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Job Title: Development Director
Position Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Reports To: Executive Director
Annual Salary Range: $80K-$90K DOE
Location: Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA + Remote (hybrid available)

Are you a dynamic and creative fundraiser passionate about cultivating donor relationships? Are you ready to make a lasting impact during this pivotal time of growth and transformation? KPC is looking for a Development Director to lead fundraising initiatives as we enter the final stages of our capital campaign and Elevate KPC to new heights. This is an incredible opportunity to shape our fundraising strategy, drive meaningful change, and play a key role in powering KPC’s future. If you’re eager to be part of something exciting and impactful, we want to hear from you! This is a leadership role where you’ll oversee all aspects of KPC’s fundraising programs—including completing the Elevate KPC capital campaign, securing operating funds, securing sponsorships, and managing grant funding and reporting. This role will primarily focus on donor engagement, major gifts/sponsorship, overseeing the contract grant writer, and fundraising/cultivation events management. This position will be a key partner to the Executive Director, Board members, and staff in ensuring KPC
thrives as a vital cultural hub in our community. A key feature of this role is that the position does not involve hands-on data entry or database management; a dedicated staff member manages those tasks. The Development Director will be expected to focus on building relationships and strategic fundraising
initiatives by overseeing the backend data systems.

Team Leadership & Strategy

• Work closely with a dedicated staff, Executive Director, and the Board to guide and support all fundraising efforts, ensuring the successful execution of the campaigns.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director and Board to establish and achieve long-term strategic fundraising goals.
• Measure, evaluate, and refine existing donor programs to maximize revenue potential and engagement.
• Provide regular updates and comprehensive reports on fundraising progress to the staff, Executive Director, Board of Directors, and mission advocates.
• Reconcile development-related revenues with the data management, operations, and finance teams.
• Assist with marketing, communications, and patron outreach tasks as assigned.

Manage all fundraising initiatives to meet the operating budget by cultivating and nurturing relationships with individual donors, foundations, corporations, and government entities. This includes overseeing annual appeals, sponsorships, and special events to secure sustained support for general operations.

• Oversee the fulfillment of donor benefits, including those for 350 Club members and capital campaign donors (Elevate KPC and Take Your Seats), ensuring timely and meaningful recognition.
• Manage all aspects of the 350 Club (the VIP backstage club) and its membership program.
• Take full responsibility for acknowledging and thanking all donors and maintaining a system for moves management and stewardship activities.
• Lead the planning and execution of the annual fundraising gala, benefit concerts, and all donor cultivation events.
• Partner with the data management team to ensure the accurate recording and tracking of donor information, including gifts and associated donor or sponsor benefits.

Create and implement a comprehensive sponsorship program that includes seasonal and show based individual and corporate partnerships, strategically supporting various organizational needs, including events, performances, productions, educational initiatives, and general operations.

• Cultivate long-term relationships with corporate sponsors, ensuring their ongoing engagement and connection to the organization’s mission.
• Develop and manage donor/sponsor benefit structures and fulfillment/recognition strategies in collaboration with other staff members to enhance sponsor retention and encourage renewal. Oversee the contract grant writer to conduct research and identify and pursue foundation, government, and corporate grants to fund capital and operational needs.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of grant proposals, ensuring adherence to grant timelines, reporting requirements, and stewardship protocols.
• Engage and maintain strong relationships with key funding organizations, managing all grant reporting responsibility and fulfillment requirements to ensure continued support. Facilitate the completion of the capital campaign, focusing on donor stewardship, major gift cultivation, and solicitation efforts.
• Cultivate relationships with current and prospective major donors, ensuring appropriate recognition,
  benefits, and ongoing engagement.
• Collaborate with campaign consultants, architects, vendors, and project managers to ensure alignment between campaign and seat naming recognition and the timelines of the capital project.
• Circulate campaign renovation updates, donor benefits/recognition, donor communications, and campaign/hard hat tours/grand opening event plans.
  Develop and oversee all donor communications, ensuring alignment with campaign strategies and organizational messaging.
• Collaborate with staff to synchronize patron and donor outreach efforts with performance schedules and other key communications.
• Manage communications for recognition on the marquee, materials, website, naming opportunities, and sponsored seats.

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