Development & Fundraising Specialist

Outreach Development Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Outreach Development Corporation in Richmond Hill, NY, seeks a Development Associate to fuel fundraising and communications efforts. In this fast-paced role you will work across direct mail, donor research, reports, and events under the Director of Special Events and Fundraising.

You will generate donor profiles, manage fundraising reports in Raiser's Edge NXT, draft acknowledgement letters, analyze foundations, and assist with the agency’s 50th Anniversary Campaign preparations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required.
• 5+ years of experience contributing to development/fundraising work at a non-profit organization, preferably in the behavioral health field.
• Proficient with Raiser’s Edge NXT or similar CRM tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage departmental administration and operations, with a focus on event support, prospect research, development and execution of direct mail and email appeals, and annual report and generation of fundraising reports utilizing the agency’s database of record, Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Manage administrative tasks for the department, including taking meeting notes, developing, and uploading donor profiles, generating action and revenue reports, submitting expense reports, assisting in internal and external scheduling, and additional data entry as needed.
• Assist in the execution of limited direct mail and email campaigns and quarterly newsletters, with a new major gifts campaign as part of the agency’s 50 th Anniversary Campaign.
• Track foundation report and proposal deadlines and providing weekly updates for the Executive Management team.
• Undertake special assignments as requested by Executive Team, Vice President for Development and Communications and the Director of Special Events and Fundraising.
• Under the direction of the Director of Special Events and Fundraising, assist with all in-person fundraising, development, board, and staff events including pre- and post-event follow up and onsite logistics.
• Generate gift reports, prospect lists, and donor profiles/wealth reports, as well as help to establish Outreach’s first digital donor moves management program in Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Draft and or update donor acknowledgement letter templates in Raiser’s Edge NXT for all fundraising campaigns and events, and generate individual thank you letters for leadership’s signature and personalization.
• Research current and potential donors to identify new fundraising opportunities, including: Identify and research potential and existing donors to the organization who have a greater capacity to give.
• Stay abreast of philanthropic news and trends to find potential benefactors not yet associated with the organization.
• Support the Board and Executive Team by researching potential donors in their contact pools.

Skills

Fundraising

Non-profit development

Raiser’s Edge NXT

Donor research

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Raiser’s Edge NXT

Job description

Outreach Development Corporation in Richmond Hill, NY, seeks a Development Associate to fuel fundraising and communications efforts. In this fast-paced role you will work across direct mail, donor research, reports, and events under the Director of Special Events and Fundraising.

You will generate donor profiles, manage fundraising reports in Raiser's Edge NXT, draft acknowledgement letters, analyze foundations, and assist with the agency’s 50th Anniversary Campaign preparations.