What are the responsibilities and job description for the Philanthropic Specialist – Major Gifts (West Coast) position at PETA?
Description
Position Objective :
In collaboration with the Director of Individual Giving and the Major Gifts team, the Philanthropic Specialist for Major Gifts is responsible for reaching fundraising goals by engaging, retaining, and increasing gift-giving from the PETA Foundation’s Vanguard Society donors
Primary Responsibilities and Duties :
- Oversee an engaged portfolio of 150 qualified high-net-worth PETA donors
- Proactively lead each step of the donor pipeline for portfolio members, including qualification; cultivation; request for support; prompt follow-up, stewardship, and recognition
- Develop and execute individual engagement plans for each donor in the portfolio, including finding ways to engage, inform, and activate donors meaningfully
- Solicit major financial donations and legacy giving plans to PETA from targeted donors
- Conduct personal in-person and virtual visits with major donors and prospects, scheduling a minimum of 10 significant visits monthly for research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
- Manage a group of prospective donors and follow the Veritus qualification process to qualify new donors into the portfolio regularly
- Identify, research, and write appropriate "cases for giving" for targeted PETA donors
- Create and implement a personalized annual communications plan for every assigned donor
- Work with key PETA staff to bring donors deeper into the folds of PETA’s work
- Participate in PETA donor cultivation and fundraising events
- Document pertinent information (meetings, correspondence, notes, research) to enhance and develop PETA donor profiles for PETA's major gifts database
- Stay up to date on current fundraising techniques and methods used in the nonprofit sector and attend professional training seminars in both major and legacy gifts
- Perform any other duties requested by the supervisor
Requirements
The salary range for this position is $47, - $69, annually. The ultimate salary within this range that will be offered to a qualified candidate will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and the cost of living in the area in which the candidate will live and work.
A list of benefits available to qualified employees is available .
Application Deadline :
Applications for this position will be accepted until March 14, 2025.
We may fill this job opening before the deadline if we find a qualified candidate.
Salary : $47 - $69
