DRG Job Board

Accountable for effective contribution to the University’s comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program. Accountable for appropriately and consistently promoting interaction with and recognition of donors through timely and suitable stewardship and recognition activities. Responsible for sustaining positive and mutually rewarding relationships between the University and its donors, and partnering with University and advancement colleagues to determine the best strategies for effective stewardship and recognition of donors.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Gift Planning, the Senior Director of Gift Planning will work with the alumni and friends of the university having the greatest potential to leave significant bequests and other deferred gifts and complex outright gifts to the university. Through management of a portfolio of roughly 65-80 prospects and through working closely with college and university program development officers, the Senior Director of Gift Planning will focus on donors having the capacity to make bequests, deferred, and current gifts of $500,000+ in support of endowment, capital projects, and current operations. The University is gearing up for significant opportunity in the years ahead, as the number of prospective planned gift donors is projected to rise significantly. Gift Planning will be a central part of this anticipated growth. This senior role offers the chance to achieve significant professional success at a leading university in a highly regarded college-town atmosphere.

A highly productive individual contributor, the Director of Strategic Communications, Transformational Giving, will use strong persuasive writing skills and messaging expertise to develop and manage various fundraising communications for the Transformational Giving (TG) Team. This position will report to the Senior Director of Strategic Communications and partner closely with the Senior Vice President of Transformational Giving, another Director of Strategic Communications, the Creative Content and Design Specialist (currently hiring), and the entire TG team. The position will be responsible for leading high-priority communications initiatives to drive transformational gifts supporting pediatric research and clinical care.

The Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship leads the strategic development and implementation of a comprehensive donor relations program that fosters meaningful engagement, ensures accountability, and strengthens long-term philanthropic support for the university. This role is responsible for overseeing donor recognition, stewardship reporting, endowment compliance, and impact communications to demonstrate the value and outcomes of donor investments. The Director partners closely with advancement leadership, development officers, academic units, and the university foundation to enhance donor experiences and ensure alignment with institutional priorities.

FGCU is building a culture of curiosity, commitment and collaboration. We value employees who successfully work with others and drive positive change through critical thinking and decisive action. If you thrive in an environment of innovation, accountability and mutual respect, you will find a good home here.

Reporting to the Director of Advancement, the Director of Donor Relations provides the vision and strategic direction for the planning, implementation and management of a comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program that complements and supports the mission of the Office of Advancement.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

- Oversee the Donor Relations & Stewardship Program

- Design, implement and coordinate a comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program to acknowledge, recognize, engage and inspire donors to continue to support the Academy.

- Partner with Leadership Gift Officers and Deerfield Fund team members on donor relations and stewardship strategy for donors at all levels.

- Assist Leadership Gift Officers and the Deerfield Fund team to identify giving opportunities, prepare gift proposals, and develop individual stewardship plans for top donors and prospects.

Reporting to the Director of Advancement, the Director of Family Engagement and Giving serves as a key member of the Advancement team to strengthen the fundraising, communication, and overall relationship between Deerfield families and the Academy.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

- Oversee the Deerfield family giving program, including identifying and securing parent leadership annual gifts at the $25,000 level and above

- Manage the family leadership giving society and portfolio of approximately 100 current family prospects
Plan small donor-focused events on and off campus

- Plan and execute the Senior Parent Campaign for a capital project, meeting the stated goal each year
Identify, recruit, and effectively manage Senior Parent Campaign gift chairs, and act as an Advancement staff liaison to the Deerfield Parent Network

- Collaborate with Research to identify new parent prospects, and work with gift officers on parent fundraising

- Coordinate with the Director of the Deerfield Fund to establish an annual parent Deerfield Fund goal

- Work with the Office of Communications to develop electronic and mail solicitation appeals to families

- Track and report on all prospect activity; update contact and biographical information on a timely basis; submit contact reports with a high degree of accuracy and clarity

- Support and collaborate with Deerfield Parent Network volunteers as they organize and conduct regionally based receptions to welcome new parents

- Participate in leadership gift officer meetings and other fundraising and reunion meetings as appropriate
Participate in and contribute to the success of weekend and evening Advancement activities on and off campus

- Conduct at least 100 face-to-face prospect visits per year and in collaboration with the Director of Advancement, establish and meet annual portfolio dollar and proposal goals

The Development Database Manager is a key member of the Alumni Relations and Development team, providing data expertise and ensuring the accuracy, integrity and security of financial and biographical information in the School’s database. In addition, this role processes gift transactions and develops queries and reports that support the full scope of the department’s work, from departmental leadership to Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Donor Relations and Planned Giving.

