Director of Development

Help Build Something Meaningful in our Mountain Community

Evergreen Christian Outreach (EChO)
Evergreen, CO 80439 | Full-Time | In Person
Salary: $80,000–$85,000 per year
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Executive Director
1 Full-Time Opening

The Opportunity

What if fundraising were about more than raising money?

What if it were about helping people find a place in something they care about?

Evergreen Christian Outreach (EChO) is looking for a Director of Development who sees fundraising that way.
For more than 35 years, EChO has walked alongside individuals and families in Evergreen and the surrounding mountain communities, helping people move from survival toward greater stability and success. Today, our work includes food access, shelter, client services, housing and utility assistance, employment support, volunteer engagement, ReSale Shop and more.

We are now entering an exciting next chapter.

EChO has an extraordinary history of community support. Individuals, families, businesses, congregations, foundations, volunteers, and community organizations have invested their time, resources, relationships, and generosity in EChO for decades.

Our opportunity now is to build on that foundation.
We are seeking a Director of Development to lead that effort, to strengthen the systems behind our development work, grow contributed revenue, and, most importantly, deepen EChO’s relationships with the people and organizations who care about our community.

More Than a Fundraiser

We are looking for someone who understands that people rarely connect with an organization simply because they received a good fundraising appeal.

They connect because something matters to them.

Maybe they have a personal connection to hunger or housing insecurity. Maybe they care deeply about their mountain community. Maybe they want to make a difference for families. Maybe they are looking for a meaningful way to use their resources, relationships, skills, or time.

Your job will be to listen, discover what matters to people, and help them find meaningful ways to be part of EChO’s work.

We think of this as building a community of generosity.

Generosity can mean a financial gift, but it can also mean volunteering, making an introduction, sharing expertise, advocating for our mission, opening a door, providing resources, or simply standing with EChO and the people we serve.

The Director of Development will help create opportunities for all of those forms of generosity.

What You’ll Do

You will provide strategic leadership for EChO’s development program while also being deeply involved in the relationships that make development successful.
Your work will include:

• Grow individual giving. Develop strategies for annual, recurring, major, planned, and transformational giving, while building genuine relationships with current and prospective supporters.
• Lead major-gift development. Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward significant relationships in partnership with the Executive Director and Board leadership.
• Build community partnerships. Develop relationships with businesses, foundations, congregations, corporations, civic organizations, and other community partners.
• Lead fundraising campaigns. Develop and manage annual and special campaigns in partnership with Marketing & Communications.
• Strengthen engagement. Create meaningful experiences that help people connect with EChO, understand our impact, and find ways to participate.
• Build a culture of generosity. Work with the Executive Director, Board, staff, and volunteers so that development becomes a shared organizational responsibility—not something that belongs only to the development function.
• Build the infrastructure. Strengthen EChO’s development systems, database, stewardship practices, prospect management, reporting, and use of data.
• Think strategically about the future. Build a development program and team that can grow with EChO and increasingly engage people beyond the organization’s existing relationships.

This is a role for someone who is comfortable moving between strategy and relationships, big-picture thinking and hands-on execution.

Who You’ll Work With

The Director of Development reports to the Executive Director and works closely with EChO’s Board of Directors, leadership team, staff, volunteers, and community partners.

You will also become a visible and trusted representative of EChO in the community.

This is an opportunity to work alongside people who care deeply about EChO and the people we serve, and to help bring even more people into that community.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for an experienced development professional who combines fundraising expertise with genuine relationship-building ability.

Required qualifications:

• At least five years of progressively responsible fundraising/development experience, preferably in the nonprofit sector.
• Demonstrated success in individual giving and relationship-based fundraising.
• Experience developing and stewarding major gifts.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience with a donor/constituent relationship management system and fundraising data.
• Ability to work effectively with executive leadership, Board members, staff, volunteers, and community partners.
• A high level of integrity, discretion, and respect for confidentiality.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Experience with planned giving, capital campaigns, transformational philanthropy, foundation and corporate fundraising, or building a development program during organizational growth is a plus.

But Skills Aren’t the Whole Story

The person who succeeds at EChO will be:
Relational. You genuinely enjoy people and are interested in them—not just their capacity to give.
Curious. You ask good questions and want to understand what matters to people and why they choose to participate in their communities.
A great listener. You know that meaningful relationships begin by listening rather than pitching.
Invitational. You believe fundraising is an invitation to participate in something meaningful, not an exercise in pressure.
A storyteller. You can connect EChO’s mission and the experiences of the people we serve with the values and interests of people who care about the community.
Strategic. You can see both the individual relationship and the larger development system.
Entrepreneurial. You enjoy building, experimenting, learning, and improving.
Collaborative. You know that the strongest development programs are built across an organization, not in isolation.
Community-minded. You see EChO as part of a larger network of people and organizations working together for the well-being of our mountain communities.

Why EChO?

EChO is not starting from scratch.

We have deep roots, an extraordinary community of supporters, committed staff and volunteers, and a mission that matters.

What we need now is someone who can help us build the next generation of EChO’s development program.
This is an opportunity to build something: to create systems that will last, develop relationships that deepen over time, grow philanthropic support, and help more people discover meaningful ways to participate in EChO’s mission.
If you believe fundraising at its best is about relationships, community, generosity, and impact, we’d love to hear from you.

“EChO champions people on their unique path from survival to success”

Come help us build the community of generosity that makes that possible.
 

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $80,000–$85,000 annually
Benefits eligible: Yes
Benefits include:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Generous Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Information

Please send your cover letter and resume to dale@evergreenchristianoutreach.org

Location: Evergreen, CO 80439 (Preferred)
Ability to Commute: Evergreen, CO 80439 (Required)
Work Location: In person