Parents Helping Parents seeks an accomplished Director of Development to systematically target and solicit individual and institutional donors; support members of the Executive and Board Teams involved in solicitation activities; and build and manage a 2-4 person team of staff and contractors. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.
Parents Helping Parents (PHP) supports parents of children with disabilities in Santa Clara County and beyond by offering ongoing individualized support. PHP honors individual experiences and backgrounds, enables families to overcome barriers, and helps parents to confidently advocate for their children with autism, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia and other learning challenges, chronic illness, mental health conditions, developmental and intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities and more. PHP also mobilizes parents for advocacy work and trains parent leaders on how to lobby and advocate. In FY25, PHP offered approximately 20,000 direct services to nearly 7,000 families and professionals, and its website and social media channels provide information to 200,000 parents and professionals per year. Most of PHP’s staff and Board members are parents of children with disabilities, and it’s this level of empathy that has created a community where all individuals are valued, respected, and included.
The organization’s operating budget is $3.8M, and it has a staff of 33 and a 12-member Board. FY26 projected sources of income are roughly 52% from government grants, 23% from corporations and foundations, 16% from individuals and 9% from the annual gala. For the past decade PHP has grown steadily at about $250K a year and has a goal of continuing at that pace.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Development (DoD) is a member of the Executive Leadership Team. The DoD contributes to organizational strategy, planning and growth by orchestrating and personally supporting all fundraising that is undertaken by the Executive Director, members of the Development and Executive Staff Teams, and members of the Board. The key metric of success is total amount raised by Parents Helping Parents, which will be tracked on a quarterly and annual basis.
The DoD will shape and implement a multi-year development strategy that balances short-term wins, medium-term opportunities and long-term goals across major gifts, the annual fund, legacy giving, institutional support (government, corporate and foundation) and events. Primary responsibilities of the DoD include: donor segmentation by giving capacity; setting fundraising targets for each donor segment and defining fundraising goals; all related planning, budgeting and communications. The DoD provides support to the Executive Leadership Team and Board members in their fundraising activities, honoring those who give through events and other forms of recognition. The DoD will themselves also be an energetic, hands-on fundraiser who builds relationships the community and manages a portfolio of key-account donors.
The DoD manages two to four Development staff and/or contractors that perform marketing, fundraising admin and direct solicitation functions. The DoD will also serve as a PHP spokesperson, raising the organization’s visibility and reputation among donors and representing PHP at community events, conferences, public forums and to the media.
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For additional information or to apply, please contact Lisa Grossman and Steve Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.