Associate Director of Development

Dorothy’s Place seeks an Associate Director of Development. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.

The Associate Director of Development targets and solicits individual and institutional donors, and nurtures fundraising partnerships. Responsibilities include acting as the initial entry person for prospective and current donors and for development department volunteers; developing donor target lists, collecting and entering data on donors to the system, and producing written material, donor acknowledgements, reports, tracking of gifts, etc.; assisting with the production and dissemination of grant requests, responses and proposal material; assisting with the production and mailing of direct mail appeals, newsletters and other correspondence; assisting with specific activities related to the implementation of special events, including donor mailings, reservations, clerical assistance, day-of-event support, gift tracking, etc.

Based in Salinas and providing services throughout California’s Monterey County, Dorothy’s Place was founded in 1982 as Dorothy’s Kitchen, when volunteers served sandwiches to homeless individuals from the back of a station wagon. Over the last 44 years, the organization expanded by adding basic services (clothing, laundry and day shelter), homeless encampment outreach, housing navigation, behavioral health support, health care management, and supportive housing. Dorothy’s Place has an operating budget of $3.5m, a staff of 27 and a 6-member Board. FY26 projected sources of income are roughly 35% from fee-for-service, 34% from state and federal grants, 19% from major gift and other solicitation activities targeting individual donors and businesses, 10% from private foundations, and 2% from program fees collected from beneficiaries and tenants.

We appreciate you sharing the position description with your network, and also any nominations you might have.

For additional information or to apply, please contact Kevin Redick, Steve Oppenheim & Mark Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.