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Manager, Major Gifts

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Denver, CO, USA
Full-time

Responsible for directing donor cultivation, education, solicitation, stewardship, and prospecting of major gifts ($10,000) in support of Mile High United Way's fundraising efforts.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Develops, cultivates and maintains major gift donor relationships within the assigned portfolio of Tocqueville members (Average portfolio size of donors and prospects is 125)
  • Creates a donor cultivation strategy for all prospects and donors in assigned portfolio
  • Implements annual and long-range plans for major giving target markets to increase giving and levels of participation
  • Provides follow up and personal invitations to all donors in the portfolio for Tocqueville events, tours and volunteer events
  • Works with staff to identify Tocqueville prospects through direct donor gifts or workplace campaigns
  • Identifies donors in the portfolio when volunteer support is needed and works with Tocqueville Society Ambassadors to execute the fundraising plan. (Includes but is not limited to the following: Provides Salesforce meeting reports and meeting preparation reports, follows up with Ambassador for results of their involvement, tracks Ambassadors' help in Salesforce, and follows up as needed.)
  • Manages donor relationships through the donor funding cycle for the entire Tocqueville prospect and donor family to include cultivation of the head of household, spouse and communicating opportunities
  • Helps to recruit volunteer Tocqueville Society Ambassadors each year
  • Works with Senior Director of Strategic Relationships and Tocqueville Society development team to staff Tocqueville events, network with donors and prospects and provide follow up
  • Works with Senior Director of Strategic Relationships and Tocqueville Society Development Team on development, content and oversight of collateral materials and events related to Tocqueville gift area
  • Works with Senior Director of Strategic Relationships and Tocqueville Society Development Team on setting annual strategy for membership renewals and recruitment of new members
  • Assist Director of Individual Giving with development and execution of individual giving strategy
  • Manage an individual portfolio of donors
  • Support accounting and finance corporate accounts
  • Supervise junior fundraising staff for individual giving at the leadership level

Donor Cultivation, Education, and Stewardship

  • Oversees development and maintenance of current and prospective major gift donors in the portfolio
  • Corresponds with major donors through personal contact and correspondence
  • Implements and manages donor recognition for donors in the portfolio with support from donor relations staff
  • Captures significant donor relationship activities; creates and tracks solicitations and projections; and enters donor information in Salesforce

OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Maintains security and confidentiality of all Division documents and files.
  • Maintains a positive image of Mile High United Way.
  • Is professionally supportive of all organization policies, procedures, functions, departments, divisions, managers and employees.
  • Provides support to other Department and Corporate priorities, as needed, e.g. Strategic Plan, annual budget, special initiatives, etc.
  • Develops and maintains strong working relationships with other Departments
Educational Background: 
Bachelor's Degree in humanities, business, finance, or equivalent experience
Skills/Experience: 
  • 3 -5 years successful experience in fundraising, management, and one-on-one solicitation. Proven solicitation experience of gifts $25,000 and higher and experience closing multi-year gifts preferred.
  • Demonstrated volunteer management experience at high levels of an organization
  • Additional successful experience in funds development including, proposal writing, prospect research, volunteer management, annual individual giving campaigns, capital campaigns, and donor cultivation and recognition

SPECIAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE 

  • Excellent fundraising skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Ability to set and achieve short and long-term goals
  • Ability to manage and motivate executive level volunteers to achieve fundraising and organizational goals
  • High degree of personal responsibility and integrity
  • Must be able to identify and access long range giving potential
  • Demonstrated skills in the areas of administration, project management, and volunteer program development
  • Prefer knowledge of community volunteer base knowledge of community's network of affluent families and private foundations
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Must work well under pressure, be flexible, creative, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable of the community and possess a high energy level
  • Professionally supportive of corporate missions, policies, staff etc.

Organization Info

United Way Worldwide

Overview
Headquarters: 
Alexandria, VA, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1934
About Us
Mission: 

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By mobilizing the best resources. And by inspiring individuals to join the fight against their community's most daunting social crises.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jul 27 2018
Active Until: 
Aug 27 2018
Hiring Organization: 
United Way Worldwide
industry: 
Nonprofit