join our team

• Conduct research, analyze, and use prospect research tools to identify potential supporters with a capacity to give $5,000 or greater and/or other significant resources such as time, talent, and networks. 

• Build year-round supporter engagement opportunities. 

• In collaboration with the Development Team develop overall revenue strategy and create strategic correspondence such as solicitations, briefing materials, written proposals, reports, and cultivation pieces to engage current and prospective supporters. 

• With the Development Director, develop and execute a robust discovery program with processes and procedures.  

• With the Development Team, build Community Centric Fundraising values and standards in identification, engagement, and solicitation processes.  

• In collaboration with the Development Director, identify a portfolio of approximately 50 current donors at the $5,000 level and up and begin engagement. In the first year, success will be measured by progress in relationship building, discovery meetings, and supporting campaign close out.  

• Support the Executive Director, Development Director, Board and Development Committees in their major gift engagements through donor research, communication strategy, and meeting preparations.  

• To help build an anti-racist organization and build an equity lens in our fundraising practices, have a willingness to have difficult conversations with donors when appropriate regarding Community Centric Fundraising values and practices.  

• As part of the Development team, this role will work cooperatively with team members to support fundraising events and annual programs to help engage current and new donors. 

• Provide significant support to the annual gala as it relates to the major gifts portfolio, specifically: table captain and attendee recruitment, paddle raise pledges, donor follow-up and thanking. Gala logistics are led by an event contractor.  

• Stay current with trends in fundraising and emerging means of gifting to look for new ways to engage with our community. 

• Produce monthly reports on portfolio activity and performance measured against fundraising goals. 

• With the Development Director, create and manage revenue projections for the annual budget.  

• Maintain data integrity, including entering and updating prospect and donor contact reports, plans and proposals in SF database according to established protocols 

• Ease in communicating with high net-worth individuals.  

• Ability to build an equity lens in how RVFB engages in fundraising. 

• Knowledge of Community Centric Fundraising practices. 

• CRM databases: data entry and reporting. 

• Thorough working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)  

• Strong research skills. 

• Ability to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individuals.  

• 2 years of experience in direct solicitation of individual donors.  

• Genuine interpersonal skills and comfort developing relationships with food guests, volunteers, and staff across a wide range of backgrounds and lived experiences. 

• Exemplify ethical standards of professional fundraising. 

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. 

• Excellent listening skills. 

• Extremely well-organized, detail oriented, and able to meet deadlines. 

• Availability for work outside of typical office hours, including regular evenings and weekends. 

• Project management experience with strong organization and analytical skills. 

• RVFB recognizes that the best candidates may not have formal education credentials. We welcome all candidates whose work and/or school experience provides skills and experience that would fit this role.  

• 3-5 years’ experience working in a development team of a non-profit organization  

• Proven track record in sales, cold calls, closure rate, initiation of donor/prospect leads. 

• Proven ability to manage and motivate volunteer leadership. 

• Understanding of and experience in the Puget Sound philanthropic community.  

• We welcome applicants who have transferable fundraising, sales, or relationship-building experience

• M, D, V, RX

• Health Savings Account or Health Reimbursement Account

• 401K w/ Match

• Flexible Spending with Dependent Care, and medical option

• Transportation/Commuter Option

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life Insurance

· Candidate will report to RVFB 4 hours/week, unless instructed to meet elsewhere. The duration of the internship is 6 months, beginning in January 2026 and ending in June 2026. 

· Distribution: food sorting/logging, preparing bags for home delivery clients and students, distributing food to clients, assisting with in-person shopping, sourcing and distributing food for Backpack Program, cleaning and organizing warehouse. 

· Community Engagement and Outreach:  

• Plan community outreach events for food distribution, community building, celebration and education; Develop and implement peer-to-peer youth outreach campaigns and programs to reduce hunger and food insecurity among Seattle youth. 

• Coordination with volunteers, clients and partnering community organizations, drafting internal and external documents, working with other youth interns/cohorts research culturally appropriate forms of outreach to our community to increase participation, particularly youth participation. 

• Develop and collect surveys or plan peer-to-peer listening sessions to ensure our programs meet the needs of our community. 

· Kitchen and Garden Programming: 

Help activate and develop kitchen and garden programming geared toward youth – for example: regular cooking or nutrition classes, youth volunteer garden days 

· Candidate can expect to learn about day-to-day operations at a food bank; food insecurity, food systems, and food justice; growing food; community partnerships and community outreach; job readiness skills (resume help, time management, etc.); youth program development; kitchen and garden program development 

This is a learning internship for a high school-aged student. There are no prior work qualifications. The candidate should be enrolled in school and available to work 4 hours/week in-person during RVFB operating hours (Tues-Fri, 9am-2pm). Shifts will be determined based on intern’s school schedule and can be split up between two days or completed one day/week. If candidates would like to use the internship to satisfy any school credits, that should be indicated on their application. 

The ideal candidate is someone who… is excited to learn about how a direct service nonprofit functions; wants to learn more about food insecurity and how it intersects with other types of societal inequity; wants to address youth food insecurity;  is excited to jump into operations at the food bank and make connections at different community organizations; is interested in gardening/growing food; is interested in community engagement.  

Note: Candidate must have a valid government ID for payroll purposes.