Ascendtials’ is always looking for new partnerships to help us move forward. If you are looking for experience working with a nonprofit organization as an intern or part-time, paid or unpaid experience, in marketing and social media management, program development, organizing social justice, administrative development, operations management, writers, student researchers, designers, digital developers, and bloggers, or any other interest you see as helpful, please send your resume and cover letter to HRAdmin11@ascendtials.org, with the job interest in the subject line, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

WHY Ascendtials?

Ascendtials is a non-profit organization in search of the right person to join our highly passionate, talented, and dedicated team. We offer you the chance to put your experience and energy to work for an agile, forward-thinking organization in pursuit of ending de-humanization and bringing about true equality by cultivating problem-solving and heightened awareness of the senses by following the ways of our ancient ancestor’s respect of nature and the laws of nature to preserve and protect humanity. The role comes with responsibility and high demand but offers the significant reward of doing the right thing and working alongside others that share this objective. We, as a team, are focused and determined to end inequality and oppression.

Development & Fundraising Director Board role

Duties and Responsibilities include:

Ascendtials assists those in the BIPOC community in dismantling institutionalized racism within the U.S. workforce by offering workshops that empower them as they interact with difficult co-workers and bosses. Our non-profit organization focuses on giving those in the BIPOC community resources so that they can successfully advocate for themselves in work offices that are not inclusive.

Ascendtials requires the support of a Development & Fundraising Director to bring in Funds, Strategy, and Overseeing Fundraising Activities.

The main responsibilities include a combination of overseeing and leading the overall operations of an organization’s fundraising department and bringing in funds for the organization through constant networking.

• In charge of developing strategies to help the organization raise money to facilitate the short-term and long-term financial needs of the organization. This often involves soliciting donations and sponsorship opportunities, as well as holding special events. 

• Establishing ongoing partnerships with sponsors: To initiate these partnerships, the director will usually prepare a sponsorship proposal or package that outlines the exposure that an organization will receive in exchange for sponsorship. The larger the financial contribution, the more exposure the organization receives.

• Stay in touch with existing patrons to foster an ongoing relationship and to seek out new patrons through existing contacts. The Development & Fundraising Director acts as the first point of contact with the partner or patron. 

• In addition to generating short-term cash flow for an organization, they also need to plan ahead and form strategic plans for an organization’s financial future.

• Report regularly to upper management to review how much money is being brought in and to set goals for future fundraising.

• Setting and Achieving Targets: Help an organization determine what money it is likely to raise during the year. This helps the board decide what activities it can pursue, contributions it can make, staff it can hire, and how much it will have to run the administrative operations of the organization. They must project annual revenues, including the timing of donations, sales, registration fees, and grants to help the organization manage its cash flow. Accountability metrics are critical to long-term financial sustainability.

• Planning Fundraisers: Once they know their revenue goals, they must take steps to achieve them. This means planning the development department’s activities. These can include direct mail solicitations, online pledge initiatives, sales of advertising and sponsorships, auctions, sales of goods, soliciting the donations of goods and services, and running events with registration fees and on-site revenue generation. Each of these activities requires careful planning, with many details covering registration, insurance, food and beverage, signage, corporate hospitality, marketing, ticket sales, and printing.

• Cultivating Loyal Donors: Creating and maintaining a database of potential, current, and past donors that can produce customized lists for different activities. Fundraisers look for individual donors, people who are likely to attend events, association lists, corporate donors, and foundations that provide grants. Identifying and cultivating donors who support the organization’s cause.

• Launching Marketing Campaigns: Keeping a positive public image. This means maintaining ongoing public relations activities not only about fundraising events and activities but about the overall organization and its mission, as well. Marketing includes print and online advertising and developing promotions with other organizations and corporations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree
• Deep knowledge of fundraising activities
• 3+ years of managerial experience

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