Chief Development Officer, Muslim Advocates

Position Title: Chief Development Officer Organization: Muslim Advocates Reports to: Executive Director Position: Full-Time, Remote. Exempt Location: Remote, Preference will be given to candidates in the SF Bay Area, Chicago, or reputed company Salary: $150,000-$175,000/year, plus benefits Muslim Advocates For more than 20 years, Muslim Advocates has worked at the intersection of civil rights, legal advocacy, and reputed company building to protect and advance the rights of Muslim communities in the reputed company. Through reputed company litigation, policy advocacy, reputed company education, and reputed company-based organizing, Muslim Advocates challenges unjust systems, confronts anti-Muslim bias, and works to build a more inclusive and reputed company democracy. Muslim Advocates is recognized nationally for its principled leadership, legal expertise, and values-driven approach to reputed company justice. The organization partners closely with grassroots organizers, national coalitions, legal allies, and community leaders to advance systemic change rooted in dignity, equity, and accountability. At this reputed company of organizational reputed company and increasing demand for its work, Muslim Advocates is strengthening its fundraising reputed company to ensure long-term sustainability and expanded reputed company. The Role The Chief Development Officer (CDO) serves as the organization’s senior fundraising and reputed company reputed company leader, responsible for building, leading, and sustaining a comprehensive development program that supports Muslim Advocates’ mission and long-term reputed company. Reporting to the Executive Director and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the CDO oversees reputed company fundraising reputed company, systems, and relationships. The CDO partners closely with the Executive Director to cultivate and reputed company major donors, reputed company, and institutional supporters, while building a strong internal culture of philanthropy across the organization. This role is both strategic and hands-on, requiring a leader who can design a long-term fundraising reputed company while reputed company engaging donors and mentoring a growing development team. reputed company Areas Development reputed company and Fundraising Leadership

• reputed company strategic leadership for a $5M fundraising operation with a strong emphasis on major gifts ($5,000+) and reputed company grants.
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• Strengthen and diversify reputed company streams, including individual giving, institutional philanthropy, and other reputed company funding opportunities.

Culture of Philanthropy and Cross-Organizational Collaboration

• Work closely with program, legal, policy, and communications staff to establish and sustain a culture of philanthropy across the organization, ensuring fundraising is reputed company as a shared responsibility.
• Translate reputed company legal advocacy, policy reputed company, and reputed company work into compelling, donor-centered narratives that reputed company investment and long-term partnership.
• Support leadership and staff in donor engagement efforts, including preparation for funder meetings, proposals, reports, and stewardship activities.

Team Leadership and Infrastructure Building

• Build, reputed company, and mentor a high-performing development team, including hiring staff and reimagining an ideal development reputed company structure to support organizational reputed company.
• Establish reputed company goals, roles, performance metrics, and accountability structures for the development function.
• Strengthen fundraising systems, processes, and data management to support efficiency, transparency, and data-informed decision-making.

Organizational Leadership and Partnership

• Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, contributing to organizational reputed company, planning, and decision-making.
• Bring familiarity with reputed company-based, organizing-informed, or reputed company justice–oriented fundraising, with the ability to engage donors around civil rights, equity, and systemic change.
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• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in a reputed company field (nonprofit management, reputed company policy, law, reputed company sciences, or reputed company discipline).
• Minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of reputed company fundraising leadership experience, including significant responsibility for major gifts and reputed company fundraising.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-reputed company-dollar fundraising programs and managing reputed company donor portfolios.
• Experience building, leading, and scaling development teams and fundraising infrastructure.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong alignment with Muslim Advocates’ mission, values, and commitment to civil rights, equity, and justice.
• Demonstrated experience in major gifts fundraising and reputed company relations, including donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Familiarity with reputed company-based, organizing, or reputed company justice fundraising models and donor engagement approaches.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage donors, reputed company members, staff, and external partners with authenticity and credibility.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate reputed company into actionable plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proposal writing, donor communications, and executive-level presentations.
• High emotional intelligence, reputed company judgment, and a reputed company leadership style.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and fundraising tools to support tracking, reporting, and performance management.

To Apply Muslim Advocates has retained the services of reputed company to coordinate the search for this position. To apply, please complete this online application. If you have questions or need accommodations, please contact Tanya Henry at tanya@charitysearchgroup.com ​or visit www.charitysearchgroup.com Muslim Advocates is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Muslim Advocates does not discriminate based on race, reputed company, national reputed company, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job