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JETecnology Solutions

Marketing Prospect Intern

Apopka, FL · On-site

$13.25 - $17.50/hr

Research government contract opportunities, industry events, and emerging market sectors. Assist ... Maintain accurate and organized customer and prospect records within HubSpot, Salesforce, or ...

drphillips

$500K/yr

Conduct strategic prospect research using funding tools and resources to align opportunities with ... Review Grant Agreements and Contracts, as well as verify grant compliance by working with finance ...

Prospect Capital

Paralegal

Manhattan, NY · Hybrid

$75K - $110K/yr

Prospect has a long-term, value-oriented approach that employs fundamental bottoms-up research to ... Contract & Document Management * Review, edit, and maintain various contracts and legal documents ...

Prospect Capital

Paralegal

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$75K - $110K/yr

Prospect has a long-term, value-oriented approach that employs fundamental bottoms-up research to ... Contract & Document Management * Review, edit, and maintain various contracts and legal documents ...

Global Payments

Proposal Manager

Cincinnati, OH · Hybrid

... prospect research, preliminary call activities, Request for Proposal (RFP), presentations, prospect visit management, prospect meetings, and/or contracts. Serves as a liaison to develop combined ...

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How much do contract prospect researcher jobs pay per year?

As of May 31, 2026, the average yearly pay for contract prospect researcher in the United States is $113,102.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $67,000.00 and $154,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Contract Prospect Researcher, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Contract Prospect Researcher, you need strong analytical abilities, attention to detail, and experience in data gathering and analysis, usually backed by a degree in a relevant field such as business, nonprofit management, or research. Familiarity with prospect research tools like DonorSearch, LexisNexis, and fundraising databases such as Raiser's Edge is typically required. Strong written communication, discretion, and initiative help you stand out when interpreting findings and supporting fundraising teams. These skills and qualities are essential to accurately identify and evaluate potential donors, enabling organizations to focus their outreach and maximize fundraising efforts.

What are the typical challenges faced by a Contract Prospect Researcher when working remotely with multiple clients?

Contract Prospect Researchers often juggle varying expectations, data systems, and communication styles when working with several organizations simultaneously. Maintaining clear boundaries and consistent workflows can be challenging, especially as each client may have different research priorities and reporting formats. Strong organizational skills, proactive communication, and adaptability are key to managing competing deadlines and ensuring high-quality deliverables for each client. Regular check-ins and transparent progress updates can help foster trust and streamline collaboration with fundraising teams.

What are contract prospect researchers?

Contract prospect researchers are professionals who are hired on a freelance or temporary basis to help organizations identify and evaluate potential donors, clients, or business opportunities. They conduct in-depth research using public records, databases, and other resources to gather information about prospects’ backgrounds, giving capacity, interests, and connections. Organizations often engage contract prospect researchers to supplement their internal fundraising or business development teams, especially for specific campaigns or projects. Their work is crucial for building targeted outreach strategies and maximizing fundraising or sales efforts.

What is the difference between Contract Prospect Researcher vs Contract Fundraiser?

AspectContract Prospect ResearcherContract Fundraiser
CredentialsBachelor's degree, research skillsBachelor's degree, fundraising experience
Work EnvironmentResearch-focused, data analysisDonor engagement, event planning
Industry UsageNonprofits, charities, educational institutionsNonprofits, political campaigns
Primary RoleIdentify potential donors or clientsSecure funding through donations

While both roles are vital in nonprofit settings, a Contract Prospect Researcher primarily focuses on identifying potential donors through research, whereas a Contract Fundraiser actively engages with donors to secure funding. Understanding these distinctions helps organizations assign the right talent for their needs.

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Associate Director, Advancement Research & Prospect Management

