Director of Development and Communications, Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY, USA. Deadline: 31 August 2024.
The Director of Development and Communications will be a member of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) leadership team, responsible for building, managing, and leading a comprehensive fund development and communications program to ensure ACC’s ongoing success, growth, and sustainability. The successful candidate will focus on developing strong relationships with diverse constituencies to drive major gift commitments from funders and meet ambitious fundraising goals.
The Director will provide the necessary leadership, motivation, and support to identify new opportunities in addition to developing and executing effective cultivation and solicitation strategies for existing funders. He/she/they are responsible for raising a minimum of $2 million in philanthropy support annually—and increasing that goal exponentially over time—in addition to an ongoing endowment campaign ($20 million goal with $11 million raised to date) and other special initiatives.
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) advances international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural exchange activities in Asia and the United States to create a more harmonious and peaceful world. The mission is accomplished through fellowships and other programs that support individual artists, scholars, and arts professionals. Established by John D. Rockefeller, 3rd in 1963 as the Asian Cultural Program of the JDR 3rd Fund to support cultural exchanges between Asia and the U.S. through grants to individuals and organizations working in the visual and performing arts, ACC incorporated as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit in 1980. Since then, ACC has enabled more than $100 million in grants to support cultural exchange. To date, ACC has supported nearly 6,000 exchanges across 26 countries and regions in 16 artistic disciplines.
