Business Name: Sandwich Glass Museum
Job Description
The Development Director oversees all of the organization’s fundraising and manages relationships with internal and external financial partners. Duties include planning fundraising events, interacting with former donors to encourage ongoing contributions, building new donor pools and seeking out opportunities for financial support through grants and sponsorships.
The Development Director (DD) will work with the Senior Management Team to create and implement the fundraising strategic plan. The DD will maximize the visibility and economic sustainability of the Sandwich Historical Society and Glass Museum by increasing public engagement through donor CRM data and will work with the Executive Director and other marketing team to plan and promote events for educational and fundraising purposes.
Responsibilities of Development Director:
A Development Director works closely with a variety of employees, sponsors and donors. They often have the following duties and responsibilities:
Donors
Work with Executive Director and marketing team to build consensus on development strategies within guidelines of strategic plan
Use sales and spending cycles to guide fundraising campaign decisions
Find ideal donors from public and private investors
Create a respectful reputation for the company or nonprofit they represent by being active in the local community and glass collectors’ community
Construct reports to convey their strategies and needs
Use Salesforce CRM to build new donor relationships while maintaining ongoing ones
Work with Grant team to build content to earn grants, new audiences and better relationships with donors and other corporations
Sponsors and Community Engagement
Research appropriate sponsors and other financial partners to fund events and other public facing developmental projects
Keep information and engagement current with local chambers along with other community influencers and potential sponsors
Identify target audiences and develop initiatives to attract diverse groups of visitors including local communities, tourists, schools, children and art enthusiasts
Work with marketing team to provide needed images, info and meet deadlines
Participate in ongoing strategic planning and execution of the expanded education program and any other new initiatives launched by the museum
Coordinate with Events Committee and support internal and external events
Including donor specific events
Develop plan for distribute semi-annual Cullet Magazine to donors and potential donors
Provide monthly updates to the Executive Board
Contact Name: Mary Childs
Business Address:
129 MAIN ST
SANDWICH, Massachusetts, 02563
Phone: (508) 888-0251
Email: mary.childs@sandwichglassmuseum.org
Website: https://sandwichglassmuseum.org/