What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Philanthropy position at The Just One Project?
About Us
The Just One Project's mission is to increase access to food, resources, and supportive services to build a stronger, healthier, and more connected community. The Just One Project has a culture of attracting the most passionate and talented people to represent The Just One Project by reinforcing strong values, work-life balance, and diversity. We know that our company culture ultimately affects client experience. Every program is designed with our clients in mind; we are "client-centric."
What You'll Do
As Director of Philanthropy, you will lead and execute strategies that grow philanthropic revenue and strengthen long-term donor relationships by:
- Leading the organization's fundraising strategy and achieving annual philanthropic revenue goals.
- Building and managing a strong pipeline of individual donors, major gift prospects, corporate partners, and sponsors.
- Cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gifts while expanding unrestricted funding.
- Developing new donor acquisition strategies while strengthening engagement with existing supporters.
- Planning and overseeing fundraising events that generate revenue and deepen donor relationships.
- Partnering closely with the CEO and senior leadership to execute strategic fundraising initiatives.
- Tracking fundraising performance through CRM reporting, revenue forecasting, and pipeline management.
- Collaborating with marketing to create compelling donor communications, campaigns, and storytelling.
- Building systems and processes that support accountability, sustainability, and long-term fundraising success.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is an experienced fundraising professional who combines strategic thinking with disciplined execution and exceptional relationship building.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Nonprofit Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Seven or more years of progressive nonprofit fundraising, development, donor relations, or partnership management experience.
- Demonstrated success securing major gifts of $25,000 or more.
- Proven experience managing fundraising events, corporate partnerships, and major donor portfolios.
- Demonstrated history of generating at least $500,000 in annual fundraising revenue.
- Experience working directly with executive leadership on fundraising strategy.
- Strong relationship building, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Experience using donor CRM systems to manage fundraising pipelines and reporting.
- Financial acumen with the ability to forecast revenue, monitor budgets, and measure fundraising performance.
Preferred Qualifications
Candidates with experience generating more than $1 million annually in philanthropic revenue and securing six figure gifts are strongly encouraged to apply.
Why You'll Love This Role
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Shape the future of philanthropy at a growing nonprofit.
- Build meaningful relationships that directly impact thousands of individuals and families.
- Work alongside a collaborative and mission driven executive leadership team.
- Develop innovative fundraising strategies that create lasting community impact.
- Help expand programs that address food insecurity, housing stability, workforce development, and supportive services throughout Southern Nevada.
Our Commitment
The Just One Project is more than a workplace. We are a team united by compassion, innovation, accountability, and service.
As part of our culture, all team members support organization wide initiatives that strengthen our mission, including participation in up to six Pop-Up and Give community events each year. These events are typically held on the third Saturday of the month and provide opportunities for our entire team to serve the community together.
Work Schedule
This is a full time exempt position. Evening and weekend work is required as needed to support donor meetings, fundraising events, and organizational initiatives.
Local travel throughout Southern Nevada is required. A valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and the ability to meet the organization's insurability requirements are required.
Join Our Team
If you're passionate about building relationships, securing transformational gifts, and helping create lasting change in our community, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us create a stronger Southern Nevada-one family, one partnership, and one act of generosity at a time.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Just One Project is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Don't Meet Every Qualification?
Research shows that many qualified candidates, particularly those from historically underrepresented communities, hesitate to apply unless they meet every listed qualification. If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you can make an impact, we encourage you to apply. We'd love the opportunity to learn more about you.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check, drug screening, motor vehicle report, employment verification, and reference checks, as permitted by law.
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000