Women Donors Network and WDN Action are seeking a Vice President of Community and Development. This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving fundraising strategy, membership growth, donor stewardship, and community-building for our organizations. Reporting directly to the President & CEO, you will play a critical part in scaling our impact and shaping the future of our donor community.
What You'll Do
- Lead a comprehensive fundraising strategy including annual giving, major gifts, legacy giving, and collaborative funding partnerships.
- Cultivate, solicit, and close major gifts, maintaining a personal portfolio of members and securing commitments at six and seven figure levels.
- Build a relational fundraising culture that frames fundraising as mission-aligned work.
- Develop moves-management systems to deepen donor relationships and strengthen retention.
- Lead our member community growth strategy with the goal of doubling our growth of individual and institutional members.
- Serve as primary staff lead for our Boards' Fundraising Committees, providing leadership and tools.
- Provide strategic fundraising partnership to incubated initiatives.
- Collaborate with the Communications Team on donor-facing materials and fundraising tools.
- Partner cross-functionally with Communications, Learning & Impact, Politics & Advocacy, and Finance teams.
- Lead membership strategy across the full lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding, renewal, stewardship, and offboarding.
- Partner with the Learning & Impact Team to cultivate a membership culture of belonging and accountability.
- Develop strategies to source and steward new values-aligned members.
- Strengthen programs and gatherings that support members' political, personal, and philanthropic journeys.
- Design and analyze the annual membership survey to drive strategy.
- Strengthen regional engagement through gatherings, leadership pathways, and community structures.
- Serve as primary staff lead to the Boards' Member Engagement Committee.
- Leverage power mapping to understand member interests, capacities, and expertise.
- Collaborate with WDN Action and cross-functional partners to support mobilization and donor activation.
- Partner with other team leaders to ensure alignment across member engagement, development, and programmatic initiatives.
- Lead, coach, and manage a Community & Development team of four.
- Foster an inclusive, relational, values-driven team culture.
- Partner with the President & CEO and Management Team on organizational planning, budgeting, and strategy.
- Model courageous communication, transparent decision-making, and solutions-oriented leadership.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience with organizations of comparable size.
- Deep expertise in major gifts and donor acquisition/retention strategies, with demonstrated success leading campaigns.
- Commitment to WDN’s mission and values, and experience in at least two of WDN’s funding priorities.
- Proven track record cultivating, soliciting, and closing multi-tier donors, including six and seven figure gifts.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to speak plainly and with emotional intelligence across diverse audiences.
- Proficiency with fundraising CRMs (Salesforce is preferred), Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, and MacOS.
- Must be based in the United States.
Nice to Have
- Experience in social-justice-aligned 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) organizations and/or membership networks.
Technical Stack
- Salesforce
- Google Workspace
- Zoom
- Slack
- MacOS
Team & Environment
You will join a 27-person team and manage a team of four. We operate with a shared staffing structure across WDN and WDN Action. You will report directly to the President & CEO. Our culture is built on courage, commitment, curiosity, accountability, hope, and joy. We are a geographically distributed, remote team from diverse intersectional identities.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: A base salary starting at $220K per year.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (paid by WDN at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents).
- 401K Contribution (4% of your gross pay contributed by WDN and an additional 3% match).
- 20 Vacation Days, 14 Sick Days, and 14 Company Holidays.
- Partial reimbursement of your internet and phone expenses for your home office.
- Financial support for learning and professional development opportunities.
Work Mode
This is a full-time, remote position. Candidates must be based in the United States.
WDN is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status.
