Foundation Director

Job Description

The Truckee Meadows Community College's Office of Foundation and Sponsored Programs is seeking an experienced and dynamic Foundation Director to lead and strengthen the College's private philanthropy program. Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Foundation and Sponsored Programs, the Director will play a key role in expanding philanthropic support for student success, workforce development, and institutional priorities. This position provides an exciting opportunity to build donor and corporate partnerships, advance major fundraising initiatives and campaigns, oversee donor stewardship and scholarship programs, and lead a collaborative Foundation team. The ideal candidate will bring strong fundraising experience, exceptional communication and writing skills, and a demonstrated ability to build relationships and translate institutional priorities into compelling opportunities for philanthropic investment.

The Foundation Director leads TMCC’s private philanthropy program under the strategic leadership of the Associate Vice President of Foundation and Sponsored Programs. The Director provides leadership for annual giving, corporate giving and sponsorships, employee giving, donor stewardship, donor pipeline development, and other broad-based fundraising activities, while also managing an appropriate portfolio of donors and prospects.

Working closely with the Associate Vice President, the Director helps develop and implement the Foundation’s fundraising plan, strengthens the donor and prospect pipeline, and advances institutional fundraising priorities. The Director works collaboratively with the Associate Vice President on capital and special fundraising campaigns, including campaign planning and strategy, prospect identification and cultivation, development of cases for support and donor proposals, solicitation strategies, campaign communications, and stewardship. The Associate Vice President maintains primary leadership for major and principal gifts, Foundation Board leadership, and senior institutional and external relationships.

The Director supervises assigned Foundation staff, including the Scholarship Manager, and provides leadership for fundraising and donor stewardship activities as staffing and organizational needs evolve. The Director works collaboratively with Foundation and Sponsored Programs staff to coordinate development systems, donor and gift administration, reporting, and other shared operational functions.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

2. Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in fundraising, development, philanthropy, nonprofit management, or a closely related field.

3. Demonstrated experience cultivating donor relationships, developing fundraising strategies, and securing philanthropic support.

4. Demonstrated ability to develop compelling written fundraising materials, including donor proposals, solicitation letters, or other philanthropic communications.

5. Experience providing leadership, supervision, or coordination of staff, teams, or fundraising initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in higher education advancement, community college foundations, or nonprofit fundraising organizations.

2. Experience with capital campaigns, major gifts, corporate giving and sponsorships, planned giving, annual giving, and donor stewardship.

3. Demonstrated success in developing cases for support, fundraising proposals, donor impact reports, and other persuasive philanthropic communications.

4. Experience supervising and developing staff, establishing performance goals, and leading collaborative teams.

5. Experience with Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge.

6. Experience developing and implementing fundraising plans, managing budgets, and achieving measurable goals.

7. Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, build effective partnerships, and ensure timely follow-through.

Core responsibilities

Private giving and donor relationships

• Build and manage a portfolio of individual prospects and donors, including leadership and major-gift opportunities as assigned, in coordination with the Associate Vice President. Develop and implement cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies that advance relationships and philanthropic commitments.
• Partner with the Associate Vice President in planning and implementing capital and special fundraising campaigns, including prospect development, donor cultivation and solicitation, preparation of cases for support and proposals, campaign communications, and stewardship strategies.
• Lead strategies for the broad middle of the donor base, with attention to renewed giving, increased commitments, and identifying donors ready for major gift conversations.
• Lead broad-based fundraising and donor engagement strategies, including faculty and staff giving, Giving Tuesday, annual appeals, donor acquisition and retention, and other participation-based efforts.
• Maintain a strong personal presence with donors and campus partners; prepare proposals, donor reports and ask for gifts in support of college priorities.
• Develop compelling, donor-focused fundraising materials, including cases for support, major gift proposals, corporate funding proposals, sponsorship packages, campaign communications, donor impact reports, and other philanthropic communications that effectively communicate TMCC's institutional priorities and the impact of donor investments.
• Coordinate donor assignments and transitions with the Associate Vice President so promising relationships receive the right level of attention.

Corporate giving and partnerships

• Lead and expand the Foundation’s Corporate giving and partnership program, building a strong prospect pipeline and cultivating employers and business leaders around TMCC priorities, including student opportunity and workforce needs.
• Partner with college leadership, workforce programs, and faculty to develop compelling opportunities for corporate support and clear plans for follow-up and stewardship.
• Distinguish philanthropic gifts from sponsorships, grants, and other institutional partnerships, and coordinate with the appropriate colleagues on each opportunity.

Program leadership and supervision

• Develop and implement an annual private giving plan with goals, donor segments, assigned prospects, a communications calendar, fundraising strategies, including planned giving, and measures of progress.
• Supervise and support Foundation staff, including the Scholarship Manager, providing clear priorities, coaching, professional development, and accountability for results.
• Provide leadership and supervision for the Foundation's scholarship program through the Scholarship Manager, ensuring effective scholarship administration, donor stewardship, scholarship impact reporting, and meaningful engagement between scholarship donors and recipients.
• Oversee the integration of scholarship administration and donor stewardship, working with the Scholarship Manager to strengthen relationships between scholarship donors, recipients, and the Foundation and to demonstrate the impact of philanthropic support.
• Lead broad-based fundraising activities and donor portfolio management, retaining responsibility for strategy, execution, and results while effectively delegating responsibilities as Foundation staffing and capacity evolve.
• Coordinate with the Director of Sponsored Programs on prospects or projects that may involve both private philanthropy and sponsored funding; maintain clear responsibilities for each team.
• Use donor records and reporting to track contacts, solicitations, commitments, renewals, and stewardship, and keep the Associate Vice President informed of opportunities, progress and concerns.

Salary and Benefits Information:

Salary: $100,131 - $125,164, initial salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience

Perks of TIAA

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the College. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada. 

Perks of Working at TMCC

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
• 19.25% retirement match in TIAA
• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits
• Employer-paid long term disability (LTD) at 60% of salary up to $7,500 per month-UNUM.
• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.
• ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.
• Professional Grant-in-Aid: TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.
• No State income tax
• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Additional Information

Degrees

Degrees must be accredited by CHEA - and USDE-Recognized Accrediting Organizations.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of forei