Director of Major Gifts

📋 Description

• Source, qualify, cultivate, and convert new major donors at the $10K+ level, personally managing
• Build and maintain a disciplined prospecting engine using wealth screening, Board and peer
• Develop re-engagement strategies for lapsed and dormant donors and identify opportunities to
• Manage a personal portfolio of high-net-worth donors and prospects, securing six- and seven-figure
• Partner with senior revenue leadership to establish and maintain clear qualification standards
• Represent the organization externally with credibility and authenticity, communicating its mission

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in nonprofit fundraising or comparable relationship-based revenue work
• Demonstrated success acquiring new major donors rather than primarily managing inherited
• Proven experience personally closing gifts at the six-figure level, with seven-figure fundraising
• Experience building a major gifts pipeline from a limited prospect base, including prospect
• Demonstrated experience managing, developing, and coaching frontline fundraisers, with evidence of
• Strong command of CRM-driven pipeline management and data-informed portfolio decisions; Salesforce

🎁 Benefits

• Salary of $135,000–$145,000, depending on experience.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• 160 hours of paid time off.
• 72 hours of sick leave.
• 16 hours of health and wellness time.