Major Gifts Manager jobs in Denver, CO

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Manage Donor Portfolio: You are responsible for managing a portfolio of donors, strategically spending your time focused on renewals and new gifts from donors with the potential to give a major gift. You engage in direct solicitation work as well as behind-the-scenes research and preparation that enables effective fundraising. Included in your responsibilities, you will:

• Manage an active portfolio of 40 – 50 prospective major donors (capacity for $25,000 and more annually) spending 60% of time on moving these prospects toward a major gift including:
  • Developing and implementing a well-defined donor cultivation and solicitation strategy for restricted and annual gifts. Also, look for opportunities to solicit support for C4 and planned gifts as appropriate.
  • Orchestrate and/or participate in face-to-face solicitations with current and potential major donors by scheduling visits with CEO, senior Development, and program staff, and/or key volunteers.
• Steward a portfolio of 10 – 20 major donors (10% of your time).
• Qualify potential prospective donors through an established qualification system (20% of your time)
• Work with prospect research staff to broaden base of potential supporters and coordinate with development staff in the cultivation, identification, and upgrade of donors.

Contribute to the Team: You’re an active member and contributor to the Development team, bringing your skills and capacity to collective efforts where you can have impact. Your willingness to collaborate makes you an essential member of the team’s success. You will:

• Act as a donor cultivation and solicitation strategy partner with other fundraising staff.
• Support the Board of Trustees with regards to their development work.
• Work as a Development team member to meet fiscal year fundraising goals, create and adhere to the strategic plan and annual budget.
• Support the team environment with ideas and skills as required by team direction including but not limited to editing/proofing and writing of other written materials as appropriate.
• Support agency wide objectives through, but not limited to attending PPRM, PPRMAF, and external events, and by participating in task forces and committees.