Major Gifts Officer

Stonewall Community Foundation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonewall Community Foundation in New York seeks an energetic fundraiser to lead major gifts development, focusing on identifying, cultivating, soliciting, stewarding, and recognizing individual donors capable of giving $5,000+ annually. This role drives a strategic donor pipeline to sustain LGBTQ initiatives.

Working with the Executive Director, the MGO will set bold goals and ensure they are supported by annual expenditures, planning, and staff and Board activities, fueling growth and impact

Responsibilities

• Lead major gifts development and donor pipeline for individuals capable of giving $5,000+ annually.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, steward, and recognize donors, integrating these efforts with program, communications, and finance teams.
• Work with the Executive Director to set bold fundraising goals and ensure resources and staff support for attainment.
• Support organizational growth and impact as the LGBTQ movement advances.

Job description

Stonewall Community Foundation, a prolific funder of LGBTQ causes, is seeking an energetic, experienced, and passionate fundraiser to lead major gifts development. This position will be responsible for generating and implementing strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, steward, and recognize individual donors with the capacity to give and/or direct $5,000+ annually, as well as aiding other individual giving efforts to strengthen and sustain that pipeline.

With the Executive Director, the MGO will set bold goals for this work and ensure those are meaningfully supported by annual expenditures, planning, and staff and Board activities. MGO duties will often link to various functions of program, communications, and finance staff. After four years of extraordinary and continued growth, 2023 is an exciting moment to join the Stonewall team and help fuel the influence and impact of the LGBTQ movement.

COMPENSATION

$88,000 - $98,000