Development Manager

Do you have 4+ years of development experience?

Are you passionate about Arts and Culture?

A mission-driven arts and culture nonprofit is seeking an experienced and polished Senior Development Manager to support fundraising, grant writing, donor stewardship, development operations, and financial administration. This is a part-time, in-person, temporary role based in New York City.

ORGANIZATION: Arts and Culture Nonprofit

LOCATION: Financial District, New York City

POSITION TITLE: Senior Development Manager

SCHEDULE: 21-28 hrs/week, 3 days in person, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

DURATION: Ongoing

HOURLY RATE: $35/hr - $40/hr DOE

Is This Your Dream Job? This role is ideal for a seasoned development professional who has experience supporting foundation and government fundraising. This individual will lead and support a broad range of fundraising, membership, individual giving, institutional fundraising, and donor engagement initiatives.

This role is ideal for a polished development professional with experience managing membership and individual giving programs and campaigns , as well as foundation and government fundraising.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• 5+ years of professional development/fundraising experience , with demonstrated progression into a manager-level role.
• Experience managing membership and individual giving programs and campaigns .
• Demonstrated success with foundation and government grant proposal and report writing .
• Strong donor stewardship experience, including writing polished acknowledgement letters and donor communications .
• Experience with prospect research, donor profiling, and funder research .
• Experience developing funder PowerPoint decks, presentations, proposals, and briefing materials .
• Experience supporting or managing a capital campaign preferred.
• Advanced experience with Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or a similar fundraising CRM , including entering grants and opportunities, maintaining donor records, and running reports.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including developing and tracking fundraising budgets.
• Experience with basic accounting and financial processes, including Accounts Payable, deposits, and reconciliations .
• Experience with QuickBooks preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Professional, polished, and collaborative approach to working with donors, funders, leadership, and colleagues.
• Interest in and commitment to the arts and culture sector.

How You Will Spend Your Day: The Senior Development Manager will oversee development operations, manage donor and prospect information, support capital campaign efforts, and develop compelling written and presentation materials for funders and donors.

Fundraising & Grant Management

• Manage and support foundation and government fundraising, including prospect research, proposal development, reporting, and stewardship.
• Research and identify new funding opportunities and develop detailed funder and prospect profiles.
• Track grant deadlines, submissions, awards, reporting requirements, and opportunities.
• Prepare compelling grant proposals, letters of inquiry, reports, and other funder communications.
• Develop PowerPoint presentations, funder decks, and briefing materials .
• Support and coordinate capital campaign activities and materials.

Membership & Individual Giving

• Manage membership and individual giving programs, campaigns, and communications.
• Develop strategies and materials to support donor acquisition, cultivation, solicitation, and retention.
• Manage donor acknowledgement and stewardship activities.
• Support fundraising campaigns, appeals, events, and donor engagement initiatives.
• Prepare donor communications and other materials that strengthen relationships with supporters.

Development Operations & CRM

• Manage accurate donor, prospect, membership, grant, and opportunity records in Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar CRM .
• Enter and manage grants, opportunities, gifts, prospects, and membership information.
• Run CRM reports and analyze fundraising data to support development strategy and decision-making.
• Maintain accurate development records, calendars, deadlines, and reporting systems.
• Prepare mailing lists, donor reports, prospect reports, and fundraising dashboards.

Budget & Financial Management

• Develop and track development and fundraising budgets using Excel .
• Monitor fundraising revenue and expenses and assist with financial reporting.
• Support Accounts Payable, deposits, reconciliations, and other development-related accounting functions.
• Work closely with finance staff to ensure accurate fundraising and financial records.

We'd love to hear from you!

If this sounds like the job for you, we would love to help make that happen. Please apply using this link. Emailed responses will experience a delayed processing. Deadline to apply is 10/01/2026.


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