Mission
Citygate Network exists to equip ministries to transform lives from suffering to flourishing through the gospel.
Vision
Advancing the influence and impact of gospel-centered ministries and organizations in order to alleviate poverty, eradicate homelessness, overcome addiction, reduce mental health challenges, and empower life transformation.
Values
- Compassion: we will love like Jesus
- Respect: we will value the worth and dignity of all people created in the image of God and loved by Him
- Partnership: we will work collaboratively knowing we are stronger together
- Hope: we will engage with expectation and confidence of God’s working in our world and in the lives of people for their good and His glory
- Relational: invested in one another while bringing joy and fun into the intense mission work
- Spirit-led: the Holy Spirit’s movement and prayer is central to the work
- Collaborative: high ownership (not micro-managing) and excellence without unnecessary hierarchy
- High support, high challenge: people are stretched yet fully supported as they work individually and collectively toward shared goal
- Relaxed but ambitious: non-corporate in feel while maintaining a strong drive for growth and impact
- Build and lead Citygate’s development strategy: create a clear roadmap for major donor growth, foundation partnerships and future fundraising expansion aligned to the strategic plan
- Cultivate and steward transformational donor and foundation relationships: lead high-level conversations, strategic asks, and long-term partnerships
- Translate Citygate’s movement-wide impact: help supporters understand the ripple effect of strengthening 330+ ministries rather than one single mission
- Build the systems and infrastructure behind fundraising growth: CRM discipline, portfolio management, donor workflows, reporting, and decision-making
- Partner closely with the CEO and senior leaders: unlock strategic relationships, maximize key donor touchpoints, and expand Citygate’s funding network
- Bring executive leadership influence to a highly collaborative team: contribute to strategic decisions, cross-functional alignment, and the continued health
- Identify and shape new pathways for revenue growth: bring an entrepreneurial lens to future channels, partnerships, events, and network-based opportunities
- Demonstrated success securing major donor and foundation gifts.
- Experience building or leading a comprehensive fundraising strategy, ideally spanning major gifts, foundations and emerging revenue channels.
- Proven ability to build systems and infrastructure for sustained donor growth.
- Strong fluency in faith-based nonprofit fundraising, ideally within a rescue mission, ministry-serving, network, or association context.
- Executive leadership experience with the ability to partner cross-functionally, influence key stakeholders, and contribute to strategic decision-making.
- Exceptional relational intelligence, communication strength, and the ability to build trust quickly and toggle audiences authentically.
- A collaborative, servant-hearted leadership style marked by humility, initiative, and the ability to thrive in a high-support, high-challenge culture.
Build a development function from the ground up. Establish fundraising as a new and meaningful revenue stream for Citygate’s next season of growth.
Leverage existing organizational momentum. Step into a healthy, trusted, and growing organization already experiencing strong traction, and help convert that momentum into sustainable growth.
Expand major donor and foundation relationships. Bring new high-capacity partners into the mission while strengthening and scaling existing opportunities.
Multiply impact across 330+ ministries. Translate Citygate’s national influence into a compelling case for support that strengthens already remarkable frontline missions across the country.
Help define the future growth engine. Build the strategy, systems, and leadership rhythms that position Citygate for its next chapter of national impact.
- Establish the foundational fundraising framework, including strategy, pipeline, and work with Virtuous, the CRM.
- Expand major donor relationships and open new high-capacity giving opportunities.
- Grow foundation partnerships and increase the volume of strategic grant submissions.
- Become a trusted executive partner to Tom and the leadership team, strengthening strategic decision-making and lifting the overall health and leadership capacity of the organization’s advancement efforts.