The Freeman Center, located in Bridgeport, is hiring a Director of Development and Fundraising, funded by the Mellon Foundation.
The Director of Development and Fundraising reports to and works closely with the Freeman Center President and CEO; and will spearhead the design and completion of strategic and business plans for departments within the Freeman Center, aligning them with the organizational strategic and business plans – designed and implemented by the Development Director in collaboration with Freeman leadership and consultants. The Director is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating plan progress. Although the Director will assume responsibility for fundraising (annual and capital campaigns); long-term Sustainability, capacity-Building, and strategic institutional partnerships are priorities. The Director of Development and Fundraising must have an understanding of historical and present challenges in fundraising for African American, community-based, cultural organizations, as well as a working knowledge of the local and national landscape of donors and grants for African American humanities organizations.