Head of Philanthropy & Growth

By Degrees Foundation; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

Paid volunteer time off

401k match up to 5%

Job summary

By Degrees Foundation in Des Moines, IA seeks a dynamic leader to head the development team and secure philanthropic support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will collaborate with the CEO, board, and staff to grow giving, manage major donors, and expand the organization’s fundraising impact.

The role includes overseeing annual campaigns, planned giving, events, and donor recognition, while ensuring data-driven reporting and adherence to ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and CFRE preferred.
• 5–10+ years of progressively responsible fundraising/development experience.
• Demonstrated success managing increasingly complex fundraising responsibilities.
• Proven ability to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual and institutional donors.
• Knowledge of prospect research, donor qualification, and moves management.

Responsibilities

• Annually develop and implement a comprehensive fund development plan with targeted goals, strategies, outcomes, and timeframe to achieve budgeted fundraising goals.
• Collaborate with CEO and program staff to enhance community awareness of programmatic needs for funding, ensure accurate reporting, and comply with donor expectations.
• Investigate and initiate program partnerships and strategic alliances to increase support and extend By Degrees’ brand in the community.
• Guide, mentor, and supervise the Communications and Engagement Manager, and other team members as the department grows.
• Coordinate and implement a successful Annual Fund campaign to support general operations and programs.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts donors with moves management.
• Ensure success of annual fundraising events and major campaigns.
• Grow the number of donors to the Support a Scholar program.
• Plan and implement regular donor recognition and stewardship activities.
• Initiate and formalize a Planned Giving program to support an endowment.
• Ensure sound database management including gift recording and reporting.
• Oversee and assess data-supported fundraising reports and dashboards.
• Develop and monitor annual development budget with revenue and expense projections.
• Develop personal community presence and participate on Leadership Team.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Major gifts

Annual giving

Donor stewardship

Ethical standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFRE preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Fundraising software

Job description

By Degrees Foundation in Des Moines, IA seeks a dynamic leader to head the development team and secure philanthropic support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will collaborate with the CEO, board, and staff to grow giving, manage major donors, and expand the organization’s fundraising impact.

The role includes overseeing annual campaigns, planned giving, events, and donor recognition, while ensuring data-driven reporting and adherence to ethical standards.