Vice President, Development
Vice President, Development
Family Equality
New York, NY (Open to Hybrid Employment)
Founded in 1979, Family Equality is the leading organization that guides and supports families throughout the parenthood journey. Family Equality connects individuals with resources, programs, and community, ensuring that all families can flourish from pre-parenthood to grandparenthood. As part of its holistic support of the parenting lifecycle, Family Equality advocates for laws and policies that best serve LGBTQ+ and surrogate families, designs inclusive and compelling curriculum for schools, and leads culture change efforts to achieve its vision of creating a world where everyone can experience the unconditional love, safety, and belonging of family.
Family Equality is at a critical moment in its history. Following the recent recruitment of its next Chief Executive Officer, the organization is embarking on a strategic planning process focused on program expansion to play a greater role in the provision of resources and programs to support the full parenthood journey, from cradle to grave. Family Equality seeks to increase its impact on federal and state policy to continue to protect families and, to that end, looks to expand and diversify philanthropic income sources.
Family Equality seeks a strategic and entrepreneurial Vice President, Development (Vice President) to lead the creation and execution of a multi-year strategic plan for development. The successful candidate will manage a comprehensive development program and lead the diversification of philanthropic income sources, including leadership and major gifts, institutional giving, planned giving, annual giving, and events. The candidate will build deep collaborative relationships across the organization to elicit information and translate this information into persuasive and compelling cases for support. The Vice President will carry a portfolio of major gifts prospects, with a focus on prospect research, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. In parallel, the candidate will implement streamlined processes, procedures, and systems for the development team, including a standardized and comprehensive moves management strategy
The Vice President will serve as an active spokesperson and advocate for Family Equality’s mission and cultural values in the funding community, working through the lens of equity. The ideal candidate will have a personal connection to the LGBTQ+ community, demonstrated experience leading philanthropic revenue growth, and a proven understanding of the unique development needs of a growing not-for-profit organization, with experience building functions from the ground up.
The Vice President will report to the Chief Executive Officer, serve as an active member of the Leadership Team, and lead a team of two development professionals. The successful Vice President will have the opportunity to assess and build the development team. The ideal candidate will be an effective and inspirational mentor and coach, ensuring the overall performance and success of the development staff while helping them excel in their work and grow professionally.
Family Equality has retained Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC to facilitate this executive recruitment. Please send confidential inquiries and applications directly to Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC via e-mail at [email protected].
