Development Coordinator
What started as a small garden in a vacant lot in this little inner-city neighborhood, quickly turned into the City of Dallas’ first urban farm. The original farm is 1.25 acres boldly situated in the South Dallas community of Bonton, an area ravaged by generational poverty, crime, and classified by the USDA as a food desert. In 2016, a local family, the Treffingers, were inspired by the mission of Bonton Farms and generously donated 20 acres of land located about 10 miles from the original farm. They loved it so much that when another 20 acre plot adjacent to the original one became available, they purchased it and donated it for further expansion of Bonton Farms. That 40 acre site is what we call "The Bonton Farms Extension". It happens to be one of the largest urban farms in the Unites States. In this unlikely setting, we are cultivating a sustainable and vibrant urban farm with the mission to restore lives, create jobs and ignite hope.
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Capturing and communicating the Bonton Farms story
- Strengthening donor and partner relationships
- Supporting revenue-generating initiatives connected to DFW Airport programming
- Assisting with operational coordination tied to the DFW retail partnership
- Advancing community engagement and brand visibility
- Serve as the primary point of contact for volunteer inquiries, scheduling, and communication
- Coordinate individual, group, corporate, faith-based, and community volunteer opportunities
- Manage volunteer calendars, registration systems, waivers, and day-of logistics
- Ensure volunteer experiences are welcoming, organized, and aligned with Bonton Farms’ mission
- Conduct volunteer orientation and provide clear expectations for service activities
- Collaborate with farm, market, café, and program leaders to prepare volunteer assignments
- Track volunteer participation, hours served, and engagement trends
- Develop volunteer retention strategies to encourage repeat engagement
- Assist with tours for guests, community groups, and prospective supporters
- Support donor visits where volunteer experiences are integrated
- Coordinate hospitality for volunteer and donor engagement events
- Help create experiences that deepen emotional connection to the mission
- Capture powerful community impact stories (apprentices, staff, partners, customers)
- Develop donor-facing impact updates, newsletters, and campaign content
- Assist with grant narrative inputs and impact reporting
- Support social media storytelling in collaboration with Marketing
- Develop talking points and briefing materials for leadership engagements
- Help translate airport retail success into compelling donor messaging
- Build authentic relationships with volunteers to identify long-term interest in deeper involvement
- Help transition highly engaged volunteers into donor conversations, tours, sponsorship opportunities, or recurring giving
- Coordinate volunteer follow-up communications that reinforce impact and future engagement
- Support leadership in identifying volunteer groups with corporate giving potential
- Assist in creating volunteer-to-donor stewardship touchpoints
- Assist with planning and implementation of annual fundraising campaigns, including events, appeals, and grant activities.
- Support the Director of Development in preparing proposals, presentations, and reports for foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
- Research potential funding opportunities and maintain grant tracking documentation.
- Help create and manage fundraising collateral such as sponsorship packets, event invitations, and donor updates.
- Coordinate logistics for donor cultivation events, farm tours, and community engagement opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams (Farm, Market Café, Coffeehouse, and Apprenticeship Programs) to showcase the mission through events and storytelling.
- Support corporate engagement events
- Assist with donor appreciation and stewardship campaigns
- Partner with the Communications team to ensure consistent messaging across donor communications, newsletters, and social media.
- Draft and edit donor communications, impact stories, and stewardship materials.
- Assist in producing annual reports and campaign updates.
- Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, and record notes for the Development team.
- Maintain a calendar of fundraising and reporting deadlines.
- Support budget tracking and expense reporting related to fundraising activities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Nonprofit Management, Marketing, Public Relations, or related field preferred
- 2–4 years of experience in nonprofit development, communications, partnerships, or related field
- Strong writing and storytelling ability
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Highly organized with strong project coordination abilities
- Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives preferred
- Ability to represent Bonton Farms professionally in corporate and community environments
- Passion for social impact and community transformation
- Standard office environment with occasional evening or weekend hours for events.
- Occasional outdoor work required during community and donor events.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds for event setup and support.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Our Mission
Transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where change yields health, wholeness and opportunity as the norm.
Vision
The change in Bonton becomes the change in the World.
Core Principal
Our values are bathed in our Christian faith, born out of a passion for people and guide how we put them into action.
What is Bonton?
For the last 200 years, racial injustice and systemic oppression prevented opportunities in Bonton, a community in South Dallas, that were a given elsewhere. People here experienced higher rates of diabetes, stroke and cancer, and 48% of residents lived in poverty. Residents have been denied access to the seven human essentials that are necessary to survive and thrive - health & wellness, economic stability, safe and affordable housing, transportation, a sense of belonging, education and access to fair credit. Today, the community is transforming, and healing is coming from within.
Who We Are
Bonton Farms is on a mission is to transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where health, wholeness, and opportunity are the norm for all people. While many nonprofits work to solve one issue, Bonton Farms focuses on place-based interventions to build community capacity for long-term change. As the ecosystem of community resources improves, the neighbors in Bonton use these resources to build successful, self-sufficient lives, ultimately interrupting the impact of decades of disenfranchisement. Bonton Farms’ programs focus on the all of the seven human essentials that the community has been denied for so long. We invite you to come and join us in the transformation!
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