Senior Major Gifts Officer - Remote Donor Leadership

Crisis Text Line, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote position within US

Monthly internet and mental healthstip

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Sabbatical after 3 years

403(b) retirement plan

Job summary

Crisis Text Line, Inc. is seeking a Major Gifts Officer to build and manage a donor portfolio, working closely with the board and senior leaders. You will shape engagement, cultivation, and stewardship strategies to grow our major gifts program.

In this remote US role, you will identify prospects, lead donor meetings, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to communicate impact and funding priorities. Salary ranges apply with full benefits, based on location and experience.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience independently managing a portfolio of donors and guiding people from first conversation through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Comfort making the ask, and following up on both cold and warm leads.
• Build trusting relationships with major donors, board members, senior leaders, and outside partners, listening closely and adapting to what each donor cares about.
• Represent Crisis Text Line with confidence and credibility, leading conversations and meetings with donors, board members, and senior leaders.
• Communicate clearly in writing and in person, and collaborate across teams and functions.
• Stay organized across many donor relationships and shifting priorities, and track your work in a CRM or donor database.
• Protect confidential donor information, work independently, and make decisions when processes are still being built.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospective donors, with individualized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans.
• Build and maintain authentic relationships with high-net-worth individuals, board members, community leaders, and other key stakeholders.
• Partner with board members and organizational leadership to identify prospects, strengthen relationships, and create opportunities for engagement.
• Find new prospects through research, relationship mapping, referrals, board connections, and following up on cold and warm leads.
• Lead donor meetings and conversations, and conduct regular outreach including calls, events, and personalized communications.
• Prepare donor briefings, proposals, meeting materials, and other cultivation and solicitation materials.
• Track donor activity, next steps, and relationship history in the CRM, and keep stewardship consistent and thoughtful.
• Lead and mentor team members, helping them grow their skills and their donor relationships.
• Collaborate across Development, Marketing and Communications, and other teams to support donor events, share our impact and funding priorities, and keep donor work connected to the rest of the organization.
• Help build a sustainable major gifts program by setting up processes and strategy as it grows, and take initiative in an evolving environment.

Skills

Donor portfolio mgmt

Solicitation skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Organization

Discretion

Job description

Crisis Text Line, Inc. is seeking a Major Gifts Officer to build and manage a donor portfolio, working closely with the board and senior leaders. You will shape engagement, cultivation, and stewardship strategies to grow our major gifts program.

In this remote US role, you will identify prospects, lead donor meetings, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to communicate impact and funding priorities. Salary ranges apply with full benefits, based on location and experience.