Dorothy’s Place seeks a Director of Development. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.
The Director of Development provides support to the Executive Director on all fundraising matters, shapes and drives fundraising strategy, and works cooperatively across the organization with the staff, Board, partners and community members to involve all in the effort to increase contributed income. Responsibilities include shaping and driving fundraising strategy; development planning and budgeting; targeting and direct fundraising solicitations; messaging, communications and public relations that relate to fundraising activities; and friend-raising events that build funding and other types of in-kind philanthropic support for Dorothy’s Place and its programs. Emphasis will be placed on the identification, cultivation and stewardship of new philanthropic contributors, and deepening the interest of existing investors. The Director of Development will be a hands-on, fearless, energetic fundraiser who spends time in the community developing strategically important relationships.
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.
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For additional information or to apply, please contact Kevin Redick, Steve Oppenheim & Mark Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.