Director of Development

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a Director of Development. This position will be tasked with managing Everytown’s Major Gifts program, raising donations and overseeing outreach to Everytown’s largest donors, prospecting to help find new supporters, managing a small team of staff and professional fundraising consultants, and developing a plan to help the organization meet its annual fundraising goals for major gifts.

In this role you will:

• Manage all of Everytown’s major donor fundraising. This includes setting goals for annual fundraising, setting up (and in some cases, staffing) fundraising trips for Everytown senior principles; prospecting for new donors; following up on meetings, including the management of proposal generation and follow-through; managing correspondence to/from major donors; and conducting donor maintenance for all portfolio donors.
• Work with the COO, Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, and fundraising consultants to put together an annual travel calendar, and develop a strategic plan to hit yearly fundraising goals.
• Help the team think through opportunities for event-driven fundraising in select states where we have opportunities to bring existing and potential donors together to learn more about Everytown’s work.
• Develop, solicit and provide updates to donors in emerging states.

You will have:

• At least 10+ years of fundraising experience for comparable nonprofit organizations or high-profile campaigns
• Experience managing a team of full-time staff, and experience managing consultants
• Experience staffing or providing support to senior level principles
• Experience soliciting six or seven-figure donations from donors of all backgrounds (private individuals, foundations, etc)
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Attention to detail and an ability to be intuitive and think of potential questions or problems before they arise
• Strong donor prospecting skills, an entrepreneurial mindset and an ability to think outside the box to find new funders
• A self starter attitude and the ability to work independently
• The ability to travel one to two times monthly to cities across the country, as needed

The salary range for this role is $160,000-$175,000 per year. Everytown offers a generous benefits package including PTO, 401K Match, Education Assistance and more.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the nation with nearly ten million supporters, including parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners, and Americans fighting for common sense gun safety. Through victories in Congress, statehouses, corporate America, the courts, and town halls across the country, Everytown is helping change how Americans think about this public health threat. At the core of Everytown is Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of American mothers founded the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, and Students Demand Action. Learn more at everytown.org and follow us @Everytown.

We invite you to learn more about our approach to equity and inclusion by reading our department's Equity Rationale.

You can learn about the framework that guides our work by viewing Everytown's Organizations Values

Everytown for Gun Safety provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. A diverse workforce and open culture are at the heart of our organization and vital to our success.