Donor Stewardship & Fundraising Coordinator

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 paid holidays

Sick leave accrual

PTO in first year

403(b) optional enrollment

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) seeks a Development & Donor Relations Coordinator to support fundraising, donor stewardship, special events, and gift processing under the direction of the Development Director.

This full-time, year-round role is primarily on-site in Portage, Alaska, with limited remote work as operations allow. You will coordinate donor communications, manage gifts, maintain records, and help create engaging donor experiences.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of nonprofit fundraising, donor relations, communications, events, administration, or related field.
• Strong organization, accuracy, writing, communication, customer service, initiative, and ability to manage deadlines.
• Comfort with databases, spreadsheets, financial records, and confidential information.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Donor CRM experience preferred (Bloomerang a plus).
• Canva, email marketing, online fundraising, and nonprofit stewardship knowledge helpful.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Proof of current tetanus vaccination required.

Responsibilities

• Support fundraising plans, direct mail and digital appeals, year-end campaigns, Giving Tuesday, and monthly giving initiatives.
• Coordinate fundraising mailings, donor lists, appeal materials, campaign communications, and response tracking.
• Assist with donor acquisition, renewals, retention, upgrades, re-engagement, and membership and animal adoption stewardship.
• Draft donor-focused letters, emails, appeals, and reports; collaborate with Marketing on digital content and gather animal stories and impact updates.
• Coordinate timely acknowledgments, donor recognition, and personalized stewardship for individuals, sponsors, corporate partners, members, and monthly donors.
• Respond to donor inquiries and support cultivation visits, tours, meetings, and special donor experiences.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen donor relationships and maintain accurate communication and recognition preferences.
• Process gifts, pledges, sponsorships, memberships, and animal adoptions; issue accurate acknowledgments and tax receipts.
• Maintain donor records, giving histories, recurring gifts, pledges, and data quality in the donor database.
• Prepare lists, reports, and queries; coordinate gift reconciliation with Finance and safeguard confidential information.
• Support planning and execution of fundraising and donor events, including sponsors, auction items, registration, volunteers, guest communications, and on-site logistics.
• Maintain event and contribution records; coordinate sponsor fulfillment, post-event thanks, follow-up, and results tracking.
• Maintain development calendars, supplies, records, and materials; collaborate across departments and represent AWCC professionally.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organization

Writing

Communication

Customer service

Initiative

Deadline management

Database proficiency

Microsoft Office

Bloomerang

Canva

Email marketing

Online fundraising

Nonprofit stewardship

Valid driver’s license

Tetanus vaccination

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bloomerang (Donor CRM)

Canva

Job description

The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) seeks a Development & Donor Relations Coordinator to support fundraising, donor stewardship, special events, and gift processing under the direction of the Development Director.

This full-time, year-round role is primarily on-site in Portage, Alaska, with limited remote work as operations allow. You will coordinate donor communications, manage gifts, maintain records, and help create engaging donor experiences.