Donor Advancement Manager: Major Gifts & Events

Psoriasis; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

National Psoriasis Foundation seeks a Manager, Advancement to build and grow relationships with individual donors, managing annual, major, and planned gift portfolios. The role combines frontline fundraising with collaboration across departments and oversight of special events to cultivate donors and expand philanthropic support.

You will develop moves management, lead fundraising strategy, and partner with colleagues to connect donor interests with NPF's mission, programs, and research

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Five or more years of nonprofit fundraising or related development experience.
• Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and securing significant individual gifts, including five-figure gifts and experience with six-figure solicitations.
• Experience managing a donor portfolio and advancing prospects through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Familiarity with planned giving principles and legacy giving strategies.
• Experience supporting or leading fundraising initiatives, campaigns, or donor-focused special events.
• Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with donors, health care professionals, volunteers, and colleagues across an organization.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
• Experience using Raiser's Edge, Salesforce, or a comparable donor management system preferred.
• Experience with a health-related or mission-driven nonprofit organization preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors and prospects across annual, major, and planned giving.
• Identify and qualify prospective donors with the capacity, inclination, and connection to make meaningful philanthropic investments in NPF.
• Build strong, personalized relationships by understanding each donor's connection to NPF, philanthropic interests, and motivations for giving.
• Conduct donor visits, virtual meetings, and personalized outreach to deepen engagement and advance relationships.
• Develop and execute moves management plans that advance donors and prospects through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified prospects to achieve individual fundraising goals and support continued growth.
• Cultivate, solicit, and secure philanthropic commitments from individuals and families, with a focus on annual and major gifts and opportunities to increase donor support over time.
• Develop and execute cultivation and solicitation strategies for assigned donors and prospects, engaging Advancement leadership, health care professionals, volunteers, and other NPF partners when appropriate.
• Identify planned and legacy giving opportunities among portfolio donors and prospects and partner with Advancement leadership to advance appropriate conversations.
• Leverage NPF events, programs, and mission experiences as opportunities to cultivate relationships, advance solicitations, and deepen donor engagement.
• Connect donor interests with NPF's mission, programs, research, and priorities to develop meaningful opportunities for philanthropic support.
• Develop and lead the execution of the assigned event's Fund the Mission strategy, including prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship before, during, and following the event.
• Collaborate across the Advancement team to engage donors and prospects on event revenue opportunities, including attendance, tables and tickets, Fund the Mission, and other meaningful involvement, leveraging portfolio relationships to support shared event revenue and engagement goals.
• Partner with Advancement Operations, Marketing, and other colleagues to ensure fundraising strategy, donor engagement, communications, and program elements are effectively integrated into event planning and execution.
• Track event fundraising progress, donor engagement, and pipeline activity, using results to inform strategy and maximize revenue and long-term donor engagement.

Skills

Relationship-building

Communication skills

Project management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Raiser's Edge

Salesforce

Job description

National Psoriasis Foundation seeks a Manager, Advancement to build and grow relationships with individual donors, managing annual, major, and planned gift portfolios. The role combines frontline fundraising with collaboration across departments and oversight of special events to cultivate donors and expand philanthropic support.

You will develop moves management, lead fundraising strategy, and partner with colleagues to connect donor interests with NPF's mission, programs, and research