Major Gifts Officer — Remote Fundraising Leader

Inside Philanthropy; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mountaineers, based in Seattle, WA, seeks a strategic Development Officer – Major Gifts to build and grow a robust major gifts program, advancing our mission to enrich lives by helping people explore, conserve, learn about, and enjoy the lands and waters of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

You will be a frontline fundraiser, cultivating and soliciting donors with gifts of $2,500 and above, reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement, and partnering with CEO, leadership, and Board

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in direct fundraising roles, including annual giving, individual gift solicitations, planned giving programs, strategic donor engagement, campaigns, or complex fundraising project management.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage The Mountaineers' major gifts program through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors and prospects capable of making gifts of $2,500 or more.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 125-150 donors and prospects.
• Develop and implement individualized cultivation and solicitation strategies.
• Conduct donor discovery, qualification, and engagement activities.
• Complete at least 120 annual donor visits, with an aspirational goal of 160.
• Solicit major gifts in support of annual operations, campaign priorities, scholarship programs, conservation initiatives, publishing efforts, and strategic opportunities.
• Develop funding proposals, presentations, gift agreements, and correspondence.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Advancement, CEO, and board to advance donor relationships.
• Identify opportunities to increase donor investment over time.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of donor activity in Salesforce.
• Lead regular portfolio review meetings and moves-management discussions.
• Establish annual strategies to grow major giving revenue and donor retention.

Skills

Donor relations

Communication

Project management

Fundraising strategy

Tools

Salesforce

Raiser’s Edge

CRM databases

Job description

The Mountaineers, based in Seattle, WA, seeks a strategic Development Officer – Major Gifts to build and grow a robust major gifts program, advancing our mission to enrich lives by helping people explore, conserve, learn about, and enjoy the lands and waters of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

You will be a frontline fundraiser, cultivating and soliciting donors with gifts of $2,500 and above, reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement, and partnering with CEO, leadership, and Board