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Director, Private Funding Development
CALSTARTRemote, US, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Oct 2024
About the role
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All legitimate communication from our recruitment team will come from an official calstart.org email address via email, we will not text you about a role you have not applied to or shown interest in. We will not perform any interviews via text or Zoom chat.
CALSTART does not ask for any fees or personal information such as social security numbers or bank details during the recruitment process.
About Us:
CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.
For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.
About The Role:
CALSTART, a leading national clean transportation non-profit organization, is seeking dedicated leadership to increase fundraising to support mission-aligned growth in the impact of our teams that conduct policy advocacy and implement large-scale influence campaigns. In order to confront head-on the challenge of reducing transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 – just five years away – we must significantly expand and diversify our pool of private (non-government) funding to help us unleash our full potential to reduce transportation’s impact on the environment and increase its benefits to all people. To lead this effort, we are looking for a highly experienced, motivated, and results-oriented leader to join our team as a Director in our Development department. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, the Director, Private Funding Development will lead and coordinate all activities related to the lifecycle of private grants and fundraising—including funder research, identification, arrangement of meetings, lead cultivation, proposal development, grant management, reporting, and more. The ideal candidate will be a well-connected visionary with passion for our mission and a track-record of driving results, ideally in a non-profit environment. The ideal candidate will also embrace creative approaches to leveraging CALSTART’s unique perspectives as an industry builder and implementation expert, as well as its industry and stakeholder network, to secure funding from foundations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), high net-worth individuals, and more to enable mission-critical expansion both nationally and internationally in pursuit of our 2030 objectives.
All legitimate communication from our recruitment team will come from an official calstart.org email address via email, we will not text you about a role you have not applied to or shown interest in. We will not perform any interviews via text or Zoom chat.
CALSTART does not ask for any fees or personal information such as social security numbers or bank details during the recruitment process.
About Us:
CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.
For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.
About The Role:
CALSTART, a leading national clean transportation non-profit organization, is seeking dedicated leadership to increase fundraising to support mission-aligned growth in the impact of our teams that conduct policy advocacy and implement large-scale influence campaigns. In order to confront head-on the challenge of reducing transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 – just five years away – we must significantly expand and diversify our pool of private (non-government) funding to help us unleash our full potential to reduce transportation’s impact on the environment and increase its benefits to all people. To lead this effort, we are looking for a highly experienced, motivated, and results-oriented leader to join our team as a Director in our Development department. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, the Director, Private Funding Development will lead and coordinate all activities related to the lifecycle of private grants and fundraising—including funder research, identification, arrangement of meetings, lead cultivation, proposal development, grant management, reporting, and more. The ideal candidate will be a well-connected visionary with passion for our mission and a track-record of driving results, ideally in a non-profit environment. The ideal candidate will also embrace creative approaches to leveraging CALSTART’s unique perspectives as an industry builder and implementation expert, as well as its industry and stakeholder network, to secure funding from foundations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), high net-worth individuals, and more to enable mission-critical expansion both nationally and internationally in pursuit of our 2030 objectives.
What You'll Do:
- Lead, plan, and guide all development activities for private funders, including strategy creation, funder engagement, grant development, outreach, submission, management, and reporting.
- In collaboration with Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and CALSTART’s Executive Team, set annual targets for private fundraising and corresponding plans to satisfy and surpass annual targets.
- Coordinate and support the mission-based funding needs of CALSTART’s five Initiatives (Bus, Innovative Mobility, Clean Fuels & Infrastructure, Light-Duty Vehicles, and Truck & Off-Road) as well as its international campaign (Global Drive to Zero); become conversant in the details of their work such that their funding pitches can be delivered organically.
- Collaborate with internal domain experts and Communications staff to produce effective and compelling collateral to succinctly convey the details of CALSTART’s background, perspective, and proposed work across a variety of media and formats (PDF, PPT, web, etc.).
- Arrange regular meetings for members of CALSTART’s Executive Team and/or Senior Leadership Team with prominent figures in philanthropic and investment communities and prepare leaders to manage these meetings and relationships toward fundraising goals.
- Plan and coordinate multiple high-visibility events per year that elevate the profile of CALSTART’s work and open the door to new funder possibilities.
- Launch, sustain, and grow a Major Gifts program to position CALSTART to receive large, unrestricted contributions from high net-worth individuals.
- Develop and maintain a priority list of foundation, institutional, and corporate funders with whom CALSTART has or should have a relationship; cultivate strong and trusted relationships with these priority funder prospects.
- Create and implement a strategic outreach plan and schedule to reach existing and ne
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