Major Gifts Associate Salary in Buffalo, New York

How much does a Major Gifts Associate make?

As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Major Gifts Associate in Buffalo, NY is $65,085. While Salary.com is seeing that Major Gifts Associate salary in Buffalo, NY can go up to $83,866 or down to $50,983, but most earn between $57,704 and $74,916. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Major Gifts Associate in the United States.

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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 Buffalo, NY

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

57704

74916

65085

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

58004

75219

65330

What is the average salary for Major Gifts Associate in 2024?

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 Buffalo, NY. The base salary for Major Gifts Associate ranges from $57,704 to $74,916 with the average base salary of $65,085. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $58,004 to $75,219 with the average total cash compensation of $65,330.

View Average Salary for Major Gifts Associate as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$65,085	$57,704 - $74,916
Bonus	$244	$301 - $303
Total Pay	$65,330	$58,004 - $75,219

* 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 Buffalo, NY

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Niagara Falls, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $57,841 - $75,095	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Jamestown, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $56,225 - $72,997	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Henrietta, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,522 - $75,979	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Rochester, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,522 - $75,979	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Erie, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $54,836 - $71,193	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY
CITY, STATE Syracuse, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $59,042 - $76,653	COMPARE TO Buffalo, NY

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About Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the U.S. state of New York and the largest city in Western New York. As of July 2016[update], the population was 256,902. The city is the county seat of Erie County and a major gateway for commerce and travel across the Canada–United States border, forming part of the bi-national Buffalo Niagara Region. The Buffalo area was inhabited before the 17th century by the Native American Iroquois tribe and later by French settlers. The city grew significantly in the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of immigration, the construction of the Erie Canal and rail tra...

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