Self-Help Services Corp
Director of Philanthropy/Center for Responsible Lending (Marketing)
The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization working to ensure a fair, inclusive financial marketplace that creates opportunities for all. Through research, legal analysis, policy development, and state and national advocacy engagement, CRL fights for economic equity for underserved communities—particularly Black and brown communities and low-to-middle income families. CRL's staff reflect a collective commitment to eliminating systemic injustice in America's financial services.
CRL provides a strong voice on both the state and national levels for these families to expand family wealth and financial stability through sustainable homeownership, affordable higher education, and support for small businesses, and protect their financial stability by preventing abusive products that trap families in debt and strip away their income, by ending payday lending and other predatory high-cost lending, exorbitant bank fees, and abusive debt collection practices.
CRL is an affiliate of Self-Help, a community development lender founded in 1980 that has provided more than $9 billion dollars in financing to help 164,000 low-wealth borrowers buy homes, build businesses, and strengthen community resources.
Role Overview:
The Director of Philanthropy role with the Center for Responsible Lending based in Durham, NC, is responsible for coordinating and executing efforts to cultivate relationships and solicit support from foundation, corporate, and individual funders. The Director works closely with the leadership team, Board members, and fellow development staff to set the strategic direction for fundraising activities, carry out this strategy, and raise in excess of $3 million annually. This is a highly collaborative role involved in developing and coordinating strategy with several other teams within CRL and engaged in frequent communication with those teams, as needed.
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to CRL's culture of collaboration, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and its mission to eliminate the racial wealth gap through opportunities for wealth building and economic security for underserved communities.
Essential Responsibilities:
Credentials, Experience and Skills:
Compensation:
Competitive nonprofit compensation, based on experience, plus a generous benefits package.
Application:
A cover letter and resume must be uploaded with the application for this position.
Self-Help is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons, regardless of race, religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression (including transgender status), age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, class or family status.
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