Care for Real (CfR) is committed to fostering a healthy and equitable community by helping neighbors and families overcome food insecurity with dignity. Through locations in Chicago’s Edgewater and Rogers Park neighborhoods, CfR provides food, clothing, pet food, referral, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community.
Care for Real is hiring a Director of Development & Communications to be responsible for the creation, implementation, evaluation, and successful ongoing management of Care for Real’s fundraising and communication strategies. The Director will develop and manage strategies for identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of existing as well as prospective individual, foundation, and corporate donors. The Director will also manage and execute Care for Real’s communications efforts that are aligned with strategic fundraising goals. Ideal candidates will be experienced development professionals and passionate self-starters with the ability to work in a highly collegial manner with lay leaders, volunteers, and staff.
Care for Real is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, military status, or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law in employment, volunteer opportunity, or operations.
