Donor Engagement Manager

Skookum Kids; Washington; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement matching

Flexible time off

Professional development budget

Job summary

Skookum Kids is seeking a passionate fundraiser to grow and steward a base of individual donors while owning the organization's events and supporting the CEO's major-donor work. You will lead annual revenue goals for events, and partner with the team to enhance donor engagement.

Responsibilities include growing monthly giving, cultivating mid-level donors, and serving as the primary administrator of the development CRM.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, development, or donor relations.
• Relationship-centric, donor-focused approach and data-driven decisions.
• Proficiency with a donor CRM and data-informed decision making.
• Strong organization and project management skills.
• Unimpeachable integrity and growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the annual revenue goals for events and non-institutional giving.
• Own the organization's major events- a charity poker tournament in the spring and a fall gala with participation & support from other members of the team.
• Grow monthly giving into the organization's most durable revenue line: acquisition, retention, upgrades, and lapsed-donor recovery.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward mid-level donors (roughly $500 to $5,000 a year).
• Support the Executive Director's major-donor relationships with prospect research, briefings, and follow-through; co-lead solicitations where the relationship warrants it.
• Steward every donor: acknowledgment within two business days, appropriate recognition, and impact reporting on an annual stewardship calendar.
• Own the data: serve as primary administrator of the development CRM- ensuring accurate records, gift processing, prospect tracking, and reporting to inform decision‑making.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

CRM software

Data-driven decisions

Project management

Integrity

Growth mindset

BYOD readiness

Tools

Donor CRM

Job description

Grow and steward a base of individual donors, own the organization's fundraising events, and support the CEO's major-donor work.

Reports To

Founder/CEO

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, development, or donor relations
• Relationship-centric approach; donor-centric orientation
• Comfort making the ask, or a clear readiness to become comfortable - everyone on this team asks Proficiency with a donor database or CRM; data-driven decision making
• Strong organization and project management
• Unimpeachable integrity
• Aspiration to embody the values of Skookum Kids
• Growth mindset
• Access to a reliable work computer (we are a BYOD workplace)

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the annual revenue goals for events and non-institutional giving.
• Own the organization's major events- a charity poker tournament in the spring and a fall gala with participation & support from other members of the team.
• Grow monthly giving into the organization's most durable revenue line: acquisition, retention, upgrades, and lapsed-donor recovery.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward mid-level donors (roughly $500 to $5,000 a year).
• Support the Executive Director's major-donor relationships with prospect research, briefings, and follow-through; co-lead solicitations where the relationship warrants it.
• Steward every donor: acknowledgment within two business days, appropriate recognition, and impact reporting on an annual stewardship calendar.
• Own the data: serve as primary administrator of the development CRM- ensuring accurate records, gift processing, prospect tracking, and reporting to inform decision‑making.

A generous benefits package including health insurance, matching retirement, flexible time off, and a professional development budget.