About 50CAN
50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now is a nonprofit organization that works at the local level to advocate for a high-quality education for all kids, regardless of their address. Our network operates campaigns in Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee and is led by CEO & founder Marc Porter Magee.
About the Job
As part of 50CAN’s national Growth team, the individual giving manager will be charged with developing and strengthening the strategies, tools and systems that will bolster 50CAN’s state-level individual and political fundraising efforts. This position reports to the development director.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strengthen prospect pipeline for individual donors across 50CAN’s states by proactively and efficiently uncovering and qualifying new leads
- Review and analyze the individual donor landscape across existing and new sites; uncover ways to utilize existing board members and key champions to determine points of connection
- Serve as Team Growth’s resident expert on political giving. This includes research of political giving histories, development of integrated funding requests and establishment of processes and systems for tracking giving and fundraising data
- Provide expert analysis on capacity to give and likelihood of converting prospects to donors, driving toward internal revenue, donor retention and diversification goals
- Consistently monitor existing donors, building understanding of individual priorities and potential for upgraded gifts, and planning regular, personalized touch points throughout the year
- In partnership with the vice president of growth and director of development, provide state executive directors and fellows with strategic guidance related to cultivating, pitching, renewing and upgrading individual prospects and donors
- Create customized branded materials for meetings with individual donors/prospects and for events (PowerPoint presentations, one-pagers, brochures, etc.)
- Plan and execute state level online fundraising appeals throughout the year, seeking to significantly increase the number of small individual gifts received annually
- Partner with development associate to track movement of individual donors through cultivation stages and to ensure timely renewals/upgrades from existing individual and political donors
Key Skills, Abilities and Experience:
Required:
- At least four years experience in fundraising with at least three of those years in a role focused on individual and political fundraising
- Expertise with individual prospect research and demonstrated research outcomes
- Experience cultivating donors and/or providing high level strategic support to executives on individual fundraising/major gifts; commitment to a relationship fundraising ethos
- Supremely organized; systems-thinker; exhaustive and unwavering attention to detail
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Ability to lead with confidence and humility
- Sense of humor, “roll-up-my-sleeves” attitude and willingness to do “whatever it takes”
- Commitment to 50CAN’s mission
Preferred:
- Understanding of major issues in education policy and ability to talk and write about advocacy
- Experience with political campaigns, electoral work and/or political giving
Position is based in Washington D.C. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. 50CAN offers a comprehensive benefits package. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to recruitment@50can.org with the subject line “Application: Individual Giving Manager.”
50CAN is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.