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Job Posting: Senior Manager, Fund Development Position Type: Full-Time Position Location: 700 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario Start Date: July 2026 Experience Required: 4 – 6 years’ experience Salary Range: $75,000 - $86,000 (compensation is commensurate with experience) Reporting to: Director of Operations
Who We Are: StepStones for Youth (www.stepstonesforyouth.com) is an innovative and dynamic charitable organization in Toronto dedicated to providing intervention and sustainable support for children and youth. Many of these youth are exiting the foster care and group home system or are currently living in foster homes and shelters. Our goal is to create positive and meaningful connections; increase overall school engagement, including high school graduation, and post-secondary enrolment; and increase stable housing, improved mental and physical health, and strong support networks. StepStones adheres to a "whatever it takes" approach to servicing youth. We go above and beyond to support their needs. StepStones is embarking on a once-in-a-generation growth period with the establishment of our new integrated hub and housing facility in downtown Toronto. Relationships with our donors and partners have never been more critical as we work together to support our young people. The Senior Manager, Fund Development role will balance cultivating new supporters and working with colleagues to steward current donors. Your Impact as a Senior Manager, Fund Development Stakeholder Reporting and Management: Lead comprehensive reporting for public and private stakeholders, including budgets, metrics, and financial statements for fundraising activities. Develop process efficiencies to streamline reporting requirements. Grant Writing and Reporting: Research and identify new grant opportunities to increase support from new corporate partnerships, individual donors and foundations, and lead the development of applications and completion of reports as required to secure funding. Data Management: Maintain donor records, input related activities and produce reports in the DonorPerfect CRM database, ensuring high data entry accuracy and timely record-keeping of donor interactions and contributions. Annual Fundraising: Support the management of current qualified prospects and engaged donors (e.g., 75-100) in the annual gift range of $10K-$200K to ensure we strengthen their engagement opportunities. Research and develop relationships with new prospects (e.g., 20 - 25) to move them through the full donor cycle: developing and executing an in-person cultivation and solicitation strategy and preparing stewardship opportunities. Stewardship: Engage in direct communication and stewardship activities, including thank-you cards, tax receipts, donor recognition, social media posts, facility tours, and consistent, timely information updates. Events: In collaboration with fellow staff members, organize and execute donor stewardship and community engagement events, including booking vendors and venues and coordinating volunteers. Perform other related duties as required or assigned to support the organization's overall goals and fund development efforts. Who You Are: Senior Manager, Fund Development Passionate: Inspired by the work of StepStones and eager to build on our vision of seeing a country where all young people thrive and have a sense of belonging and success, surrounded by people who love and support them. Experienced: 4 – 6 years of proven fundraising success with experience in soliciting and developing new relationships and stewarding long-term donors. Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Collaborative: A positive and inclusive working style. Highly developed interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and confidentiality when working with members, staff and donors. Organized: Excellent project and time management skills. Very keen attention to detail, coupled with the ability to multitask. Capable: Familiarity with using Microsoft 365 tools. Proficiency in using (CRM) systems and experience in DonorPerfect is considered beneficial. We value and celebrate diversity We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier-free. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities and are committed to building a team with diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. We actively encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ applicants, and we value the positive impact diversity has on our teams. We are committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion within our workforce and in all opportunities provided at StepStones. Accommodations will be provided, upon request, in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. What to expect working at StepStones Comprehensive Benefit Package: includes $3K to paramedical services, and Short Term and Long-Term Disability, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & Grief counselling available free of charge (in addition to benefits) for work-related incidents. Time-Off: 3 weeks of vacation with a 1-day vacation increase per year worked, up to 35 days' vacation. Leave: 8 sick days, 1 personal day, 1.5 medical appointment days, bereavement allowance. Professional Development: Training allowance of up to $700 per year. Reimbursements: Mileage is provided at a competitive rate, and all staff are given a petty cash budget. Tools you need to succeed: All staff receive a MacBook and access to our mobile-friendly CRM system. Extended Break: One and a half hour (1.5) long lunch break healthy living program, when you exercise for 30 minutes during lunch. Working Conditions: Working in a shared office environment or in the community, meeting with donors. Office work may require sitting for 4 hours or more each day. Required to perform repetitive movements, including keyboarding, for four or more hours daily. May be required to lift and move material under 25lbs. Hybrid Work Schedule: You will be responsible for balancing your workweek with 2-3 days in the office and external meetings with donors and community partners, Monday to Friday. Onboarding Requirements: Signing a confidentiality agreement and obtaining a criminal records check are required.
