Houston Texans
Director of Foundation Development
Houston Texans - Director
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Foundation/Community Relations · Community Impact & Foundation · Fundraising/Major Gifts
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Driven by a mission to leverage the power of football to strengthen the community, the Houston Texans Foundation is seeking a strategic and results-oriented Director of Foundation Development to lead its fundraising efforts. This role is responsible for advancing a comprehensive, revenue-generating strategy that fuels impactful programs supporting youth development and access to essential resources. The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of building high-performing fundraising initiatives, cultivating donor relationships, and delivering measurable financial results. By driving innovative events, gameday activations, and grant strategies, this leader will play a critical role in expanding the Foundation’s impact across the Houston community.
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Job Function: Lead the Houston Texans Foundation’s community fundraising strategy with a primary focus on generating $6M+ annually through events, gameday activations, grants, and donor engagement. Oversee full revenue cycle management, ensuring strong financial performance and measurable impact for the Houston community.
Job Function: Lead the Houston Texans Foundation’s community fundraising strategy with a primary focus on generating $6M+ annually through events, gameday activations, grants, and donor engagement. Oversee full revenue cycle management, ensuring strong financial performance and measurable impact for the Houston community.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Houston Texans Foundation Responsibilities:
- Fundraising & Revenue Generation – Own and drive the Foundation’s annual fundraising strategy, targeting $6M+ in annual revenue through events, gameday initiatives, grants, and donor engagement. Manage overall P&L to maximize community investment and ensure sustainable year-over-year growth.
- Budget Management – Oversee and manage the Houston Texans Foundation budget with Executive Director oversight, ensuring disciplined expense control and revenue optimization.
- Events Strategy & Execution – Design, build, and execute a high-performing revenue-generating events portfolio, including: Season Premiere (Texans’ Annual Gala), Charity Golf Classic, Taste of The Texans, Auctions, VIP experiences, and donor cultivation events.
- Gameday Fundraising – Lead all gameday fundraising initiatives, including 50/50 raffle operations, ensuring strong execution, staffing, technology integration, and achievement of aggressive revenue targets.
- Grant Strategy – Develop and manage a proactive grant acquisition strategy to maximize eligible public, private, and foundation funding opportunities.
- Create new revenue sources for the foundation through donor engagement and events.
- Donor Database & Engagement – Build, manage, and optimize a comprehensive donor database, including segmentation, stewardship strategy, and ongoing communication to strengthen donor retention and lifetime value.
- LSSE Fundraising Events – Oversee execution of all Lone Star Sports & Entertainment fundraising events, including Gridiron Legends Golf Tournament, Team Luncheon, gameday auctions, and other revenue-driving initiatives.
- Team Leadership – Lead, develop, and mentor the Coordinator of Community Fundraising, fostering a high-performance, revenue-driven culture.
Gameday Duties:
- 50/50 Program Leadership – Manage a 30–40 person gameday sales team responsible for executing the 50/50 raffle program and achieving targeted fundraising revenue goals.
- Revenue Innovation – Continuously identify and implement new gameday fundraising opportunities by benchmarking best practices across professional sports organizations and developing innovative, high-impact revenue strategies.
- Execution & Optimization – Oversee all operational aspects of gameday fundraising, ensuring seamless execution, compliance, and maximum revenue performance.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Executive Director of the Houston Texans Foundation and Community.
Subject to reasonable accommodations, this position requires routine in-person collaboration with Club personnel; therefore, responsibilities must be performed onsite at Club offices and are not eligible for telecommuting.
Skills Required:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and related business tools.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across all levels of an organization and externally.
- Creative thinker with the ability to develop innovative fundraising and revenue generation strategies.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with donors, partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to deliver high-quality, accurate work under tight deadlines.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
- Demonstrated positive attitude, strong work ethic, and commitment to achieving ambitious fundraising goals.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university preferred.
- High school diploma required.
- Minimum of 5–8 years of experience in sports or nonprofit fundraising with direct responsibility for revenue generation of $6M+ annually through events, auctions, grants, and donor programs.
- Proven track record of leading fundraising operations with increasing responsibility and measurable financial results.
- Experience in a professional sports environment is strongly preferred.
Title: Director of Foundation Development
FLSA Status: Exempt
Department: Community
Reports to: Executive Director of Houston Texans Foundation and Community
FLSA Status: Exempt
Department: Community
Reports to: Executive Director of Houston Texans Foundation and Community
Please note that while resumes of all candidates will be considered, as a way for the Texans organization to acknowledge and reciprocate the tremendous support given the Team by local fans and the local community in general, qualified candidates with permanent addresses in the Houston metropolitan and surrounding areas will be given first consideration whenever possible.
If your skills and experience match our available position requirements, a Human Resources representative will contact you directly. Due to the volume of resumes received by the Houston Texans, we are unable to provide updates on the status of individual applications.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Job Questions:
How many years of direct fundraising experience do you have managing revenue-generating events, donor programs, grants, or auctions?
What is the largest annual fundraising revenue goal you have personally helped manage or achieve?
Do you have experience working in professional sports, collegiate athletics, entertainment, or nonprofit fundraising environments?
Have you directly managed staff, event teams, or volunteers in a fundraising or event environment?
This role requires working Texans gamedays, evenings, weekends, and onsite at NRG Stadium. Are you able to meet these scheduling requirements?
What are your compensation expectations? (Please list an amount or range in USD ($); 'Negotiable' or an explanation without an amount is not acceptable.)
