Director of Individual Giving & Donor Growth

Hartley House; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 Vacation Days

1 Floating Holiday

12 Sick Days

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

403b Plan

Job summary

Hudson Guild seeks a Director, Individual Giving to strategically manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors, driving annual fund strategies and campaigns. The role involves securing gifts, stewarding donors, and expanding digital and direct mail initiatives to support fundraising goals.

The position may have direct reports in the future and requires building relationships with board members and senior stakeholders while coordinating with the DER team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in non‑profit fundraising.
• Experience securing four- and five-figure gifts, upgrading entry‑level donations, and designing and implementing individual giving strategies.
• Adept at enrolling senior stakeholders in the work.
• Skill in aligning fundraising plans with broader organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Achieve annual fundraising goals from individuals in collaboration with Deputy Executive Director (DED) for Development and External Relations, Executive Director, and the DER team.
• Develop and implement an individual fundraising strategy in partnership with the DED of Development and External Relations leveraging Board and organization relationships where possible.
• Research, identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors who can make four- and five-figure gifts.
• Manage year-round cultivation and stewardship to increase the number of new donors and to increase donor retention and upgrade gift amounts.
• Develop a menu of personalized pitches based upon the interests of individual donors.
• Build an individual volunteer program with opportunities for meaningful engagement.
• Create compelling appeals with urgent opportunities to give in collaboration with Marketing Manager including direct mail, email, and digital campaigns.
• Support the corporate manager during corporate volunteer days as one way to build organic relationships with individual volunteers and collaborate to identify individual volunteers with the capacity to make meaningful gifts to the Guild.
• Keep accurate and up‑to‑date records of individual touchpoints and action steps in Raiser’s Edge database and provide monthly reports on individual giving progress.
• In partnership with the Corporate Relations and Special Events Manager, recommend new Junior Board members to steward the next generation of Hudson Guild supporters

Skills

Non-profit fundraising

Major gifts solicitations

Donor portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Board engagement

Project management

Tools

Raiser’s Edge

Job description

Hudson Guild seeks a Director, Individual Giving to strategically manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors, driving annual fund strategies and campaigns. The role involves securing gifts, stewarding donors, and expanding digital and direct mail initiatives to support fundraising goals.

The position may have direct reports in the future and requires building relationships with board members and senior stakeholders while coordinating with the DER team.