Pregnancy Choices, established in 2006, is a life-affirming (do not provide or refer for abortion) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting under-served women, men, and their families in the south metro area of the Twin Cities. We provide crucial services including pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, STD/STI testing, and accurate information about pregnancy, abortion, and alternatives. Our safe, non-judgmental environment positively impacts lives through relationship-building, professional life coaching, and incentive educational programs.
Mission: We partner with women and men experiencing an unexpected pregnancy or relational poverty, and through life coaching uncover new possibilities and sustainable change for families.
Position Description: The Development Director oversees our donor relations and manages our fundraising initiatives. They are responsible for developing our non-profit's fundraising campaigns, communicating with current and prospective donors, and building a stronger development team for our organization. This position involves managing individual and corporate gifts as well as planned and annual giving campaigns.
Essential Functions:
DONOR ENGAGEMENT AND EVENT PLANNING (45%)
- Develop and oversee our annual fundraising program
- Generate an annual engagement calendar of activities for donors and alumni to engage in
- Evaluate effectiveness of events, institute learning into future offerings
- Collaborate with staff on the management and planning of fundraising events and donor receptions
- Research public and private grant sources (agencies, corporations and foundations) to identify sources of restricted and unrestricted funding
- Organize individual donor campaigns (major donors, direct mail and board trustees)
- Organize solicitation drives for pledges of ongoing support from individuals, corporations, and foundations
- Cultivate donors by producing specialized correspondences, preparing letters of acknowledgment, scheduling and attending in-person visits
- Establish a Planned Giving Society to encourage others to make planned gifts
COMMUNICATIONS and MARKETING (25%)
- Actively engage and maintain ongoing communication with prospective and current donors via phone and in-person meetings
- Develop print marketing collateral related to fundraising in collaboration with our advertising partners
- Supervises most development/public affairs matters, particularly the creation of various communications such as the annual donor report, newsletter, recognition correspondence, as well as general content for website
- Review the organization’s strategic marketing plan, public relations and procedures annually and make changes as necessary
CULTIVATE NEW AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS (25%)
- Research, qualify, and cultivate current and prospective donors
- Develop and implements strategic steps to build relationships that will result in gifts in support of the organization’s priorities
- Capture significant relationship activities, financial projections, and donor information in Network for Good, as it relates to the development portfolio
- Leverage database to research donors and alumni
- Provide regular reporting and analysis on prospective donors and gifts
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING (5%)
- Maintain accurate donor giving records
- Ensure timely and accurate report deliveries to funders
- Maintain accurate accounting of all restricted/unrestricted gift income and its sources
Compensation: $70,000 annual salary.
