Donor Engagement & Events Coordinator

Achievement Centers; Westlake (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Achievement Centers for Children in Ohio seeks a Development Coordinator to advance donor relationships and manage key fundraising initiatives. You will oversee a portfolio of donors, support the Associate Board, and lead A Most Excellent Race with other staff and volunteers.

Working with leadership, you will evaluate results, strengthen donor retention, and help build ACC’s future giving pipeline through coordinated engagement across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, marketing, business, or a related field.
• One to three years of relevant experience in fundraising, donor relations, community engagement, volunteer leadership, sales, or another relationship-based field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with fundraising practices, donor stewardship, or moves management preferred.
• Experience with a donor database or customer relationship management system preferred; Bloomerang experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned portfolio of donors and prospects, with responsibility for cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and progress toward established fundraising goals.
• Develop individualized engagement plans based on giving history, interests, relationships, and readiness to deepen involvement.
• Initiate donor conversations through telephone calls, personalized emails, meetings, tours, and other appropriate outreach.
• Personally solicit gifts within assigned giving levels and coordinate opportunities requiring involvement from development leadership.
• Identify and reengage lapsed donors and cultivate first-time donors toward continued support.
• Analyze donor trends and response patterns to recommend changes in outreach, messaging, timing, and engagement.
• Qualify prospective leadership donors and recommend advancement to the appropriate development colleague, documenting relationship history and proposed next steps.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Associate Board, partnering with volunteer leaders to develop and implement an annual engagement and fundraising plan.
• Recommend strategies for member recruitment, onboarding, retention, leadership development, and meaningful participation.
• Help members identify prospective donors, sponsors, volunteers, and community partners within their networks.
• Establish clear action plans with volunteer leaders and monitor progress toward agreed-upon goals.
• Plan meetings with volunteer leadership, prepare relevant materials, and ensure timely follow-through.
• Evaluate engagement and fundraising results and recommend improvements.
• Lead the annual planning and implementation of A Most Excellent Race in partnership with development leadership, program colleagues, and volunteers.
• Develop the proposed event plan, budget, revenue projections, timeline, and participant engagement strategy for approval.
• Manage implementation within approved plans and spending authority, recommending adjustments when participation, revenue, or expenses vary from expectations.
• Cultivate and solicit event sponsors and supporters in coordination with the Corporate Manager and other assigned relationship owners.
• Develop strategies to increase team participation, peer-to-peer fundraising, repeat involvement, and conversion of event participants into ongoing ACC supporters.
• Coordinate vendors, volunteer assignments, registration, sponsor fulfillment, and event communications with appropriate colleagues.
• Conduct a post-event evaluation addressing revenue, expenses, donor acquisition, participant experience, and recommendations for the following year.

Skills

Donor relations

Fundraising

Relationship building

Communication skills

Project planning

CRM management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bloomerang

Microsoft Office

Job description

Achievement Centers for Children in Ohio seeks a Development Coordinator to advance donor relationships and manage key fundraising initiatives. You will oversee a portfolio of donors, support the Associate Board, and lead A Most Excellent Race with other staff and volunteers.

Working with leadership, you will evaluate results, strengthen donor retention, and help build ACC’s future giving pipeline through coordinated engagement across departments.