Development and Fundraising Manager

Disability Policy Consortium (DPC) is Massachusetts’ leading statewide disability rights organization. Since 1996, we have taken a multi-pronged approach to making Massachusetts and the wider world more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities, from successfully advocating for a sevenfold increase in state housing funding for people with disabilities, to conducting nationally impactful studies on healthcare quality for people with disabilities, to helping thousands of disabled MassHealth members resolve issues with their care plans and providers and access the care they need.

In accordance with our credo About Us, By Us, nearly all of this work has been done by people with disabilities, who make up 75% of our staff, including our entire leadership team. We are proud that, even as we have more than doubled our staff and budget over the last six years, we have developed a warm, collaborative, and transparent culture that prioritizes accessibility and supporting one another as we do the often-difficult work of advancing disability rights. This is an organization where people can bring their whole selves to work and be supported in all their identities, and that provides ample opportunities for professional growth and advancement. We are searching for a development leader who will bring their experience and skillset to help us fund our continuing mission.

The Development Manager will be responsible for raising funds from corporate sponsors, major gifts, individual donors, and foundations as well as crafting and implementing fundraising strategies that enable DPC to carry out its mission. You will build deep relationships with your own portfolio of donors, in addition to supporting DPC team members in setting and making progress toward individual fundraising goals. Major elements of the position include:

• Strategy and support. Develop an annual fundraising plan and manage the department budget. Support team-wide goal setting to meet budgetary needs. Grow the organization’s donor pool and individual giving through research and prospecting.
• Developing vision & infrastructure. Establish, develop materials for, and implement both a corporate giving and individual planned giving program. Develop a vision for using events to support organizational fundraising.
• Donor Fundraising. Cultivate both corporate sponsors and individual giving donors. Build relationships with through sharing personal and organizational stories and updates, regular touchpoints, and personal acknowledgements.
• Organizational materials. Work with the Communications Associate to help develop external fundraising and cultivation materials - e.g., one-pagers, brochures, postcards, annual reports, and holiday cards.
• Donor cultivation & stewardship. Work with staff to develop and implement a communications and cultivation plan for the organization, including regular email and mail appeals for all donors. Create and implement individualized stewardship plans for top donors.
• Grantseeking. Participate in team grantseeking with a small portfolio of foundations, cultivating relationships as well as supervising staff responsible for writing grant proposals and reports.
• Supervision. Direct and oversee the Development Associate who will be responsible for grant prospecting, management of DPC’s donor database, donor acknowledgments, event logistics and budget tracking.

Key qualifications:

• 3-5 years of direct experience in development, including a background in direct fundraising and prospect strategy
• Experience with donor management or CRM software
• Experience with supervision or project management; have the ability to hold other people accountable
• Experience securing major gifts and/or establishing successful funding programs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A passion for disability justice as well as racial, economic, and environmental justice; a strong commitment to working for a just, inclusive, and better world

Salary & benefits

DPC offers an extensive benefits plan and an open, inclusive, and accepting work environment where differences are highly respected. The salary range for this role is $75,000-85,000 and dependent on experience. Our benefits package which includes health insurance premium reimbursement, employer-paid dental, life and long-term disability insurance coverage, a 403B retirement savings plan with employer match, 3 weeks of vacation time per year, 2 weeks of sick time per year and 14 paid holidays per year.

People with disabilities as well as people of color, Indigenous people, immigrants, people from low-income backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming folks and women are encouraged to apply by submitting a letter of interest and resume.​

DPC is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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