Donor Analytics & Fundraising Strategist

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 paid holidays

3 Paid Sick Leave Days

On-site Gym

403(b) Plan with up to 4% match

Monthly attendance bonus

Earn up to 10% incentive pay

Apparel allowance

Learning & Development Opportunities

Company paid vision, long-term disable

Job summary

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is seeking a Development Data Analyst in Indianapolis to execute data-driven fundraising strategies. You will translate donor data into actionable insights to strengthen stewardship, retention, and revenue growth within a 21-county service area.

The role partners with leadership to improve donor acquisition, segmentation, and forecasting while ensuring data quality and timely reporting. Local Indiana candidates preferred; relocation is not offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with database management, reporting, and analysis.
• CRM systems experience; Salesforce a plus.
• Experience utilizing DonorSearch or similar prospect research tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze donor data to execute an annual stewardship plan, including segmenting donors for stewardship, appeals, campaigns, and targeted communications to aid in donor recognition, retention, increased engagement and giving, portfolio performance, and acquisition.
• Prospect research and evaluation of donor affinity, capacity and propensity to identify donors with a high likelihood of increased giving, major giving and planned giving.
• Partner with Development leadership to identify strategic opportunities and recommend data-informed approaches that improve donor acquisition, retention, reactivation, upgrades, fundraising effectiveness, and annual revenue forecasting.
• Develop donor segmentation strategies that support targeted cultivation, stewardship, annual appeals, campaigns, and personalized engagement across all giving levels.
• Partner with the Development Services Manager to support data quality initiatives.
• Provide quality assurance related to donor records, coding, and reporting, including regular database audits, data cleanup, imports, and updates to ensure data accuracy and quality.
• Develop and deliver timely and accurate reports, dashboards, and donor analytics to support fundraising performance tracking, campaign planning, and strategic decision-making.
• Research industry trends, benchmarking data, and emerging fundraising best practices to identify innovative strategies that enhance fundraising performance and donor engagement.
• Contribute to forecasting donor activity for budget planning, assessing the likelihood of donor retention, lapsed reactivation, upgrades, and new prospects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Donor segmentation

Communication

Project management

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

DonorSearch

Job description

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is seeking a Development Data Analyst in Indianapolis to execute data-driven fundraising strategies. You will translate donor data into actionable insights to strengthen stewardship, retention, and revenue growth within a 21-county service area.

The role partners with leadership to improve donor acquisition, segmentation, and forecasting while ensuring data quality and timely reporting. Local Indiana candidates preferred; relocation is not offered.