JB+A Client Covenant Retirement Communities is a faith-based organization providing retirement housing and senior care. From the establishment of its first community – Covenant Home of Chicago in 1886 – to becoming the fifth-largest not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) sponsor in the LeadingAge Ziegler Top 150, its goal has been to provide outstanding care and services to senior adults. View application instructions here.
Strengthening the Mission of Covenant Retirement Communities through Enhanced Fundraising
Covenant Retirement Communities is taking steps to ensure it is prepared to meet the needs of a growing senior population. It is currently developing a plan to grow its resources to support a significantly larger Benevolent Care endowment fund, programs and special capital projects. A historic fundraising effort seeking contributions from a variety of donors will help provide the reassurance current and future residents need to live in an environment of grace and peace.
Covenant Retirement Communities is searching for qualified fundraising professionals to serve as Directors of Development in three of its communities:
- Covenant Village of Turlock (Turlock, CA)
- Covenant Village of the Great Lakes (Grand Rapids, MI)
- The Samarkand (Santa Barbara, CA)
Background
The Director of Development (DOD) creates and manages a comprehensive fundraising program on the campus, securing philanthropic support through annual gifts, major gifts and legacy gifts with an aggressive focus on supporting benevolent care program needs. The DOD is responsible for the planning, administration and implementation of development goals, objectives and initiatives of the community.
Responsibilities
This position respectfully interacts with and maintains positive relationships, with residents, resident family members, visitors and employees, practicing honesty and integrity in all aspects of job performance. The Director of Development is entrusted with the following responsibilities:
- Develop and execute an annual campus fundraising plan (including specific metrics for funds raised and other goals to be achieved).
- Secure financial support from a portfolio of residents, families, and other individuals as well as vendors, churches and other organizations.
- Develop, maintain, and track ongoing relationships with major donors.
- Create and execute the strategy for growing a sustained base of annual fund individual donors (residents, families and other individuals).
- Monitor and evaluate all fundraising activities to ensure that the fundraising goals are being achieved (including: total dollars raised, total dollars solicited, number of asks made, and number of gifts received).
- Develop and manage timelines for various fundraising activities to ensure strategic plans and critical fundraising processes are carried out in a timely manner.
- Develop and manage the donor recognition program including events, the donor recognition wall and donor lists.
- Oversee the campus fundraising database coordinator to make sure gift entry and acknowledgment is done on a timely basis and ensure that donor/prospect profile information is current and accurate.
- Perform other related responsibilities as assigned.
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5-7 years of relationship-building fundraising experience with an emphasis on personal solicitation of annual, major and planned gifts.
- Demonstrated comfort and experience with identifying, cultivating, closing, and stewarding significant gifts ($20,000+).
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with site leadership in developing fundraising strategies and plans/metrics to meet fundraising goals.
- Strong relationship management.
- A commitment to the mission and values of Covenant Retirement Communities as a faith-based organization.
Application Instructions
For consideration, candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and three professional references. Please send materials to: CRCExecSearch@FundraisingJBA.com and put the name of the community in which you are interested in the subject line.
About Covenant Retirement Communities
A ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Covenant Retirement Communities is headquartered in suburban Chicago and operates 12 Continuing Care Retirement Communities across the U.S. Each community offers a comfortably independent and active lifestyle, creating joy and peace of mind for residents and their families by providing a better way of life.
Covenant Retirement Communities’ 12 CCRC communities are:
- Covenant Shores (Mercer Island, WA)
- Covenant Village of Colorado (Westminster, CO)
- Covenant Village of Cromwell (Cromwell, CT)
- Covenant Village of Florida (Plantation, FL)
- Covenant Village of Golden Valley (Golden Valley, MN)
- Covenant Village of the Great Lakes (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Covenant Village of Northbrook (Northbrook, Ill)
- Covenant Village of Turlock (Turlock, CA)
- The Holmstad (Batavia, Ill)
- Mount Miguel Covenant Village (Spring Valley, CA)
- The Samarkand (Santa Barbara, CA)
- Windsor Park (Carol Stream, Ill)
Covenant Retirement Communities believes it is a great place to work. Covenant Retirement Communities believes its employees are inspired to serve. Covenant Retirement Communities believes in making a difference in other’s lives. Covenant Retirement Communities has approximately 3,200 employees serving more than 5,000 residents in its nationwide family of continuing care retirement communities and home health. Construction and development continue on several of its campuses, ensuring ever more exciting opportunities for employees to serve residents.
For full time employees, CRC offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance; employer paid group term life and disability, Paid Time Off (PTO) and six paid holidays; a 403(b) with a 3% employer match and other various voluntary benefits such as Life, AD&D; tuition assistance and scholarships; employee assistance program; legal services, home/auto insurance, discount purchasing program; pet insurance and fitness center use at most facilities.
Covenant Retirement Communities is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
