Donor Relations & Major Gifts Advisor

Naples Botanical Garden, Inc.; East Naples (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan with matching

Long -Short Term Disability

PTO

Paid Holidays

Garden Perks

Job summary

Naples Botanical Garden, Inc. is seeking a Philanthropy Advisor to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors to advance the Garden’s mission.

This full-time, on-site role focuses on increasing Royal Palm Society gifts and major gifts of $10,000 and above, working across programs and events to align donor interests with Garden priorities. The role requires strong English communication, a track record with high-value donors, and the ability to travel to donor meetings and events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Two plus years of development experience with history of soliciting major gifts from corporations and/or individuals.
• Experience creating and executing innovative corporate sponsorship and donor cultivation strategies.
• Experience executing corporate sponsorship programs.
• Proven experience with high touch, high value donors and prospects.
• Attends and completes Garden interpretive training within six weeks of employment.
• Evenings and weekend work is required for events and/or donor meetings.
• Experience with CRM systems, Raiser’s Edge NXT preferred.
• Obtain Raiser’s Edge NXT Fundamentals certification within 60 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned portfolio of approximately 115-130 qualified donors and prospects.
• Identify and qualify new donors through discovery visits, referrals, membership engagement, research, and events.
• Develop and execute individualized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans.
• Conduct meaningful donor visits and move donors through the engagement continuum.
• Prepares proposals, gift agreements, stewardship reports, and donor correspondence.
• Partner with program staff to align donor interests with Garden priorities.
• Ensure timely documentation of donor activity in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT.
• Participate in donor events, volunteer activities, and organizational initiatives.
• Represent Naples Botanical Garden professionally within the community.

Skills

Donor cultivation

Public speaking

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Raiser’s Edge NXT

MS Office

CRM software

Job description

Naples Botanical Garden, Inc. is seeking a Philanthropy Advisor to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors to advance the Garden’s mission.

This full-time, on-site role focuses on increasing Royal Palm Society gifts and major gifts of $10,000 and above, working across programs and events to align donor interests with Garden priorities. The role requires strong English communication, a track record with high-value donors, and the ability to travel to donor meetings and events.