Major Gifts Officer

Scion Staffing; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Competitive salary

Meaningful impact

Leadership collaboration

Job summary

Scion Nonprofit Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Major Gifts Officer for a respected nonprofit healthcare organization in Houston. This hybrid role involves three days onsite per week and leading a portfolio of ~125 high-net-worth donors and family foundations to secure five- and six-figure gifts.

The position collaborates with executive leadership, clinicians, researchers, and internal teams to advance philanthropy, patient care, and mental health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven success securing five- and six-figure gifts.
• Experience in donor cultivation and portfolio management.
• Ability to engage high-net-worth individuals and senior stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with moves management and forecasting.
• Excellent communication and negotiation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic fundraising plans to secure five- and six-figure gifts from high-net-worth individuals and family foundations.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 125 major gift prospects and donors.
• Lead personalized donor engagement strategies, including face-to-face meetings and proposals.
• Identify new major gift opportunities through prospect research and referrals.
• Maintain donor records, pipeline forecasts, and fundraising reports in CRM.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and clinical/research teams to create compelling opportunities.

Skills

Relationship-building

Donor engagement

Portfolio management

Communication

Strategic planning

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Scion Nonprofit Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Major Gifts Officer for a respected nonprofit healthcare organization dedicated to advancing mental health treatment, research, education, and patient care. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Houston, TX, with three days onsite per week. The Major Gifts Officer will play an integral role in advancing the organization's philanthropic mission by cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships with high-net-worth individuals and family foundations. This position will manage a portfolio of approximately 125 major gift prospects and donors, developing personalized engagement strategies to secure significant five- and six-figure philanthropic investments. Working closely with executive leadership, clinicians, researchers, and other internal stakeholders, the Major Gifts Officer will drive fundraising results while building meaningful, long-term donor relationships.

PERKS

• Competitive salary range of $95,000-$115,000, commensurate with experience.
• Hybrid work schedule with three days onsite and two days remote each week.
• Opportunity to build meaningful relationships with philanthropic leaders and high-impact donors.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and clinical and research teams on mission-driven initiatives.
• Make a direct impact on mental health treatment, research, education, and access to exceptional patient care.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute strategic fundraising plans to secure five- and six-figure gifts, including multi-year commitments, from high-net-worth individuals and family foundations.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 125 major gift prospects and donors, overseeing identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Lead personalized donor engagement strategies, including face-to-face meetings, presentations, proposals, and solicitation conversations.
• Identify new major gift opportunities through prospect research, referrals, professional networks, and grateful patient engagement.
• Maintain accurate donor records, pipeline forecasts, fundraising reports, and performance metrics within the organization's CRM system.
• Partner with executive leadership, clinicians, researchers, and internal teams to develop compelling philanthropic opportunities and strengthen long-term donor relationships.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated success securing significant major gifts, including five- and six-figure philanthropic commitments.
• Strong background in relationship-based fundraising, donor cultivation, solicitation, and portfolio management.
• Experience developing individualized donor engagement strategies and managing a pipeline of qualified prospects.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage high-net-worth individuals and senior stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, including experience with donor CRM systems, moves management, pipeline forecasting, and fundraising performance tracking.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• The anticipated salary range for this position is $95,000-$115,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
• Additional benefits information will be shared during the interview process.

Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, or any other protected class.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent.

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We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.