Development Manager

18 Reasons is a nonprofit that increases food security through the power of home cooking. Our mission is to empower our community with confidence and creativity to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. Our vision is to create equity and belonging through the transformative and healing power of home cooking.

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We offer multiple food education programs. At our 18th Street Kitchen in San Francisco, we host paid cooking classes with chefs from around the world, and ticket sales help support our free programming for low-income families. Through our Community Programs, we offer three, multi-week cooking and nutrition education programs for youth, families, adults, and birthing parents : Cooking Matters, Food As Medicine (FAM), and Nourishing Pregnancy. Each year, we teach thousands of families to buy, cook, and eat good food on a limited budget.

About the Role :

This role is an opportunity for an experienced development professional to take your skills to the next level while supporting a dynamic community institution entering our 17th year of growth. The Development Manager is a strategic and solutions-oriented person responsible for delivering engagement and fundraising strategies to enhance and grow revenue and current and prospective donors. You will design and implement an integrated donor relations program, manage and maintain organizational databases, and support reporting, events, and donor stewardship efforts (acknowledgments, printed materials, and donor / board meeting preparation). Your data and analytics skills will also help drive marketing strategies across the organization.

You are passionate about food, learning, community, and equity. A career at 18 Reasons is an opportunity to build your skills while making a meaningful impact on the community. We value a positive, flexible, and driven team dedicated to advancing our mission through care and collaboration.

Responsibilities :

• In close collaboration with the Director of Development and Communications, design, document, and implement a donor relations strategy focusing on moves management and major donor cultivation.
• Manage a portfolio of individual donors with a focus on major gifts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, emphasizing personalized outreach, stewardship, and donor retention.
• Develop and oversee donor acknowledgment, recognition, and ongoing communications, ensuring timely and meaningful engagement to strengthen relationships and increase contributions.
• Collaborate with the Director of Development and Communications and Communications Manager to plan and execute fundraising campaigns, including year-end appeals, mail campaigns, and special donor initiatives.
• Conduct personalized outreach to individual donors, securing major gifts through tailored solicitations, including year-end and targeted campaigns.
• Create stewardship videos highlighting donor impact stories and organizational milestones to enhance engagement.
• Manage and grow donor affinity groups, including monthly donors, members, and major donors, fostering deeper and long-term support.
• Partner with the Communications Manager to enhance donor marketing through data-driven strategies, market research, and engagement tracking.
• Initiate and manage peer-to-peer campaigns to expand donor networks and community support.

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Physical Requirements :

General office duties include computer work, filing, typing, phone communication, copying, and participating in meetings with various stakeholders. Physical tasks include lifting 15 pounds at a time and moving and rearranging light furniture. The ability to travel to 18 Reasons on-site meetings and educational workshops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding counties, as needed, is required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable any qualified person to perform the essential job duties.

Classification & Compensation :

This is a full-time, salaried position. 18 Reasons has an equitable and transparent compensation policy; we do not negotiate salaries. The salary will be set by the number of years of experience the candidate has in a similar position (Program Manager level or above) :

Benefits include 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance, IRA matching up to 3%, 12 holidays, 4 weeks PTO, two weeks of paid office closures (December and July), and a 25% discount at Bi-Rite Market.

Supervision :

You will report to the Director of Development & Communications.

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Deadline

January 31, 2025

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Salary : $91,000