepare donor communications, including proposals, concept notes, stewardship reports, and correspondence.
Maintain regular in-person and virtual meetings with donors and prospects.
Support the continued growth of the North American Mid-Net-Worth donor program by identifying and qualifying prospective donors for cultivation and upgrade.
Partner with the Development Director and cross-functional colleagues to implement donor engagement strategies and strengthen the major donor pipeline.
Maintain accurate donor records, pipeline activity, and fundraising information in Salesforce.
Support regional fundraising planning, forecasting, and pipeline reviews.
Partner with Marketing & Communications and Global Business Operations to support donor communications and fundraising initiatives.
Support fundraising events by identifying, cultivating, and stewarding prospective donors before and after events.
Contribute to special projects and other departmental initiatives as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
5-7 years of progressive fundraising experience, including major gift fundraising and portfolio management.
Demonstrated success personally cultivating, soliciting, and closing five- and six-figure gifts.
Experience managing donor portfolios and achieving fundraising goals.
Strong relationship-building and donor stewardship skills.
Experience identifying and developing donor pipelines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proposal writing and donor presentations.
Experience using fundraising CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Ability and willingness to meet donors regularly throughout the New York or San Francisco area and travel as needed.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located.
Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.

Skills

Major gift fundraising
Portfolio management
Donor cultivation
Donor solicitation
Donor stewardship
Relationship building
Salesforce
Project management
Communication skills
Proposal writing
Donor presentations

Location

New York, NY
San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

5-7 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

$88,000 to $106,000

Benefits

100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage
50% medical and 100% dental and vision premium coverage for eligible dependents
22 days of PTO (+1 additional day accrued each year up to 27 days)
12.5 paid holidays
Next month enrollment in a 401(k) plan with up to a 6% match
$600/yr allowance for home office

About the Company

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow – creating lasting change.
Through our Literacy Portfolio, we train and coach teachers of the early grades in literacy instruction; create and publish quality books and curricular materials in local languages; and establish children’s libraries filled with diverse children’s books that can be enjoyed at school and home.
Our Gender Equality Portfolio supports adolescents, particularly girls, in developing life skills that promote gender equality, helping them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.
We support young people of all genders to overcome gender biases and build the knowledge and skills to create a gender-equal world.
Room to Read collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, publishers, and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale.
To date, Room to Read has benefited more than 50 million children in 28 countries.
Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.

Equal Opportunity

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.
Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.