Director of Private Philanthropy

DAY ONE Early Learning Community is recruiting its first Director of Private Philanthropy to launch a new phase of influential progress in accelerating access to and quality of earl childhood education. The Director of Private Philanthropy will be part of the small leadership team guiding the strategic scaling of DAY ONE’s innovative and powerful model of increasing the early childhood education workforce, as well as the deepened and expanded influence of DAY ONE locally, regionally and nationally.

While DAY ONE has implemented an impressive start to its organizational advancement, development and fundraising, a seasoned professional will bring these successes into a “build-to-last” model. The Director of Private Philanthropy will focus on private investment from individuals, local and national foundations, and corporate partnerships. They will report to the Executive Director and, with the Director of Public Affairs and Communications, create a comprehensive annual and future-focused revenue strategy to integrate fundraising and development into DAY ONE’s program implementation and expansion; marketing; community-building; and leadership in the field. The Director of Private Philanthropy will be an essential part of DAY ONE’s strategic planning.

Core Responsibilities:

• Build DAY ONE’s annual and long-term development strategies aligned with ambitious growth;
• Forecast and implement DAY ONE’s fundraising program to meet annual expenses and cash-flow needs;
• Steward the Chairman of the Board’s and all Board members’ identified roles to support fundraising and strategic planning;
• Develop DAY ONE’s donor base from diverse sources including individual, foundation, corporate, among others;
• Represent DAY ONE at fundraising, program and marketing events;
• Be a persuasive Ambassador to prospective and existing external institutional funding and at convenings
• Manage and generate DAY ONE fundraising and donor-focused marketing materials
• including proposals, reports, appeal letters, talking points for meetings, invitations and
• other formats as needed;
• With executive team, generate and grow DAY ONE’s identity with the different communities it serves;
• Manage sophisticated revenue tracking and donor acknowledgement systems;
• Innovate new fundraising and development strategies that take advantage of DAY ONE’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.