Application Deadline: July 10, 2026 Statement on AI Usage: AI will not be used to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.
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About StepStones for Youth
An award-winning and Charity Intelligence Canada A+ and 5 Star-rated organization, we assist marginalized young people who are or have been involved, through no fault of their own, in Ontario’s Child Protection Services and who have significant histories of trauma, abuse, and neglect. Our intended objectives for our target population are to create positive and meaningful connections with family, community, and culture; strengthen a sense of belonging; increase school engagement, high school graduation, and post-secondary enrolment; improve mental and physical health; secure long-term and stable housing; and build strong support networks young people can rely on for life.
Our strategic direction is informed equally by the Members of our Board of Directors and by the young people we serve. We work in solidarity with youth who have lived experience in foster and group home care and their voices, ideas, and suggestions guide all aspects of our work from programming to evaluation. We seek to actively address the structural and systemic barriers that prevent individuals from accessing opportunities to participate and from realizing their potential, particularly youth from Black, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities who are over-represented in the child welfare system.
Our vision of a world where all young people have a sense of belonging with people who love and care about them guides our evidence-based Building Connections program. Our model of service operates with the knowledge that strong, long-term connections to people and support networks create better outcomes for isolated children and youth from foster care than simply gaining skills in an isolated context. We help youth build relational connections with caring, non-paid adults including mentors, extended family members, and community allies who reflect their cultural identities and lived experiences. Our targeted methods of prevention achieve long-term and sustainable impact rather than short-term, temporary solutions.
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Senior Manager, Fund Development
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About the role
Job Posting: Senior Manager, Fund Development Position Type: Full-Time Position Location: 700 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario Start Date: July 2026 Experience Required: 4 – 6 years’ experience Salary Range: $75,000 - $86,000 (compensation is commensurate with experience) Reporting to: Director of Operations
Who We Are: StepStones for Youth (www.stepstonesforyouth.com) is an innovative and dynamic charitable organization in Toronto dedicated to providing intervention and sustainable support for children and youth. Many of these youth are exiting the foster care and group home system or are currently living in foster homes and shelters. Our goal is to create positive and meaningful connections; increase overall school engagement, including high school graduation, and post-secondary enrolment; and increase stable housing, improved mental and physical health, and strong support networks. StepStones adheres to a "whatever it takes" approach to servicing youth. We go above and beyond to support their needs. StepStones is embarking on a once-in-a-generation growth period with the establishment of our new integrated hub and housing facility in downtown Toronto. Relationships with our donors and partners have never been more critical as we work together to support our young people. The Senior Manager, Fund Development role will balance cultivating new supporters and working with colleagues to steward current donors. Your Impact as a Senior Manager, Fund Development Stakeholder Reporting and Management: Lead comprehensive reporting for public and private stakeholders, including budgets, metrics, and financial statements for fundraising activities. Develop process efficiencies to streamline reporting requirements. Grant Writing and Reporting: Research and identify new grant opportunities to increase support from new corporate partnerships, individual donors and foundations, and lead the development of applications and completion of reports as required to secure funding. Data Management: Maintain donor records, input related activities and produce reports in the DonorPerfect CRM database, ensuring high data entry accuracy and timely record-keeping of donor interactions and contributions. Annual Fundraising: Support the management of current qualified prospects and engaged donors (e.g., 75-100) in the annual gift range of $10K-$200K to ensure we strengthen their engagement opportunities. Research and develop relationships with new prospects (e.g., 20 - 25) to move them through the full donor cycle: developing and executing an in-person cultivation and solicitation strategy and preparing stewardship opportunities. Stewardship: Engage in direct communication and stewardship activities, including thank-you cards, tax receipts, donor recognition, social media posts, facility tours, and consistent, timely information updates. Events: In collaboration with fellow staff members, organize and execute donor stewardship and community engagement events, including booking vendors and venues and coordinating volunteers. Perform other related duties as required or assigned to support the organization's overall goals and fund development efforts. Who You Are: Senior Manager, Fund Development Passionate: Inspired by the work of StepStones and eager to build on our vision of seeing a country where all young people thrive and have a sense of belonging and success, surrounded by people who love and support them. Experienced: 4 – 6 years of proven fundraising success with experience in soliciting and developing new relationships and stewarding long-term donors. Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Collaborative: A positive and inclusive working style. Highly developed interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and confidentiality when working with members, staff and donors. Organized: Excellent project and time management skills. Very keen attention to detail, coupled with the ability to multitask. Capable: Familiarity with using Microsoft 365 tools. Proficiency in using (CRM) systems and experience in DonorPerfect is considered beneficial. We value and celebrate diversity We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier-free. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities and are committed to building a team with diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. We actively encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ applicants, and we value the positive impact diversity has on our teams. We are committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion within our workforce and in all opportunities provided at StepStones. Accommodations will be provided, upon request, in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. What to expect working at StepStones Comprehensive Benefit Package: includes $3K to paramedical services, and Short Term and Long-Term Disability, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & Grief counselling available free of charge (in addition to benefits) for work-related incidents. Time-Off: 3 weeks of vacation with a 1-day vacation increase per year worked, up to 35 days' vacation. Leave: 8 sick days, 1 personal day, 1.5 medical appointment days, bereavement allowance. Professional Development: Training allowance of up to $700 per year. Reimbursements: Mileage is provided at a competitive rate, and all staff are given a petty cash budget. Tools you need to succeed: All staff receive a MacBook and access to our mobile-friendly CRM system. Extended Break: One and a half hour (1.5) long lunch break healthy living program, when you exercise for 30 minutes during lunch. Working Conditions: Working in a shared office environment or in the community, meeting with donors. Office work may require sitting for 4 hours or more each day. Required to perform repetitive movements, including keyboarding, for four or more hours daily. May be required to lift and move material under 25lbs. Hybrid Work Schedule: You will be responsible for balancing your workweek with 2-3 days in the office and external meetings with donors and community partners, Monday to Friday. Onboarding Requirements: Signing a confidentiality agreement and obtaining a criminal records check are required.
Application Deadline: July 10, 2026 Statement on AI Usage: AI will not be used to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.
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About StepStones for Youth
An award-winning and Charity Intelligence Canada A+ and 5 Star-rated organization, we assist marginalized young people who are or have been involved, through no fault of their own, in Ontario’s Child Protection Services and who have significant histories of trauma, abuse, and neglect. Our intended objectives for our target population are to create positive and meaningful connections with family, community, and culture; strengthen a sense of belonging; increase school engagement, high school graduation, and post-secondary enrolment; improve mental and physical health; secure long-term and stable housing; and build strong support networks young people can rely on for life.
Our strategic direction is informed equally by the Members of our Board of Directors and by the young people we serve. We work in solidarity with youth who have lived experience in foster and group home care and their voices, ideas, and suggestions guide all aspects of our work from programming to evaluation. We seek to actively address the structural and systemic barriers that prevent individuals from accessing opportunities to participate and from realizing their potential, particularly youth from Black, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities who are over-represented in the child welfare system.
Our vision of a world where all young people have a sense of belonging with people who love and care about them guides our evidence-based Building Connections program. Our model of service operates with the knowledge that strong, long-term connections to people and support networks create better outcomes for isolated children and youth from foster care than simply gaining skills in an isolated context. We help youth build relational connections with caring, non-paid adults including mentors, extended family members, and community allies who reflect their cultural identities and lived experiences. Our targeted methods of prevention achieve long-term and sustainable impact rather than short-term, temporary solutions.