Development and Donor Engagement Manager

McKinley Presidential Library & Museum; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

PTO (paid time off)

Life Insurance

401k retirement plan

Job summary

McKinley Presidential Library & Museum is seeking a Development and Donor Engagement Manager to lead donor cultivation, corporate partnerships, and a comprehensive fund development plan. You will develop personalized strategies, manage a donor pipeline, and coordinate communications to demonstrate impact and increase giving.

In this role, you will work closely with leadership, staff, and volunteers to align fundraising activities with the organization’s mission, ensuring timely reporting and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, marketing, business, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising, donor relations, corporate partnerships, nonprofit marketing, or a related area.
• Proven ability to cultivate relationships and communicate effectively with donors, corporate leaders, board members, volunteers, and community stakeholders.
• Strong writing, presentation, project management, and organizational skills.
• Experience developing fundraising proposals, appeals, sponsorship materials, and donor communications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and relationships with professionalism and discretion.
• Familiarity with donor databases, relationship-management systems, and fundraising reporting.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with staff and organizational leadership.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors and corporate partners.
• Develop personalized engagement strategies for supporters.
• Build and manage a donor pipeline for annual, major, corporate, and long-term giving.
• Coordinate donor recognition, reporting, and stewardship activities.
• Plan donor meetings, tours, presentations, and engagement events.
• Maintain regular communications to show donor impact.
• Engage leadership and volunteers in cultivation activities.
• Identify and cultivate businesses with aligned philanthropic priorities.
• Develop sponsorships, partnerships, and corporate giving strategies.
• Prepare proposals, presentations, and partnership reports.
• Ensure partners receive benefits, recognition, and ongoing stewardship.
• Strengthen existing partnerships and create renewal opportunities.
• Administer and implement the strategic fund development plan.
• Translate goals into annual work plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Monitor progress toward revenue and engagement goals.
• Evaluate fundraising performance and adjust strategies.
• Coordinate activities across giving streams and campaigns.
• Provide regular fund development reports to leadership and the board.
• Develop fundraising messages and materials.
• Create donor appeals, sponsorship materials, and newsletters.
• Ensure messaging consistency and visual identity.
• Gather stories and outcomes to demonstrate impact.
• Maintain a coordinated fundraising communications calendar.

Skills

Donor cultivation

Stewardship programs

Corporate partnerships

Fundraising strategy

Donor communications

Proposal development

Donor databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, marketing, business, or related field

Job description

The Development and Donor Engagement Manager leads the organization’s efforts to build and sustain meaningful relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, and other philanthropic stakeholders. This position is responsible for implementing and administering the organization’s strategic fund development plan, cultivating prospective supporters, stewarding existing donors, and developing marketing and communications strategies that strengthen fundraising results.Working closely with organizational leadership, board members, staff, and volunteers, the Development and Donor Engagement Manager creates coordinated opportunities for donors and partners to become more deeply engaged in the organization’s mission. This is a full-time position with excellent benefits.

Key Responsibilities

Donor Cultivation and Stewardship

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors and corporate partners.
• Develop personalized engagement strategies for prospective and current supporters.
• Build and manage a donor pipeline that supports annual, major, corporate, and long-term giving goals.
• Coordinate donor recognition, appreciation, reporting, and stewardship activities.
• Plan donor meetings, tours, presentations, cultivation events, and other engagement opportunities.
• Maintain regular communication with donors and partners to demonstrate the impact of their support.
• Engage board members, leadership, and volunteers in donor cultivation and stewardship activities.

Corporate Partnerships

• Identify and cultivate businesses whose philanthropic priorities align with the organization’s mission.
• Develop sponsorships, annual partnerships, employee engagement opportunities, and other corporate giving strategies.
• Prepare customized proposals, presentations, partnership agreements, and impact reports.
• Ensure that corporate partners receive appropriate benefits, recognition, communication, and stewardship.
• Strengthen existing partnerships while creating opportunities for renewed and increased support.

Fund Development Strategy

• Administer and implement the organization’s strategic fund development plan.
• Translate fundraising goals into annual work plans, timelines, budgets, and measurable activities.
• Monitor progress toward revenue, donor acquisition, retention, and engagement goals.
• Evaluate fundraising performance and recommend adjustments based on results and emerging opportunities.
• Coordinate development activities across annual giving, major gifts, corporate support, sponsorships, special campaigns, and other revenue-generating initiatives.
• Provide regular fund development reports to organizational leadership and the board of directors.

Fund Development Marketing and Communications

• Develop fundraising messages that clearly communicate the organization’s mission, impact, and funding priorities.
• Create or coordinate donor appeals, sponsorship materials, case statements, campaign communications, newsletters, digital content, and stewardship reports.
• Work with staff and external partners to ensure consistency in development-related messaging and visual identity.
• Gather stories, testimonials, outcomes, and program information that demonstrate donor impact.
• Develop communication strategies that support donor acquisition, retention, renewal, and increased giving.
• Maintain a coordinated calendar of fundraising communications and donor engagement activities.

Development Operations

• Maintain accurate and timely donor, prospect, gift, and engagement records in the organization’s donor database in coordination with the Director of Membership & Development Operations.
• Track donor communications, proposals, commitments, recognition requirements, and follow-up activities.
• Support gift acknowledgment and ensure donors receive timely and meaningful recognition.
• Assist with fundraising projections, revenue tracking, departmental budgeting, and reconciliation.
• Establish procedures and systems that strengthen the effectiveness and accountability of the fund development program.
• Ensure fundraising activities follow applicable ethical standards, organizational policies, and legal requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, marketing, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising, donor relations, corporate partnerships, nonprofit marketing, or a related area.
• Proven ability to cultivate relationships and communicate effectively with donors, corporate leaders, board members, volunteers, and community stakeholders.
• Strong writing, presentation, project management, and organizational skills.
• Experience developing fundraising proposals, appeals, sponsorship materials, and donor communications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and relationships with professionalism and discretion.
• Familiarity with donor databases, relationship-management systems, and fundraising reporting.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with staff and organizational leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing or implementing a comprehensive fund development plan.
• Experience with individual giving, major gifts, corporate philanthropy, sponsorships, or capital and special campaigns.
• Knowledge of donor stewardship, moves management, fundraising metrics, and nonprofit development practices.
• CFRE credential or interest in pursuing professional fundraising certification.

Measures of Success

• Growth in contributed revenue and the donor pipeline.
• Increased donor and corporate partner retention.
• Meaningful movement of prospective donors toward financial support.
• Renewed and expanded individual and corporate relationships.
• Timely implementation of the strategic fund development plan.
• Consistent, compelling, and coordinated fundraising communications.
• Accurate development records, reporting, and follow-up.
• Increased engagement of leadership and board members in fundraising activities.

Salary & Benefits

The salary for this position is $45,000.The position includes a generous health care and PTO package, life insurance policy, and 401k retirement plan.