Development Director: Major Gifts & Grants

Thomas More University; Crestview Hills (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, KY seeks an Associate Director of Development to lead strategies for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects.

The role centers on securing gifts typically greater than $25,000, coordinating campus partners, and advancing planned giving initiatives while upholding the university's core values of Hospitality, Humility, Service, and Stewardship.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of successful fundraising experience including personal gift solicitation.
• Experience with committee and volunteer management and prospect research.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major gift prospects.
• Coordinate with faculty, staff, and administrators to pursue grant opportunities and collaborate with external partners.
• Lead planned giving initiatives, increasing participation and donor engagement.
• Advise senior leadership regularly on Major Gift program activities and outcomes.
• Manage involvement of the President and trustees in donor cultivation.
• Oversee gift acknowledgement and recognition programs across giving levels.
• Engage with faculty and Deans to align fundraising priorities with academic goals.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 30-50 major gift prospects and document contacts and plans.
• Travel as necessary to cultivate and solicit principal and major gifts.
• Support university development programs and participate in events.

Skills

Major gift fundraising

Donor relations

Strategic planning

Communications

Tools

Fundraising software

Job description

Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, KY seeks an Associate Director of Development to lead strategies for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects.

The role centers on securing gifts typically greater than $25,000, coordinating campus partners, and advancing planned giving initiatives while upholding the university's core values of Hospitality, Humility, Service, and Stewardship.