Join Our Nashville Development Committee

ABOUT US

Wags & Walks is a 501c3 nonprofit dog rescue located in Los Angeles & Nashville — we share nonprofit identification, but we operate separately with different staff, processes, budgets, and dogs. As a whole, we are a community of dog lovers working to promote shelter dogs as the best dogs in the world through advocacy of our unique family-friendly foster and adoption programs.

What being on the Development Committee entails:

Wags and Walks is a community of dedicated dog lovers working to increase awareness of rescue dogs as wonderful pets and it truly takes a community now more than ever. Even as our team has grown over the last few years, the impact and growth that we’ve been able to achieve has only been possible by the support of our crucial committees including the Development Committee. The 2026 Development Committee (18 month term) will be a crucial one as it works closely with the Development team and the Event Committee and we continue to grow our organization internally and throughout the community.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The Development Committee assumes the primary responsibility for raising non-grant funds to support the organization’s mission through the growth of both existing fundraisers and new platforms.

  • Promote Wags & Walks by keeping the organization top of mind and sharing its work with other, like-minded dog loving people who may be or become as passionate as you have been. This networking can come in the form of tours and events at the center, hosting private events, or introductions to the organization’s founder.

  • Loaning insight into their area of expertise and/or getting directed to the right channels when a project arises (1-2 times a year). (Vendor curation, pr, negotiation, sales and networking, events experience, entertainment/interested in hosting events, leadership, design, etc)

  • Support our team during major fundraisers like our Benefit Concert, Donor Dinner, Annual Auction, etc. Support includes but is not limited to securing sponsors, donations, promotion, attendance, securing auction items.

  • Attend 4 committee meetings a year, these will be a mix of virtual or in-person depending on availability.

  • Attend 2 Wags and Walks events per year.

  • Give or Get in the amount of a minimum of $7500K (monetary or in-kind donations)

  • The committee will be provided with monthly updates on accomplishments at Wags and Walks via email and during our quarterly meetings.

  • The Development Committee will work closely with the organization’s Development & Partnerships Adviser and the Development Committee President, Abby Smyers , who will will be available for one on one meetings as needed.