We are seeking a Chief Advancement Officer to join our team.

Starting Salary: $135,000 - $150,000

Bonus Attractive bonus incentive based on annual performance ranging between 7-11% of base salary awarded in December.

Cornerstones of Care is entering one of the most significant periods of growth and transformation in its 150-year history. With a strong Sanctuary-aligned culture, a highly engaged executive team, a supportive Board, and major strategic investments underway—including our Cornerstones of Care Education Campus, a significant piece of our multi-year  Bridging the Future Facilities and Capital Improvements Master Plan (Bridge Plan)—our agency is poised to expand its impact across Kansas City and the state.

Thanks to a recent comprehensive Advancement assessment led by The Philanthropy Place and anchored by interim leadership, Cornerstones of Care has  a refreshed organizational structure, donor engagement strategies, and a fundraising roadmap with defined opportunities ready to leverage and activate.

For the right leader, this is a  rare opportunity to shape an advancement function with a strong foundation already in place, a supportive environment, and a clear path for meaningful, measurable impact.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Effectively lead all philanthropic strategies. There is an aggressive yet attainable contributed revenue goal of over $11 or $12 million over the next two years.
• Serve as Cornerstones of Care’s chief philanthropic strategist and chief relationship officer  with a personal portfolio of high-capacity donors and institutional partners.
• Shift Advancement from an event-heavy, reactive culture to a mission-centered cultivation model by redesigning signature events and evaluating the efficacy of all events—including the Spirit Gala—to ensure they prioritize ROI, donor engagement, and mission-driven storytelling.
• Partner with the Board Chair and CEO to embed philanthropy as a core board responsibility.
• Collaborate with the CEO and CFO to align fundraising with capital and program needs, including the Education Campus, Ozanam and Gillis transitions, and long-term infrastructure investments.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

The ideal candidate is a  strategic, relationship-centered fundraiser  who is energized by building on identified opportunities and helping take an established  nonprofit to its next level of visibility, impact, and contributed revenue. They bring a strong track record of securing transformational, leadership, major, and mid-level gifts; building healthy donor pipelines; developing high-performing teams; and nurturing a culture of philanthropy across complex organizations.

They will step into a structure where  portfolios are already built, a thoughtful multi-year plan is in place, and cross-functional partners—including a supportive CEO—value and understand philanthropy. This leader will join an agency that is ready for bold, strategic advancement growth—and eager for a partner who can activate it.

Our ideal candidate will have 10 years of senior-level fundraising leadership with a demonstrated record of securing six- and seven-figure gifts and the following:

• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing a wide range of donor gift categories from transformational, principal/leadership, major, mid-level, and annual giving.
• Proven ability to grow philanthropic revenue to  $5M+ annually  in a complex, multi-site nonprofit.
• Expertise building advancement systems, managing CRM platforms, and operationalizing data-driven fundraising infrastructure.

Leadership Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to develop and grow high-accountability, growth-driven teams.
• Ability to forecast, budget, report on, and manage revenue pipelines aligned with organizational financial needs.
• Exceptional storytelling and donor-relationship skills.
• High emotional intelligence and trauma-informed leadership aligned with Sanctuary commitments.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred or equivalent senior-level advancement leadership experience.

Other Requirements

• At least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical, and drug screening.
• A valid driver’s license, proof of current vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation.

WHO WE ARE:

Cornerstones of Care is a mental and behavioral health nonprofit certified in trauma-informed care that provides evidence-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and support services to help children and families improve their safety and health by making positive changes in their lives. Each year, our team empowers children and families in Kansas, Missouri, and beyond through three key service areas:

• Youth & Family Support – We help youth gain independence through social and living support programs while empowering families with the skills and resources they need to become resilient and successful.
• Foster Care & Adoption – We reunify and unite families while recruiting and providing support to foster parents and youth in foster care.
• Education & Community Trainings – We help students achieve academic success while giving educators the tools to create safe learning environments to improve their students’ behaviors and offer innovative learning opportunities to build and improve knowledge in the community.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

OUR WIDE STATEMENT:

At Cornerstones of Care, we commit to fostering a community where every individual, regardless of background or identity, feels deeply welcomed, valued, and empowered. We envision a diverse community where inclusion and welcoming are prioritized. A community where all voices are heard, listened to, and respected. A community where everyone’s physical, emotional, social, and psychological needs are met. At Cornerstones of Care, we have a vision where equity is not just a goal but is present in all we do; every team member feels empowered to authentically contribute to their fullest potential. We hold a collective commitment to WIDE (welcoming, inclusion, diversity, and equity) that will drive us forward as a stronger organization.

OUR DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
• We cultivate a culture in which children, families, team members, volunteers, donors, and community partners feel welcomed, safe, respected, empowered, and celebrated.
• We value diversity of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, geographical location, pregnancy, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic, and military status.
• We stand for anti-racism, equity, and inclusivity.
• We insist and affirm that discrimination and violence have no place in safe and healthy communities, including in our organization.
• We strive toward a more welcoming, inclusive, diverse, and equitable organization through our policies, partnerships, and practices.

OUR BENEFITS:

Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes:

• 9 Paid Holidays, Unlimited Paid Time Off, and Paid Sick Leave
• Team members who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for
  • Health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision)
  • Cafeteria plans (Health Savings Account (HSA) and Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts)
  • Ancillary insurance benefits (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term disability insurance, voluntary life)
  • Cornerstones of Care provides long-term disability insurance and basic term life/AD&D insurance at no cost to the team member
• Retirement savings plan (401K) with employer match
• Pet Insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• To view more information on our benefits, please visit our Job Openings page at Join Our Team - Cornerstones of Care to download the current benefits guide.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, People Experience Team

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer