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Senior Development Manager

City Year · $173.1M budget · 1,398 staff · Since 1988

Why City Year

FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filed

Mobilizes volunteers to revitalize schools and neighborhoods through large-scale physical service projects like painting, refurbishing, and gardening.

  • In-school servicein fiscal Year 2025, more than 98% of City year's 2,174 full-time participants served on teams in schools. Most of their 2,991,880 service hours were spent as tutors, mentors, and role models helping children in high-poverty schools stay in…$78.3M spent in FY2024
  • Youth civic leadership40,000 of City year's alumni continue to serve and lead across an array of professions, including education, with more than half of alums working as teachers, adminstrators, guidance counselors and at education nonprofits, and are engaged in their…$62.4M spent in FY2024
  • Physical serviceall City Year locations host large-scale service events throughout the Year, led by corps and staff. In fiscal Year 2025, 9,764 citizens volunteered 25,129 hours in projects including painting murals, refurbishing schools, creating play places, planting community gardens, and…$4.4M spent in FY2024

Before you apply

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Peers pay
$115K–$185K
Massachusetts orgs
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Pays its leaders
$230K–$389K
12 officers reported
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Budget
$175.6M
spent in FY2024
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 18
Staff
1,398
employees
9,661 volunteers
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 5–6
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Surplus or deficit
−1%
of revenue, FY2024
Concern: revenue was below expenses in the latest filing.
Pt I · Ln 19
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash and securities
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file
IRS status
501(c)(3)
tax-exempt since 1988
Looks good: listed by the IRS.
IRS BMF
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernTap a box for the reason.

About the role

The org's own posting, as written

Application Instructions Click Apply to submit your online application. Please attach a resume and thoughtful cover letter on the "My Experience" page in the "Resume/CV" field. Active City Year Staff members must login to Workday to apply internally. Number of Positions: 1 Position Overview Since its founding, City Year has relied on corporate, foundation, and individual partners to create meaningful social change.

In conjunction with the Executive Director, this position is responsible for executing the Development strategy that will allow City Year San Antonio to leverage the resources, talents, and skills of the philanthropic sector to build City Year San Antonio and create change in communities across the city. The Senior Development Manager will focus on supporting multi-year relationships with donors, identifying new funding sources, and managing existing donor relationships.

The Senior Development Manager will be responsible for helping to achieve the site’s fundraising goals, including supporting the Executive Director with major gift solicitation, grant writing, event planning, as well as the site’s external communications and marketing efforts. This Senior Development Manager reports to the Executive Director and is a hybrid role based out of the City Year San Antonio office.

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications 2+ years of progressive fundraising or sales experience or comparable relationship management experience, demonstrating readiness to independently own portfolios and processes Bachelor’s Degree in nonprofit management, communications, public administration, business administration, marketing, fundraising, or a related field; or comparable professional experience Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills Authorized documentation to work in the United States of America Criminal background history clearance to work with school-age children, depending on the position Responsibilities The Senior Development Manager will perform the following roles and responsibilities: Fundraising Strategy & Execution Under direction from the Executive Director, support the execution of a comprehensive, site-specific fundraising strategy, aligned with City Year’s enterprise direction, to meet or exceed annual revenue goals of approximately $1 million, and position the organization for long-term growth Inspire, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors through personalized engagement with an emphasis on major gifts and multi‑year commitments Support the refinement of City Year Giving Circles initiatives and increase participation with individual donor gifts of $10,000+ With the Executive Director, develop and deepen institutional partnerships with corporations and foundations to secure and sustain significant support, including stewardship and growth of Team Sponsors at the $100,000+ level Collaborate with the national Development team to steward and deliver on multi-site and national partnerships Oversee the development of compelling…

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About City Year

From its Form 990

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