The Organization: Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield has been building pillars in the local community and across Greater Boston for nearly 50 years. After opening its doors on September 27, 1973, the organization has served generations of children and families alike. Today, the Boys & Girls Clubs consists of 4 core communities (Saugus, Wakefield, Stoneham, Melrose) across 9 sites (3 teen centers, 2 clubhouses, 3 school based sites, and a pool). Through these communities, The Boys & Girls Clubs provides fun experiences and educational programming to over 3,000 members (plus an additional 6,000 youth served through outreach) after school and throughout the summer. The Clubs are proud to work with young people from a wide range of economic, social and family circumstances, regardless of their gender, ethnic and racial background.
Every year, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham and Wakefield welcome nearly 3,000 youth between the ages of 5 and 18 to their Clubs. As soon as the youth members walk through their doors, they enter an environment of stability, consistency, and physical and emotional safety. All of the Club-run programs are designed to be fun and engaging, while building skills and confidence for a successful future.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield is a proud affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the nation’s most effective youth development organization in the United States.
Adam Rodgers - CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield
Adam Rodgers
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Rodgers has served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield since 2015. With previous career history at programs such as the YMCA and Guard Up, Rodgers is an experienced Non-profit management professional with a passion for making an impact and an enthusiasm for growing strong teams that strive for excellence.
Under Adam’s leadership, the Clubs serves over 500 children a day and last year served over 8,000 youth. They operate 2 clubhouses, 11 licensed after school programs, a teen center, and an outdoor pool. They have increased Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) classes from teaching children how to 3D print to learning financial literacy. They hired mental health case workers from youth development professionals to licensed clinicians who work one on one with our most vulnerable young people.
Adam commented “I sincerely believe the Clubs have to be part of the social safety net of the community to effectively create great futures and I am proud that we are about to do that in our service area.”
This work has not gone unnoticed, during Adam’s tenure the Clubs have received Bridgestone Tires Driving Great Futures Award for program quality and increased attendance at our Clubs, the Catalyst for Change Club Advocacy Champion Award for advocacy of youth issues in the state and region, the Massachusetts Creator Award for Civic Engagement, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Yankee Chapter award for e-gaming programming, the Silver Lining Award through the New England Employee Benefits Council for our efforts during the pandemic, and the Board of Directors received the League of Eagles award by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for their level of involvement.
“I am deeply grateful for this recognition, and also see it as a representation of all the amazing work our staff puts in every day to make our clubs as successful as possible,” states Adam Rodgers. “We are incredibly proud of the quality services and programs we provide to our community, and that wouldn’t be possible without the incredible effort of everyone on the team.”
In 2023, Adam Rodgers was recognized by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Area Council Leadership as Massachusetts’ 2023 Chief Executive Officer of the Year.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, successful frontline fundraiser and manager to lead a growing Development team at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield. This thriving, rapidly expanding organization seeks a dynamic, organized, and strategic leader to manage and maintain great relationships within a growing Development team, an engaged board of directors, our CEO, CPO, CEAO, and a growing portfolio of major gift, annual, and foundation/corporate donors.
Reporting to the CEO, this newly created role will bring the Development function into its next era of success. The Chief Advancement Officer will build the Development team, which raised nearly $2.6M in FY2023, expanding it from 3 FTE to 5 FTE. The role will also build out Development infrastructure and procedures and carry their own portfolio of prospects and donors. This opportunity is ideal for a goal-driven leader who loves to promote mission-driven work to prospects and donors, enjoys coaching and developing team members, delivers exceptional stewardship/customer service, and understands the importance of a strong fundraising infrastructure, policies, and database.
Essential Job Functions
The Chief Advancement Officer will have specialized expertise and documented success in managing and growing a successful Development team and fostering a culture of philanthropy organization-wide.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Build out an effective Development team to focus on Development operations, events, corporate and foundation support, and expanding portfolios to include new cities and towns of B&GC operation (e.g., Melrose, Saugus). Provide ongoing supervision, guidance and coaching to the team.
Create an annual Development plan with input from the CEO to define key funding priorities, goals and metrics.
Develop policies and procedures to guide the development team in all aspects of fundraising including donor cultivation, stewardship, gift receipt/acknowledgement, and event logistics.
Carry a major gift donor portfolio and implement strategies to cultivate and steward these donors towards larger gifts.
Build out a formal corporate giving program that actively pursues, tracks, and manages prospects, and offers high-quality customer service to businesses and business leaders that become donors/sponsors. Create opportunities for corporate partnership, giving levels, naming opportunities, and associated benefits.
Oversee individual fundraising including annual fund and major gifts.
Build positive, productive, and collaborative relationships with board members–especially the Board Development Committee–through board cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; connecting with high-net-worth individuals; and equipping them with current stats and stories.
Coalesce all prospects and donors into a concrete, actionable pipeline with associated goals and metrics to track progress. Assign prospect portfolios to each frontline fundraiser on the team as well as the CEO.
Implement and optimize use of the donor database for prospect management and tracking, gift and contact report entry, dashboards, and more.
Competencies and Expectations
The Chief Advancement Officer role requires candidates to have 5+ years as a frontline fundraiser and 2+ years directly managing staff.
Qualifications:
5+ years of front-facing experience in the nonprofit fundraising setting.
Proven record of building and maintaining fruitful relationships with donors, customers, and/or clients.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
2+ years of positive management experience.
Leadership capabilities: Experience in planning, leading, and managing development projects, including coordinating with peers to achieve desired outcomes, and tracking and reporting on progress to senior managers/board of directors.
Experience running or fundraising for capital campaigns highly desirable.
Coaching: Enjoys coaching others and being coached.
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Takes initiative and actively seeks to deepen current donor relationships and to forge new ones.
Communications: Skilled in creating powerful, compelling written and oral communications for fundraising. Ability to convey complex ideas through brief, simple materials. Experience and credibility when presenting materials to external audiences.
Influencing: Creates win-win situations and responds appropriately to key stakeholders.
Collaboration: Effective at working with others to reach common goals and objectives.
Relationship Building: Skilled at establishing and cultivating strong relationships across different levels of the organization and externally. Enjoys networking and meeting new people.
Customer Service: Maintains excellent rapport and trusting relationships with prospects and donors/customers/clients. Excels at onboarding new clients/donors.
Technology: Proficiency in donor database management and digital fundraising tools preferred.
Applications & Nominations
To explore this opportunity further, please send your resume in confidence to:
Lisa Vuona has decades of experience in executive search and human resource management, primarily in the non-profit, healthcare and education sectors. She is distinguished by her track record and network, and by her approach, which combines the strategic power of data with a finely tuned ability to understand the client’s organization and identify high-caliber leaders who fit the culture.
Beth Parsons specializes in the education and non-profit sectors, having held fundraising and leadership roles in prominent educational and social impact organizations for nearly 20 years. She partners with clients to develop search strategies on the basis of organizational needs and core values. Her extensive advancement network serves as a source of high-impact talent.
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