Major Gifts Fundraising Consultant

The Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (CIMC) is a welcoming refuge and teaching center in Cambridge, Massachusetts for all who seek inner peace and wise action through the liberating practice of insight meditation. A unique urban center, CIMC is dedicated to the integration of Buddhist practice and wisdom into every aspect of community and daily life. It offers Dharma retreats, talks, classes, drop-ins, and other programs.

CIMC recently adopted a new strategic plan and launched Together for the Future, a three-year fundraising initiative, to ensure the center continues to flourish for future generations.

CIMC is looking for a dynamic, creative fundraising consultant to work with our Executive Director and Board to implement the second year of the Together for the Future plan. To date, we have secured commitments for 50% of the initiative’s revenue target. The consultant will build on this momentum, evaluate donor prospects, schedule donor meetings, identify new donor prospects and keep our pipeline moving. The consultant will also staff our Board Fundraising Task Force, assisting them in building the pipeline, engaging donor prospects and creating a community for our donors.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in major gifts fundraising who is highly organized and can take initiative. It will be helpful if they also have an interest in meditation and an appreciation for the role of generosity in Insight Meditation teachings.

The position will be approximately 20 hours a week, and we expect the duration of this position to be 6-8 months. This position reports to the Executive Director.