Provides support for the Major Gifts team including Director, Principal Giving, National Philanthropy Advisors and Chapter Philanthropy Advisors on projects and day-to-day tasks that drive revenue. Performs duties including creating intentional communication with major donors, producing templates, coordinating MG Network calls and other cross-team collaboration initiatives, arranging donor cultivation activities and researching grant-making organizations. Additionally, collaborates with multiple teams to collect funding initiatives for MG team to present to donors, all while working to build a portfolio.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Drive major gifts revenue at Make-A-Wish America by:
- Working with stewardship and research teams to prepare the MG Team donor outreach & proposals
- Arranging small donor cultivation events in select markets
- Supporting donor relationship managers and director in scheduling donor meetings
- Assisting with donor communications, meeting preparation and follow-up
- Engaging in coordinated outreach to select portfolio-held donors
- Building intentional relationships within National Team (medical outreach, strategy, chapter advancement, brand, etc.) to gain understanding of funding priorities and opportunities for funding that may exist
- Researching and actively prospecting grant-making foundations that meet criteria for funding and pursue relationships appropriately
- Actively using Raiser’s Edge database to input actions, pull reports, run queries/exports and record information properly
- Support Chapter Philanthropy Advisor program to drive chapter MG revenue by:
- Working with chapter philanthropy advisors to produce templates, materials and resources to chapter MG partners
- Coordinating chapter calls and meetings on behalf of chapter philanthropy advisors
- Conducting specific topical research per chapter calls and communication
- Providing travel related support
- Work toward building and carrying a portfolio of individual donors to cultivate, steward and solicit
Educational Background:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required; Bachelor’s degree in business, nonprofit management, liberal arts or related field preferred.
Skills/Experience:
Knowledge and Abilities:
- Exhibits a donor-centric mindset
- Eager to learn and holds a sense of urgency to complete tasks with a commitment to quality and attention to detail
- Energetic team player and great collaborator, demonstrates the ability to work with a variety of internal/external stakeholders in a professional manner
- Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and follow-through, with a strong ‘can-do’ attitude and customer service focus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated, highly adaptable to change, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information
Qualifications:
- 2-3 administrative/professional experience desired. Preferable in a nonprofit and/or fundraising setting.
- Must have versatile skills utilizing a variety of computer programs/software, with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat programs. Experience with Raiser’s Edge or donor database is a plus.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 28 2017
Active Until:
Dec 28 2017
Hiring Organization:
Make-A-Wish America
industry:
Nonprofit