Head of Fundraising & Partnerships

YODA Animal Welfare

YODA is looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising & Partnerships to build and lead the next phase of our fundraising and external partnerships.

This is a senior, highly entrepreneurial role for someone who can combine strong relationships, commercial thinking and genuine passion for animal welfare.

We are looking for someone who can open doors, build long-term relationships and turn conversations into meaningful partnerships that create real impact for animals.

The Role The Head of Fundraising & Partnerships will be responsible for developing and executing YODA’s overall fundraising strategy across corporates, CSR programmes, HNIs, foundations, institutions, brands and individual donors.

The role goes beyond traditional fundraising. We want someone who can think creatively about how YODA partners with companies, creators, communities and individuals — creating collaborations that are exciting for partners while generating sustainable funding for animal welfare.

You will work closely with YODA’s leadership and programme teams to translate the work happening on the ground into compelling propositions that people and organisations want to support.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and execute YODA’s annual and long-term fundraising and partnerships strategy.
- Develop a strong pipeline of corporate, CSR, HNI, institutional and foundation donors.
- Identify, approach and convert new funding opportunities.
- Build deep, long-term relationships with existing donors and partners.
- Lead conversations with CEOs, CSR heads, family offices, foundations, philanthropists and senior decision-makers.
- Create compelling fundraising proposals, pitch decks and partnership concepts.
- Develop innovative brand collaborations and cause-marketing partnerships.
- Build partnerships around YODA’s shelters, rescue programmes,



veterinary care, adoption initiatives, sterilisation programmes and other animal-welfare projects.
- Work with brands on campaigns, sponsorships, employee-engagement programmes and fundraising initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for grants and institutional funding and oversee relevant applications.
- Develop campaigns that encourage individual giving and recurring donations.
- Work closely with YODA’s social media and communications teams to turn storytelling and digital engagement into fundraising opportunities.
- Represent YODA at meetings, events, conferences and donor engagements.
- Build strong systems for donor stewardship, reporting and regular communication.
- Track fundraising pipelines, conversion rates, commitments and collections.
- Own agreed fundraising targets and provide regular reporting to leadership.
- Over time, build and manage a high-performing fundraising and partnerships team.

Who We Are Looking For

Someone who is

- A natural relationship builder who genuinely enjoys meeting people and creating partnerships.
- Commercially sharp and comfortable asking for significant financial commitments.
- Confident communicating with senior corporate leaders, philanthropists and HNIs.
- Highly entrepreneurial — someone who sees opportunities where others may not.
- Excellent at storytelling and able to translate impact into a compelling proposition.
- Strong at both strategy and execution.
- Persistent, resourceful and extremely solution-oriented.




- Comfortable working in a fast-moving organisation where ideas can quickly turn into action.
- Passionate about animals and aligned with YODA’s mission.

Experience Ideally 8–15+ years of relevant experience across one or more of the following:

Fundraising, philanthropy, CSR, partnerships, business development, foundations, family offices, NGOs, luxury/consumer brands, corporate relationships or social-impact organisations.

Prior NGO experience is valuable but not essential. We are equally interested in strong relationship-driven candidates from the corporate world who understand how to build partnerships and would like to use those skills to create social impact.

Existing relationships with corporates, CSR leaders, HNIs, family offices, foundations or philanthropic networkswould be a significant advantage.

What Success Looks Like

Within this role, success would mean:

- Building a strong and diverse fundraising pipeline.
- Bringing several significant new partners into the YODA ecosystem.
- Increasing YODA’s annual fundraising substantially year on year.
- Moving YODA towards a more predictable base of recurring and multi-year funding.
- Building partnerships that go beyond writing cheques and create genuine engagement with animal welfare.
- Making YODA one of the organisations that leading companies, philanthropists and brands want to partner with.

Why YODA This is an chance to take everything you know about relationships, partnerships and fundraising and use it to directly improve the lives of animals.

YODA is ambitious about the scale of impact it wants to create. We are looking for someone equally ambitious about helping us get there.

If you are someone who loves building things, connecting people and making ambitious ideas happen, we would love to hear from you.

📌 Head of Fundraising & Partnerships (Mumbai)
🏢 Youth Organization in Defence of Animals (YODA)
📍 Mumbai