WSU -

Dayton, OH

$60K/yr

Other

Posted 10 days ago

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Position Information (Default Section)
EEO Statement
Wright State University is an equal opportunity employer.
Faculty Rank or Job Title Associate Director, Advancement Research & Prospect Management Job Category: Administrative (exempt/non-exempt) Department University Development EEO number: 26P275 Position FTE
100%
Minimum Annual Salary $60,000 Salary Band: UC S05 Job Summary/Basic Function:
The Associate Director of Prospect Research is responsible for researching, discovering and qualifying potential major and leadership gift prospects to support the University's fundraising priorities. This position manages prospect research projects, prepares actionable donor intelligence, provides data modeling and predictive forecasting, and partners with advancement staff to ensure a healthy, evolving donor pipeline. Reporting to the Director of Advancement Research & Prospect Management, the Associate Director supervises student researchers and collaborates closely with both the Advancement Records Specialist to ensure a robust database, and with the Manager of Advancement Analytics to integrate qualitative research with quantitative data in order to inform donor engagement strategy and fundraising decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • At least four years of prospect research experience in a non-profit setting (preferably academic), or a combination of research and fundraising experience involving regular collaboration with a prospect research team on projects; however, a minimum of six years experience in library, market research or related field may be considered.
  • Familiarity with CRMs (e.g. Ellucian's Banner, Salesforce, Blackbaud, etc.), data visualization platforms, wealth screening services and research tools.
  • Familiarity with data querying, mining, and reporting.
  • Excellent quantitative analysis skills, attention to detail and the ability to think strategically.
  • Ability to use technology to gather, interpret, organize and present data.
  • Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office software (particularly Excel) and the products commonly used in fund-raising research (such as Lexis-Nexis).
  • Familiarity with implementing proactive prospecting methodologies, understanding wealth indicators, and calculating donor gift capacity.
  • General knowledge of fundraising culture and fundraising terms, including donor types, prospect stages and gift vehicles.
  • Must be able to work independently with very little supervision & exercise independent judgment and initiative, often under strict deadlines.
  • Demonstrated project and time management skills.
  • Demonstrated record of initiative, team collaboration, complex problem solving, and adaptability.
  • Excellent written and interpersonal skills, with experience facilitating meetings, leading project teams, giving presentations, training colleagues, and forming productive partnerships with internal and external constituencies.
  • High motivation and creativity.
  • Commitment to professional ethics, donor confidentiality and customer service.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Library Science, Marketing, Statistics, Journalism or related field.
  • Proficiency in implementing proactive prospecting methodologies, understanding wealth indicators, and calculating donor gift capacity.
  • Major fund-raising campaign experience.
  • Familiarity with the Banner database system and querying & reporting using Cognos; or proficiency with data querying, mining, and reporting.
  • Knowledge of Wright State's mission and programs, and familiarity with Dayton-area businesses, VIPs, and philanthropic community.Supervisory experience.
Essential Functions and percent of time:
50% Research & Prospect Management:
  • Conduct in-depth research on individuals, corporations, and foundations to evaluate giving capacity, philanthropic interests, and potential alignment with university priorities.
  • Prepare detailed prospect profiles, briefing materials, and biographical notes for gift officers and university leadership to capture biographic, wealth and philanthropic interest information, focusing on the needs of each college. Ensure all information is updated in a timely and efficient manner in the CRM system.
  • Using careful and independent judgement, proactively seek new major gift ($25,000+) and high-level annual gift prospects through data mining techniques, push technology and demographic searches.
  • Collaborate with the ARPM team to validate, rate and prioritize prospects through combined qualitative and quantitative approaches.
  • Partner with the Director of Advancement Research & Prospect Management to lead additional proactive prospect identification efforts, including relationship mapping, event attendee analysis, and internal/external database screenings/scorings. May be responsible for selecting & negotiating contracts with vendors when ARPM outsources an electronic screening or other project related to wealth/propensity scoring, data mining or appending (typically these contracts would be in the $25,000-$150,000 range; and will assist with interpreting & processing the results.
  • Partner with gift officers to support prospect strategy development, conduct portfolio reviews, and track cultivation & proposal progress.
Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd):
25% Predictive and Descriptive Data/Statistical Analysis:
Cross-train with the Manager of Advancement Analytics and the Director of Advancement Research to assist with performing many of the duties outlined below:
  • Build donor models to facilitate and improve prospect identification and characterization.
  • Create detailed statistical views of staff, fundraising & proposal activity to identify strengths/success rates and opportunities.
  • Provide predictive analysis on possible courses of action under consideration and recommend overall strategic actions that may not yet be under consideration.
  • Perform complex and high quality data analysis and present data related to the fundraising activities and constituent bases of WSU, as well as general philanthropic and economic trends, through a combination of presentations and written & graphical reports.
  • Provide leadership for all division-initiated alumni & donor surveys.
  • Work with Annual Giving and Alumni Relations to improve effectiveness of mass fundraising activities, such as Wright Day to Give and the Campus Scholarship & Innovation Campaign, through the refinement of calling segments/appeals, tracking & reporting.
  • Apply solid problem-solving skills, initiate and manage other projects related to the analysis of internal data, including possible new standards for tracking extraneous external data and working with shadow databases.

25% Supervision of student Development Aide(s) and OTHER DUTIES:
  • Hire, train, and supervise student researcher(s) in ethical research practices and data quality standards and supervise selected student projects, including mass database updates (donor/board list coding, event attendees, special demographic updates and exclusion codes generated out of the phonathon program); the associate director will be involved in generating the reports necessary to provide the students with this information and will be responsible for staying informed on constituent involvement with the University so that it can be tracked within the CRM.
  • Provide various services to WSU's colleges and departments, including recommending invitees for campus events, nominees for awards and advisory/committee positions, serving on internal scholarship committee(s), and facilitating meetings with internal and external staff.
  • Assume director's responsibilities in his/her absence & assist director in establishing research-related policies, procedures and standards.
  • Assist with training professional staff as needed on database use, prospect tracking, and research techniques.
  • Monitor industry trends, tools, and methodologies to improve research effectiveness; Identify data clean-up & maintenance issues and recommend value-added solutions. This includes being actively involved with any future database conversions.
  • Serve as a Wright State representative to professional associations such as the Ohio Prospect Research Network, Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, or the Association of Fundraising Professionals, either as a board member, speaker, or paying member.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Non-Essential Functions and percent of time: Working Conditions
  • Must be comfortable using a MAC laptop computer.
  • Must be willing to work remotely as needed and be willing to travel for research, training, and professional development.
  • To preserve the safety and security of the campus community and to maintain the integrity of university operations, it is the policy of Wright State University making an employment offer contingent on various background checks, such as a criminal record, credit history when job related and/or education verifications. Additionally, an administrative review shall be conducted whenever the university learns that an employee is charged with or convicted of a crime (except for minor vehicle violations). Frequently asked questions related to background checks may be found on the Human resources website at http://www.wright.edu/human-resources.
  • Effective July 1, 2017, per Policy 7230 Wright State University is tobacco-free. Tobacco use, including the sale, advertising sampling and distribution of tobacco products and tobacco related items is prohibited in all university facilities, on all university owned or leased grounds, university owned or operated residence halls and apartments, and at all university sponsored events regardless of location. Tobacco use is also prohibited in all university vehicles or on any equipment owned, leased or operated by Wright State University. This policy applies to anyone on campus including students, faculty, staff, visitors, consultants, vendors, patients, volunteers, and contractor employees.
Special Instructions to Applicants Posting Date 05/21/2026 First Consideration Date: 06/01/2026 Closing Date Open Until Filled Yes

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