Major Gifts Officer

Ms. Foundation for Women; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ms. Foundation for Women is seeking a Major Gift Officer to solicit gifts over $5,000 and to integrate planned giving into our existing major gifts program.

The role focuses on strengthening relationships with donors and collaborating with foundation executives and development leadership to advance our mission. With a 53-year history and a track record of leadership in feminist organizing, this position offers the opportunity to build new donor structures and support a growing fundraising

Qualifications

• Experience organizing for social justice alongside development systems knowledge including major gifts.
• Ability to solicit gifts over $5,000 and manage donor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Solicit gifts over $5,000 and manage major gifts relationships.
• Incorporate planned giving into major gifts programs.
• Support other relationship managers, foundation executives and development leadership.

Skills

Major gifts

Donor stewardship

Relationship management

Fundraising strategy

Job description

Ms. Foundation for Women funds intersectional, feminist, movement building and organizing work led by and for women, girls, and nonbinary people of color. We continually strive to improve our work through collaborative learning and reflection. Ms. Foundation is strongly grantee-centered and relationship-driven and is interested in finding ways to further adopt trust-based and care-based philanthropic practices. To this end, our Development Department seeks to not only secure funding for Ms. Foundation, we also hope to increase total funding to the field and better organize our donors to adopt and support trust and care-based philanthropy practices.

Ms. Foundation is seeking a Major Gift Officer to solicit gifts over $5,000, incorporate planned giving into our existing major gifts programs, and support other relationship managers, particularly foundation executives and development leadership in holding major gifts relationships. The ideal candidate will leverage experience organizing for social justice alongside professional expertise on development systems including major gifts. We’re a 53-year old organization that successfully completed a $106 million 50th Anniversary campaign and raises between $6M – $24M annually. We have an exciting combination of existing donor relationships and an opportunity to build new structures.