Senior Director, Institutional Giving & Impact

The Wilderness Society; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wilderness Society in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Director, Institutional Giving & Impact to lead major gifts from foundations, corporate partners, and other institutional funders. This role drives strategy, donor stewardship, and portfolio management to achieve ambitious revenue goals and advance conservation priorities.

You will collaborate with the Giving & Impact and Program teams to secure resources and build durable funding relationships, while serving on the Giving & Impact

Responsibilities

• The Wilderness Society in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Director, Institutional Giving & Impact to lead major gifts from foundations, corporate partners, and other institutional funders. This role drives strategy, donor stewardship, and portfolio management to achieve ambitious revenue goals and advance conservation priorities.
• You will collaborate with the Giving & Impact and Program teams to secure resources and build durable funding relationships, while serving on the Giving & Impact Leadership Team to ensure philanthropy is integrated into organizational decisions.

Job description

Senior Director, Institutional Giving & Impact

Reporting directly to the Vice President, Giving & Impact, the Senior Director, Institutional Giving & Impact is responsible for securing ambitious financial resources from institutional funders to achieve organizational revenue goals. The Senior Director works closely with other TWS Giving & Impact and Program staff to secure this support for TWS’ conservation priorities. They lead their channel in identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewarding of current and prospective foundation and corporate donors who can and will make significant gifts to TWS. They are also responsible for managing relationships and securing support from a portfolio of funders and prospects to support the mission of The Wilderness Society.

The Senior Director also serves as part of the Giving & Impact Leadership Team, working with other Sr. Directors and the VP to ensure that philanthropy is understood across the organization and that the philanthropic voice is part of major organizational decisions.