Life Flight Network Foundation seeks a Director of Development to build and lead a comprehensive development program. 

About Life Flight Network

Life Flight Network (LFN) is a not-for-profit patient transport service providing helicopter, fixed-wing, and ground ambulance transport throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. LFN’s mission is saving lives with industry-leading care and transport and for over 45 years, LFN has provided award-winning service and support to patients, hospitals, and EMS, ensuring all patients receive the highest quality care and transport. This commitment to excellence aligns with the values of Life Flight Network’s owner consortium of non-profit, world-class healthcare systems. 

LFN prioritizes placing lifesaving air medical resources in rural communities that are often underfunded and overlooked, providing a much-needed lifeline to specialty care and emergency resources. LFN’s aircraft are staffed 24/7/365 with board-certified flight registered nurses, paramedics, or registered respiratory therapists. When time is of the essence, LFN teams’ ability to respond rapidly means they can be to a patient’s side in minutes, improving patient outcomes. LFN safely transports over 15,000 critically ill or injured patients per year, including more than 1700 neonatal and/or pediatric patients. 

From the mountains of Montana and the backcountry of Idaho to the plains of Washington and the Oregon coastline, LFN’s services are vital to the regions they support. LFN employees live and work in these communities, and residents and visitors alike entrust LFN to come to their aid when they are needed most. 

Every employee at LFN is dedicated to saving lives by providing exceptional, safe, and expeditious ICU-level care and transport. Being a member of LFN’s esteemed team means embarking on a career defined by distinction, pride, compassion, and unwavering service. LFN’s team members are a group of dedicated professionals who thrive in a high-octane, collaborative environment. Their collective brilliance shines as they come together to make a difference in the communities they serve. 

About the Life Flight Network Foundation

The Life Flight Network Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, established in 2009 to provide critical financial support to LFN’s mission services. Philanthropic gifts to the Foundation help to ensure that LFN fulfills its mission and commitment to clinical excellence, sustainability, and advancing access to quality healthcare. 

Donations provide LFN with the funds to acquire state-of-the-art medical and transport equipment as well as advanced training for employees. Additionally, the Foundation supports Life Flight Network’s financial assistance program for patients who need help covering the cost of transport. The Foundation has historically raised money through its membership base, family foundations, corporate sponsorships, and their annual golf tournament. 

About the Opportunity 

The LFN Foundation Development Director is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing Life Flight Network Foundation’s major gift fundraising, from both individuals and institutional donors. This position identifies and cultivates relationships with prospects and stewards and solicits gifts from current donors. In addition, the Director manages the development and submission of funding requests and sets the strategy for the growth and diversification of the donor and prospect base. Increasing gifts to the Foundation will contribute significantly to LFN’s ability to serve the communities that rely on their life saving services. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative, entrepreneurial, and ambitious fundraiser to build and lead a development program. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design and implement a comprehensive and proactive fundraising plan to increase philanthropic revenue, focused on expanding and enhancing relationships with individual and institutional donors, as well as building strategic partnerships with field staff for broadening the base of support 
• Build a strong donor pipeline that focuses on institutional and high net worth individual donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship 
• Develop highly competitive proposals and compelling cases for support that meet organizational priorities 
• Engage LFN leadership in key donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities 
• Create, develop, and execute creative ways to identify engage donors including through events and web-based fundraising at the local and national level 
• Work with LFN leadership to ensure development priorities are aligned to meet and/or exceed goals 
• Develop strong and collaborative working relationships with other members of senior leadership to best understand LFN’s mission and work, and effectively articulate this information to donors and the public 
• Design metrics and measurements to identify trends; track and report progress, and pinpoint areas where proactive measures will make a difference to meeting goals 
• Manage database to maintain, monitor and utilize donor information 
• Provide subject matter expertise and support as needed

Key Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a fundraising leadership role, preferably in healthcare 
• Demonstrated track record of success in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and securing philanthropic gifts and the 5- and 6-figure level 
• Ability to create and implement strategy to guide program growth, expand funding sources, leverage existing prospects, and build sustainable organizational partnerships 
• Ability to strategically link organizational and programmatic initiatives with opportunities for fundraising 
• Experience developing and or/advancing a culture of philanthropy 
• Proficient with budgetary processes including establishing stretch goals, forecasting and planning for growth, developing strategies to adjust and pivot to market demand and demonstrating corporate fiscal consciousness 
• Highly organized, attentive to detail, and able to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and anticipate, plan for, and meet deadlines 
• Self-motivation and discipline to regularly set and achieve work goals 
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a diverse staff 
• Ability to think critically, objectively, analytically, and strategically 
• Ability to maintain a high level of poise and professionalism 
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written 
• Ability to travel to Portland, Oregon approximately 1x/month and travel regionally for donor visits as needed 
• BA preferred

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