Volunteer Fundraising Advisor

Your Fundraising Experience Could Help Us Build Something Better

You've spent time learning what makes nonprofit fundraising work. What if you could use that experience to help a small organization build its strategy from the beginning?

AnimalCity is looking for a Volunteer Fundraising Advisor to help us develop a fundraising plan we can actually implement with our current resources.

You'll work directly with our leadership and experienced board members, have a voice in important decisions, and help establish a foundation for future growth. In return, you'll gain advisory experience, professional connections, a meaningful volunteer title, and a LinkedIn recommendation or reference reflecting your contributions.

Who We Are

AnimalCity is a Charlotte-based nonprofit helping protect pets when their owners die or become incapacitated. We combine proactive pet care planning with rescue and rehoming because we believe preventing animals from entering shelters is an essential part of animal welfare.

We know how to care for animals. Now we want to become better at building the financial support that makes our work possible.

Working with our leadership team, you'll help us:

• Assess our current fundraising activities and available resources.
• Prioritize the two or three fundraising approaches most likely to work for AnimalCity.
• Develop a practical 6–12 month fundraising roadmap with achievable goals.
• Recommend simple systems for donor tracking, outreach, and measuring progress.

We're not expecting you to run our fundraising efforts. We need your experience and guidance to help us make good decisions about where to start.

What We're Looking For

Someone with practical fundraising or nonprofit development experience who understands the realities of a small organization.

You know how to evaluate fundraising opportunities, recognize what is realistic, and turn big ideas into manageable steps. Experience developing fundraising strategies for small or growing nonprofits is especially valuable.

You don't need decades of experience. You do need sound judgment, clear communication, and a willingness to share what you've learned.

The Commitment

This is an unpaid volunteer advisory role requiring approximately 3–5 hours per week, primarily remote with occasional meetings in Charlotte. Ideally we'd like someone in the Charlotte area, but are open to more remote help.

We'll begin with a focused 90-day engagement, with the opportunity to continue advising us as we put the plan into action.

Interested?

Tell us a little about your fundraising experience, particularly any work developing strategy for small nonprofits, and why this opportunity interests you.

We'd love to hear how you'd approach helping an organization like AnimalCity establish its fundraising priorities.