Director or Fundraising (Remote Volunteer)

We're looking for an enthusiastic dog rescue advocate to head our 2025 Fundraising initiatives as our Director of Fundraising.

If you have experience with 501c3 fundraising and bringing innovative ideas to the table - you may be the perfect leader for our rescue engine. This is a remote volunteer position which is a great way to get involved WITHOUT committing to a set weekly schedule onsite.

You will work directly to the Founder/Executive Director and board members to plan and achieve the fundraising goals of the organization.

This role requires fundraising experience or extensive experience dealing with donors directly. You will be responsible for managing and improving our aspects of fundraising. The ideal candidate is an experienced team leader, reliable with excellent communication and organizational skills.

Before we begin, we'd agree to objectives, deliverables, our organization consistency and tone; implementation/methods, timelines, necessary volunteer staffing, budgets and measurements of success for evaluations.

Responsibilities:

Creating an overall Fundraising Plan to include:

• Evaluating our past and current fundraising campaigns with feedback to optimize results.

• Determining concepts, gathering and formatting information, writing necessary drafts, and obtaining approvals.

• Strategies for: Donor Relations management, Corporate partnerships, Peer-to-Peer campaign management and P.R. methods.

• Assessing the needs and/or processes to manage a general fundraising team.

• Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.

Responsibilities once the plan is complete - Kick off the strategic management!:

• Plan, manage and execute fundraising events online and within the local community

• Advise on ongoing fundraising activities and resource needs

• Partner with other core teams to advance fundraising goals

• Monitor progress of fundraising drives.

• Update and/or refine the Fundraising Plan

This is one of the most rewarding ways to get involved since you will actually see the difference your volunteer work makes in each dog's life we are able to save!