Foundation Annual Giving Manager

Rhode Island Bar Assn.; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven team as the Foundation Annual Giving Manager at a leading organization and contribute to meaningful fundraising initiatives. This full-time, remote-eligible position focuses on enhancing member engagement through innovative annual giving strategies, while offering benefits like medical, dental, and paid time off.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related experience required.
• Non-profit background preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of fundraising/development or willingness to grow in skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage fundraising success through direct mail and planned giving programs.
• Handle budgets for Foundation-related projects.
• Provide customer support and communications to donors and scholarship applicants.

Skills

Project management

Content strategy

Copywriting/editing

Research

Brand messaging

Vendor relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

Job description

Join our mission-driven team as the Foundation Annual Giving Manager and help drive meaningful change through fundraising, donor engagement, and strategic communications. As a vital member of the Foundation Team, the Foundation Annual Giving Manager will be responsible for strengthening member engagement and advancing fundraising efforts through innovative annual giving strategies. You'll play a key role in enhancing member satisfaction and brand perception by developing compelling content and managing campaigns across various platforms.

This position is full-time and benefits and remote eligible. The benefits we offer are medical, dental, and vision plans, retirement plan, paid time off, and more. The anticipated start date for this role is August 1, 2025.

Status: Full-Time, Salaried – Exempt
Location: Remote eligible
Travel: Up to 15%
Supervised by: Chief Development Officer

Key Responsibilities: The Foundation Annual Giving Manager will focus on fundraising, member satisfaction, and brand perception through marketing and communications content via all vehicles and projects associated with annual giving. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Supports the positioning of Tri Delta for fundraising success, including managing and data analysis of the direct mail and planned giving programs, leading Day of Giving efforts and the Day of Giving Volunteer Coordinator, assisting with major gift proposals, videos, some events, and any other fundraising communications efforts.
• Communicate upwards anything requiring CDO, CEO, or Leadership Team approval
• Complete projects within approved budget. Work with the CDO and Foundation staff to manage the monthly and annual budgets for Foundation-related projects
• Align the marketing objectives and key communications around the Foundation’s work and strategies
• As a part of the Foundation team, provide customer support and communications to donors, potential donors, Trustees, and scholarship applicants and recipients.
• Manage annual fund/planned giving communications, processes, and reporting.
• Serve as relationship manager with vendors for annual fund, planned giving, and wine and greenery programs.
• Seek out continued, ongoing education regarding fundraising best practices.
• Work with the Brand Advancement team as the Foundation’s representative to ensure all work produced by Tri Delta’s Foundation aligns project work with the Enterprise strategic goals and elevates projects to the Leadership Team, as needed.
• Assemble project teams as needed to respond to project requests

• 3-5 years of related experience
• Non-profit background preferred but not required
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required
• Solid skills in project management, content strategy, copywriting/editing, research, brand messaging, vendor relationship management, with high attention to detail
• Either possesses knowledge of fundraising/development or willingness to grow development skills to understand best practices in fundraising strategies
• Demonstrated success leading strategic content creation and managing communications and projects
• Ability to communicate effectively with collegiate and alumnae members/donors
  

Tri Delta’s employees are called to kindness, appreciate each other’s unique abilities, and value diverse perspectives. We welcome candidates with a wide range of experiences, identities and viewpoints. At Tri Delta, we don’t just accept differences–we celebrate and support the diverse backgrounds and skills of our employees and believe that they make us stronger. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.