Major Gifts Associate Salary in Bridgeport, CT

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As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Major Gifts Associate in Bridgeport, CT is $76,184. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $67,589 to $86,815, with most professionals earning between $59,764 and $96,495.

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Performs other development-related tasks as necessary and partners with the director, team, and department on special projects as needed.

August 23, 2022

Participate in Advancement staff meetings, prospect strategy sessions, and other relevant meetings on an as-needed basis.

October 02, 2022

Works collaboratively with Northwestern Medicine (NM) partners as well as with NU Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) colleagues on cross-school initiatives.

December 09, 2022

Assist with meeting preparation and follow up, including making travel arrangements, coordinating with participants and/or assistants to schedule meetings, drafting correspondence and briefings, proofreading and editing letters and reports, preparing and distributing agendas and handouts, making room reservations, and arranging catering.

April 02, 2023

Demonstrated experience interacting with key university constituents, alumni, and donors as well as with university administrators, deans, faculty, and staff in providing good client and customer service.

April 20, 2023

Provides leadership, determines and evaluates individual goals, develops and implements training and mentoring, and assigns and monitors coverage of primary areas of focus ensuring that goals and objectives are attained.

April 20, 2023

Manages responses to inquiries received as a result of newsletters and marketing materials, including mailing follow-up materials and making follow-up visits to prospective donors as appropriate.

April 21, 2023

Develops and executes strategies to involve campus leaders, alumni, friends, grateful patients and volunteers to identify and cultivate new individual, corporate, institutional and/or foundation prospects.

April 23, 2023

Build strong relationships with JALC Education, Concerts & Touring, and Brand, Sales and Marketing colleagues to understand their work and funding priorities to effectively communicate with donors about those projects and solicit and steward restricted major gifts.

April 29, 2023

Creates and leads a coordinated program of fundraising activities designed to increase the number and level of major and/or principal gifts donors.

May 19, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Major Gifts Associate in Bridgeport, CT

Average Base Salary

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67589

86815

76184

Average Total Cash Compensation

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67782

87025

76361

What is the average salary for Major Gifts Associate in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Major Gifts Associate in Bridgeport, CT. The base salary for Major Gifts Associate ranges from $67,589 to $86,815 with the average base salary of $76,184. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $67,782 to $87,025 with the average total cash compensation of $76,361.

View Average Salary for Major Gifts Associate as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$76,184	$67,589 - $86,815
Bonus	$177	$193 - $210
Total Pay	$76,361	$67,782 - $87,025

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Major Gifts Associate Salary Near Bridgeport, CT

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Fairfield, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,768 - $87,045	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Stratford, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,768 - $87,045	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Norwalk, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,649 - $88,176	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Danbury, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $66,227 - $85,065	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Milford, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,768 - $87,045	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT
CITY, STATE Stamford, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,649 - $88,176	COMPARE TO Bridgeport, CT

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About Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is a historic seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is in Fairfield County, at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, 60 miles from Manhattan and 40 miles from The Bronx. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east. As of 2017, Bridgeport had an estimated population of 146,579, which made it the largest city in Connecticut and the fifth-most populous in New England. The Greater Bridgeport area is the 48th-largest urban area in the United States. The showman P. T. Barnum was a resident of the cit...

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