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA)*, the private fundraising and alumni relations organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is seeking a Senior Stewardship Specialist / Stewardship Program Manager to support Wisconsin Medicine.

This exempt position reports to the Director of Medical Donor Relations and Stewardship and is a core member of the Wisconsin Medicine Stewardship Team. Key responsibilities include managing strategy and execution of individual and broad based impact communications, overseeing planned giving stewardship to ensure meaningful recognition and engagement, collaborating with the Dean’s Office to support faculty chair, professorship, and fellowship awarding and stewardship best practices, and contributing to the planning and execution of the School’s annual faculty investiture celebration.

The Director of Alumni and Donor Relations provides strategic leadership for a comprehensive, integrated approach to engaging Empire State University's more than 105,000 alumni worldwide, with a strong emphasis on strengthening lifelong relationships that inspire connection, pride, and philanthropic investment.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Advancement, the Director oversees alumni engagement and donor relations as a unified continuum of engagement, recognizing that the university's alumni are its primary advocates, ambassadors, and donors. The role is responsible for designing and executing innovative engagement strategies that reflect SUNY Empire's online-first academic model, distributed alumni population, and diverse learner experiences.

The Director brings a creative, innovative, and strategic mindset, leveraging storytelling, events, communications, and emerging tools and technologies to build scalable, meaningful engagement - both virtually and in person. The role collaborates closely with Advancement communications, special events, and development teams, and supervises the Coordinator of Donor Relations.

The Associate Director of Donor Recognition leads and evolves UConn’s donor recognition and experience strategy, ensuring donors feel deeply valued, connected, and inspired by the impact of their philanthropy. This role shapes and delivers recognition societies, engagement moments, communications, and experiences that strengthen donor relationships across the lifecycle and advance institutional priorities. The Associate Director develops strategic approaches to recognition, translates donor insights into actionable recommendations, and collaborates closely with Foundation colleagues and University partners to deliver consistent, meaningful, and high-quality donor experiences at every level of giving.

The George Washington University Division of University Advancement (UA) seeks a Director, Donor Fund Compliance to develop a donor fund focused spending and compliance program. The Donor Relations team provides a comprehensive, donor-focused program that enriches a donor’s engagement with the university and motivates the involvement and investment of others.

UA is responsible for leading the university’s alumni and fundraising efforts and seeks to promote a culture of philanthropy throughout the university community, including alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, corporations and foundations, patients, and friends. Our goal is to advance GW’s mission of excellence in education, research, scholarship, and patient care. Reporting to the Executive Director, Donor Relations, the Director, Donor Fund Compliance will partner with campus offices around unspent endowment payout for donor-funded endowments and work with gift officers and other university leadership to identify and facilitate solutions to encourage consistent annual spending.

Washington University seeks an advancement professional to join University Advancement in the position of Director of Strategy, School of Public Health. In January 2025, WashU launched the School of Public Health under Dean Sandro Galea’s leadership – the first School established at the University in 100 years. The School, is one of the five pillars of the transformative With You Campaign, publicly launched in 2025, with a goal to pursue solutions to the world’s biggest challenges and make a more promising future for all.

University Advancement strives to advance the institution’s mission by creating a culture of philanthropy among alumni, students, faculty, and friends.

The Director of Strategy will report to the Executive Director for Advancement, School of Public Health and will serve as a subject matter expert on the School of Public Health’s priorities, progress and plans. The Director of Strategy will collaborate with leadership, staff and faculty to articulate philanthropic funding opportunities that are specifically relevant to corporations and foundations. In close partnership and alignment with the corporation and foundation teams (both on the Danforth Campus and School of Medicine), the Director of Strategy will translate these priorities in order to inform identification of corporate and foundation prospects, grant formation and applications, and reporting.