Director, Development - Remote (West Coast or Bay Area)

Position Title : Director, Development (West Coast or Bay Area)

Department : Development

Reports to : Sr. Director, Development

Classification (hourly or salary) : Full-time, Salary

Salary : $120,000 - $145,000

Remote - Based in California (Bay Area preferred but not required)

KABOOM! is the national nonprofit working to ensure that every kid in every community has an amazing place to play. Our mission is to end playspace inequity - the reality that playspaces are not available to every child, especially in communities of color. We unite with communities to build kid-designed playspaces that can spark joy and foster a sense of belonging for the kids who are often denied opportunities to thrive.

KABOOM! has an almost 30-year history of successful fundraising among corporations, foundations, and individuals that support our efforts to build exciting climate-forward playspace design and construction, improve child development outcomes in health and learning; and ensure that schools and communities in underserved places have equitable and innovative spaces for kids to play and grow. Many members of our executive team have worked in various roles within the organization for decades and have significant subject matter expertise. They actively engage in and support fundraising for KABOOM!.

This position will play a vital role in expanding new funding for KABOOM! by shepherding prospects through every phase of the moves management cycle. This role will focus exclusively on increasing funding support from foundation, corporate, and major donors based in the west coast particularly major markets such as the Bay Area, Seattle, and Southern California. This is an especially fun opportunity for a creative, strategic frontline fundraiser to take advantage of several innovative public-private partnerships that already exist on the West Coast and are ripe for inspiring site visits with prospective donors and funders.

Led by a VP of Development, we are a close-knit and hardworking crew of directors and senior directors of development, and a development associate. We partner closely with the executive team, partnerships team, and finance team to advance smart fundraising strategies. The Director of Development - West Coast role is a remote position with occasional travel to the DC-region and cities on the west coast where funders and donors live and work.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of existing and prospective West Coast-based funders and donors with the capacity to make five, six, and seven-figure contributions to KABOOM! to gradually secure $5 million annually towards a $32 million annual organizational goal.
• Develop initiative-level campaign strategies to support public-private partnerships, which may consist of cultivating regional funder partnerships, seeking planning grants, hosting donor events or site visits of our state-of-the-art playspaces.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop compelling proposals, reports, budgets and other fundraising materials.
• Serve as a thought partner with the VP of Development in specific areas of subject matter expertise.
• Stay abreast of philanthropic trends and proactively explore partnerships with mission-aligned organizations and funders in the public and private sectors.
• Actively contribute to our equity-informed and inclusive work culture by taking an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Engage in peer mentoring within the Development team and across the organization.
• Ability to travel approx. 30% within the United States and Canada.
• Fully embrace our organizational values of partnership, humility, equity, play, and accountability.

Education and Experience Required

In this position, you are responsible for building meaningful partnerships with a variety of funders, including local and national corporations, national, regional, and state-focused foundations, and individual philanthropists within a portfolio of new and existing prospects.

Other Position Details

Our goal is to have competitive and equitable compensation. We have a market-based compensation approach which means that we benchmark each role from reputable data sources. We compare our benchmarks against similarly sized non-profit organizations with comparable annual budgets and geographical areas. We pay the same rate for the same roles and adjust to comply with statutory mandates.

We value our employees and provide competitive benefits and perks which include but not limited to the following :

Equal Opportunity Statement

Building an inclusive, high-performing team that is diverse across lines of personal identity is integral to our success and we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. This means we do not discriminate against any job applicant or employee because of their race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment. We actively strive and evolve to develop and maintain fully inclusive workspaces. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

Additional Requirements

Individual has the ability and willingness to build relationships across differences and discuss issues of structural and institutional racism.

Office Staff - "Ability to maintain acceptable standards of office conduct and work cooperatively as an effective team member of a diverse and inclusive workforce. Communicates with others, sits or moves about the office to coordinate work and uses a computer as well as other office equipment as needed."

Note : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This job description does not constitute an employee agreement between the employer and the employee; this description is subject to change by the employer as the needs and requirements of the position change

We are currently working with DRiWaterstone Human Capital Staffing Agency to fill this position. If you are interested or want more information, please click the link below.

https : / / driwaterstonehc.com / position / dod-wc-kaboom /

Salary : $120,000 - $145,000