Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Develop, implement and lead regional efforts for an annual giving program for the Foundation, with a focus on first time donors, renewing and upgrading of existing donors, as well as increasing the overall participation rate of individual gifts $1000-$9999.
· Collaborate with Vice President of Philanthropy to establish region’s annual fund goals.
· Plan and execute steps for donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship for donors giving unrestricted gifts.
· Work collaboratively to maintain a strong stewardship strategy for portfolio donors.
· Maintain contact with key annual giving donors, ensuring the implementation of a strategic cycle of requests that are sensitized to the needs and preferences of donors and prospects.
· Support region’s other fundraising activities, including Life Story 5K/10K, monthly donors, and employee giving.
· Contribute to prospect research activities; Manage assigned prospects/programs with the objective of identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and prospects with the capacity to make a financial commitment to the annual fund.
· Work closely with Foundation communications to develop marketing collateral and manage consistent solicitation messaging to donors and prospects that aligns with donor-specific stewardship plans to drive engagement, conversion and retention.
· Produce regular fundraising reports to track funding to date and where fundraising adjustments need to be made.
· Ensure accurate, timely action entry and reporting in database.