Description
About Mothers Against Media Addiction
MAMA’s mission is to end childhood screen addiction, support families in raising healthy kids, and prevent runaway tech. We do this by educating parents, removing smartphones from schools, and ensuring that technology products have basic safeguards, like those for other consumer products. Our goal is to live in a world where real-life experiences and interactions remain at the heart of a healthy childhood.
Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) is seeking an experienced, strategic Director of Development to join its senior leadership team. Since its launch in 2024, MAMA has expanded to 551 chapters nationwide, focusing on ending childhood screen addiction, removing smartphones from schools, and passing digital safety legislation. This position reports directly to the Executive Director and works under the guidance of the Sr. Executive Advisor to scale the organization’s fundraising capacity.
Job Overview
Role Type: Senior Leadership / Full-Time
Core Focus: Overseeing fundraising strategy, managing major gifts ($50,000+), and driving institutional giving.
Environment: A fast-growing, entrepreneurial, movement-based advocacy organization.
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising Strategy: Design and execute multi-year revenue strategies to meet growth goals, and establish a clear donor moves management tracking system.
Major Giving: Personally manage a high-capacity portfolio of individual and family donors capable of making gifts of $50,000 and above.
Institutional Giving: Research, cultivate, and secure six- and seven-figure grants from foundations, corporations, and family offices; write compelling proposals and manage grant compliance.
Operations & Leadership: Partner with the Executive Director and Board members on peer-to-peer fundraising, create internal data dashboards, and maintain donor-centric messaging.
Qualifications & Requirements
Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success in personally cultivating, soliciting, and securing six- and seven-figure gifts from individuals and institutions.
Skills: Entrepreneurial mindset, strong project management, excellent proposal writing, and the ability to balance high-level strategy with hands-on administrative execution.
Mission Alignment: A genuine commitment to youth mental health, technology reform, and child digital safety.
Preferred Assets: CFRE certification; background in political, campaign, advocacy, or startup public-policy fundraising.