Verainstituteofjustice
Director, Individual Giving, Development
Brooklyn, New York · Director
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About the role
- Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, with a focus on securing significant gifts, increasing donor retention, and upgrading donors over time
- Prepare and review donor briefings, proposals, solicitation materials, stewardship reports, acknowledgments, and other written materials needed to advance individual giving relationships
- Individual giving strategy and management
Responsibilities
- Manage a personal portfolio of approximately 75 qualified prospects and donors with capacity of $100,000 or more, creating tailored cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans for each relationship
- Maintain accurate and timely donor records, contact reports, next steps, and pipeline information in the organization's CRM
- Develop and lead a comprehensive individual giving strategy that advances donors through the organization's pipeline, from digital and event-based engagement to midlevel, major, and principal giving
- Partner with development leadership, executive leadership, board members, program staff, communications, and finance colleagues to shape compelling cases for support and donor engagement opportunities
- Ensure digital fundraising and donor communications strategies support acquisition, retention, segmentation, personalization, and donor movement across the pipeline
Requirements
- Advanced degree and 12+ years of significant professional experience in individual and major gift fundraising, including managing other fundraising.
- In lieu of degree requirement, applicable work or life experience may be considered.
- Candidates must have ability to close 6 and 7 figure gifts and experience securing gifts from prospects.
- Minimum of 3 years of team management experience
- Proven ability to supervise, coach, and align staff across multiple fundraising functions, including major gifts, midlevel giving, digital fundraising, and events.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree preferred
Skills
- Demonstrated success managing a portfolio of high-capacity prospects and donors, including relationships with seven-figure giving potential.
- Strong understanding of relationship-based fundraising best practices.
- Proficiency with donor databases or CRM systems, reporting tools, and data-informed fundraising practices.
- Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities you'll bring:
Compensation
- The salary range listed is just one component of Vera Institute's total compensation package for employees.
Benefits
- To learn more about Vera's benefits offerings, <a class="Hyperlink SCXW74969698 BCX8" href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/zmgfx/Vera-Benefi
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