Development Director

AS220 Development Director

Reports to: Artistic Director

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Compensation: $75,000-$81,000 + benefits

About AS220

AS220 is a non-profit community arts organization in Providence, Rhode Island. We own three buildings downtown, where we provide Rhode Island artists of all ages with affordable access to creative education opportunities, galleries, performance venues, residential spaces, and work studios. Our largest programs are AS220 Youth and our Live/Work program. Exhibitions and performances in our galleries and venues are unjuried, uncensored, and all ages. AS220 envisions a just world where all people can realize their full creative potential.

Position Summary

The Development Director leads the strategy, planning and implementation of fundraising initiatives that respond to organizational needs and priorities to ensure that our programs can support artists and our community. This role is responsible for raising the funds necessary to sustain and grow AS220, and for accountability to funders and donors. The Development Director must both steward long-term relationships and grow the donor & funder base for AS220 in alignment with our mission and values.

Core Responsibilities

Major Gifts & Donor Strategy

• Cultivate and steward a portfolio of major donors and key supporters
• Partner with the Artistic Director on high-level donor stewardship & relationship strategy
• Develop and implement strategies to re-engage and steward lapsed funders
• Build and lead a planned giving and legacy program
• Maintain a culture of stewardship with timely, meaningful donor acknowledgment

Grants & Institutional Funding

• Oversee the grants program, including calendar management & grant writer coordination
• Write and submit foundation and government grant proposals as needed
• Coordinate grant reporting, stewardship, and relationships with foundation officers
• Align grant strategy with programmatic priorities and emerging funding opportunities
• Ensure all proposals reflect AS220’s anti-racist values and commitments

Events, Campaigns & Partnerships

• Develop and execute special events and fundraising campaign strategies
• Strategize external events and opportunities for Artistic Director participation
• Lead corporate sponsorships & partnership development
• Coordinate funder engagement opportunities and site visits

Board & Organizational Engagement

• Activate and support Board involvement in fundraising and donor cultivation
• Partner with and support the Development Committee
• Build a culture of philanthropy across staff and Board grounded in shared understanding of how funding and programming are interconnected

Strategy, Systems & Analysis

• Maintain and manage the annual fundraising calendar and deadlines
• Analyze fundraising data and trends to inform strategy
• Prepare clear, compelling reports for leadership and the Board
• Stay current with development trends, tools, and technologies
• Research funding trends and collaborate with program staff to shape fundable initiatives

Leadership & Values

• Supervise development staff and contractors
• Co-create and implement anti-racist, community-centric fundraising practices
• Ensure transparency and accountability in development processes
• Contribute to an organizational culture rooted in equity, creativity, and care

What Success Looks Like

• AS220’s supporters continue to feel informed and connected to the work
• Fundraising from individual donors grows annually, in dollars and number of donors
• Government contracts and grants are well managed and continue to provide resources
• The Artistic Director is supported to effectively engage with major donors

Important Context

AS220’s revenue mix has changed significantly over our four decades. The upheaval of the last 6 years has seen a shift in funding to include significant government contracts at all levels, while corporate and foundation support has diminished. Stewardship of and accountability to contract and funder relationships is equally important as building trust with individual supporters.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of leadership experience in development and fundraising
• A relationship builder who knows fundraising is about people and relationships
• A strong writer and communicator who can translate vision into compelling cases for support in a grant application and in person
• Comfortable navigating both big-picture strategy and day-to-day execution
• Experienced in major gifts, grants, and campaign development
• Experience with government grants and contracts, and related reporting and compliance
• Grounded in equity and committed to anti-racist, community-centric fundraising practices
• Have an affinity for the arts and understanding of AS220’s mission, vision and values

Benefits

• Fully paid for health insurance and life insurance; voluntary vision & dental insurance.

• Online Healthiest You (https://www.healthiestyou.com/) membership (teladoc platform)

• A generous paid time off policy (starting at 20 days per year)

• Supportive, racially just workplace culture

• Benefits associated with access to AS220’s programs

To apply

Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@as220.org by 5 PM on Thursday, May 14th, 2026.

• Fully paid for health insurance and life insurance; voluntary vision & dental insurance.

• Online Healthiest You (https://www.healthiestyou.com/) membership (teladoc platform)

• A generous paid time off policy (starting at 20 days per year)

• Supportive, racially just workplace culture

• Benefits associated with access to AS220’s programs

English, familiarity with Spanish is a plus.