Development Associate

As the Development Associate supporting Earl Young’s Team, you will lead vital fundraising efforts driven by a deep commitment to our life-saving mission. Reporting to the Legacy Director and working closely with the Founder and Executive Director, you will play a pivotal role in the strategic stewardship of our community, maintaining deep-rooted donor connections while actively cultivating new relationships with individual supporters, private foundations, and corporate partners. This is a part-time, contract, work-from-home position, making it an ideal opportunity for a professional with prior non-profit experience seeking flexibility without sacrificing impact. The keys to success in this role are exceptional organization and a talent for managing engagement and events that fuel our financial growth.

About Earl Young’s Team

Earl Young’s Team, is a Dallas based organization founded in 2015, is dedicated to raising awareness for and registering blood stem cell/bone marrow donors to provide second chances at life for patients battling blood cancers (like leukemia and lymphoma) and blood disorders (like aplastic anemia and sickle cell disease). Our founder, Earl Young, is an Olympic gold medalist alive today because a total stranger donated blood stem cells, giving him a second chance at life. Because young donors (those between the ages of 18-26) provide the best patient outcomes, our work is focused on awareness initiatives and swab drives on college and university campuses. To date, we have added over 40,000 people to the donor pool, resulting in over 170 second chances at life.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

• In collaboration with leadership: identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and corporate sponsors
• Manage giving, gifts, and fundraising events and initiatives
• Create and implement donor communications, appeals and fundraising efforts with leadership
• Adapt and scale fundraising efforts as programs grow
• Attend meetings and events in Dallas, TX

Donor Relations and Stewardship

• Create and maintain a tracking system and accurate donor records
• Draft and distribute timely acknowledgments, thank you letters, and updates to donors

Events and Campaigns

• Work with leadership to plan and execute fundraising events and engagement opportunities. Currently, we have 2 fundraising events: an annual Breakfast of Champions and a first-ever Throttle and Swab motorcycle ride
• Coordinate logistics, sponsorship outreach and communications for fundraising activations
• Cultivation, communication, and engagement with event volunteer host committee for fundraising events is vital to the success of each event
• Collaborate with staff to integrate fundraising opportunities across email and social media platforms
• Provide regular progress reports on fundraising goals, donor engagement and campaign performance
• Represent EYT at community events and gatherings to enhance organization visibility

Qualifications and Experience

A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in nonprofit development, advancement, fundraising, donor relations, and related special events. Demonstrated success in donor cultivation and campaign management. Experience in the healthcare industry development is a plus

Other Skills and Abilities

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail

Outstanding human relations skills

Experience with Microsoft Outlook Suite

Ability to create a donor life cycle utilizing fundraising CRMs a plus

Self-motivated, collaborative and community minded

Comfortable with change, growth and taking initiative as programs and capacity expand

Physical Requirements

Must be able to carry 20lbs

Ability to stand for multiple hours at fundraising and community events in Dallas, TX

This is a part-time, work from home, contract position.

Exemplary English communication skills needed.