Gift Officer

The Gift Officer will identify, qualify, solicit, close and steward major gifts with a focus on high net-worth individuals. Create strategic requests and reports for donors by working with external affairs team staff to integrate into the overall department goals and plans.

Monitor and report relationship management activity using constituent relationship management system including identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospective and current individual, corporate and foundation major donors.

Job Description Summary

Identify, qualify, solicit, close and steward major gifts ($5,000+) with a focus on high net-worth individuals. Create strategic requests and reports for donors by working with external affairs team staff to integrate into the overall department goals and plans.

Essential Job Functions

• Identify, qualify, solicit, close, and steward major and planned gifts from high net-worth individuals as well as gifts from corporations and foundations through visits and other forms of direct personal contact
• Execute moves management approach to the portfolio and a custom strategy for each donor to develop approaches to generate new and higher levels of giving

• Enlist senior management, volunteers, and board members in the cultivation and solicitation of major donors and prospects that integrates into the overall department goals and plans
• Promote and close complex sales such as campaign, endowment, and sponsorship gifts
• Collaborate with the Database Manager, Mid-Level and Major Gift officers, Director of Leadership Gifts, and other staffers to analyze portfolios, strategize upgrades and establish goals for outright and planned giving
• Coordinate cultivation, recognition, and stewardship activities, as needed, with other staff members
• Develop customized communications for donors and supporters to deepen their understanding and support of Freestore Foodbank’s mission
• Meet annual goals for personal visits, solicitation proposals developed and secured, and planned gift asks
• Monitor and report relationship management activity using constituent relationship management system including identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospective and current individual, corporate, and foundation major donors
• Assist in short- and long-range planning activities to support and implement fundraising goals and objectives

Additional Responsibilities

• Independently maintain a schedule to support 150+ relationships
• Represent the organization externally, providing consistent and positive customer service