DRG Job Board

The Associate Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship serves as a strategic leader and storyteller within the University Advancement Marketing and Communications team. Charged with advancing a culture of gratitude and philanthropic impact, this role designs and implements comprehensive stewardship communications, donor recognition strategies, and data-driven engagement initiatives that strengthen donor relationships across all levels of giving.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Donor Relations, the role is responsible for overseeing annual donor reporting focused on endowment and scholarship impact, providing support for the management of donor recognition programs, and ensuring effective systems for tracking and evaluating stewardship efforts. This role partners closely with colleagues in Financial Aid, Advancement Services and the Treasurer’s Office to ensure a coordinated, personalized, and mission-driven approach to donor engagement.

This position is responsible for securing major gifts to support the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), with a focus on the College of Health, Science and Technology and other assigned units. The role involves managing a portfolio of up to 125 major gift prospects (with a giving potential of $25,000 or more), and conducting at least 15 donor visits or significant contacts each month. Key responsibilities include identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors; leading fundraising strategies and campaigns; coordinating closely with UIS leadership, deans, and unit directors; and maintaining accurate records in the fundraising database. The role requires regional travel and participation in donor events and campus visits.

The Division of University Advancement is looking for a seasoned donor relations professional with proven leadership experience as we prepare to enter our next campaign. The Director will be responsible for auditing, analyzing, implementing, and continuously improving the donor relations and stewardship functions of the Division of University Advancement. This includes the Four Pillars of Donor Relations: Stewardship, Acknowledgment, Recognition, and Engagement.

As the Implementations Lead, you’ll be responsible for leading the onboarding and configuration of new customers on the Awarded platform. This role combines project management, data analysis, customer success, and some technical implementation. You’ll work closely with university administrators in financial aid, advancement, IT, and enrollment, helping translate their goals into a successful product rollout.

This is a hands-on role for someone who’s equal parts builder and communicator — a self-starter who’s energized by problem-solving and process improvement.

Reporting to the senior director of development, the director of donor engagement will play a critical role in supporting CDP’s mission and donors. This is a key leadership role at CDP, responsible for cultivating and stewarding relationships with current and prospective donors, ensuring a best-in-class donor experience.

This position focuses on building strong, long-term relationships through personalized engagement, proactive communication and demonstrating the impact of donor contributions. The director will develop and lead the implementation of comprehensive donor engagement strategies that prioritize attentiveness, recognition and meaningful connections, ultimately increasing philanthropic support for CDP’s mission. We envision this to be different from traditional donor relations or stewardship positions because it has a greater donor-facing component and will help provide concierge-level engagement for major donors.

The Associate Director is an integral member of the Donor Relations & Stewardship team and plays a key role in updating donors on the impact of their philanthropy. This position will oversee and develop a systematic process to manage the data and information needed to successfully steward donors through reports and events. This position will work to build and maintain relationships with donors in servicing our scholarship program. This position will evaluate processes and programs to most effectively steward donors. Participates in stewardship strategy meetings and partners with gift officers and other key stakeholders to create meaningful stewardship. The ideal applicant will be creative, innovative and possess excellent , interpersonal and organizational skills. In addition, the role requires strong project management skills. This position reports directly to the Senior Director Donor Relations & Stewardship and has supervisory responsibilities.

As a member of the Donor Relations team, the Manager of Donor Relations drives the development and management of engaging, stewarding, and recognizing donors to ensure strong relationships that foster continued philanthropic support. The Manager supports the institution-wide comprehensive and integrated stewardship and donor relations program that fosters a culture of appreciation, recognition, accountability, and ongoing engagement of NAU’s donors, thereby strengthening philanthropic support of the university.

The Manager collaborates closely with the Advancement | Foundation development directors and central advancement staff to strategically acknowledge donors at all levels, coordinate scholarship stewardship, and manage funds within colleges and units. The position oversees gift acknowledgements, annual donor reports including endowment reporting, annual giving summaries, and scholarship stewardship, gift agreements, donor communication preference tracking, and division-wide customer service. The position leads the strategy and implementation of the digital stewardship platform, ThankView. The Manager ensures donor relationships are supported with accurate information by implementing and maintaining recordkeeping systems and procedures. The position manages the NAU Foundation Scholarships, Board of Director’s quarterly acknowledgement responsibilities, and supports the logistics and execution of donor appreciation events and activities. NAU is currently in the quiet phase of its comprehensive campaign.

The person in this role will lead the Donor Relations and Stewardship strategy for one of Canada’s leading Universities as they plan their first campaign in over a decade. The ideal person for this role is a ‘do-er’, who likes rolling up their sleeves and executing on the strategy they’ve been instrumental in developing alongside their highly capable team. They are a strong stewardship professional who brings creativity to the strategies they implement.

The idea candidate is a natural collaborator and working in a highly matrixed environment doesn’t intimidate them, rather excites and motivates them. They see the full picture and know what it takes to provide a best-in-class donor experience across faculties and units.

Additionally, representing a vital function ahead of an upcoming campaign currently in the planning phases excites them. Ideally, they have campaign experience and would add value to McMaster’s advancement leadership team to ensure the successful execution of the campaign.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Philanthropic Initiatives and Stewardship and working closely with fundraising professionals in the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR) along with other key campus stakeholders, the Assistant Director is responsible for the management of the donor gift agreement process.

The Assistant Director will manage systems and procedures based on best practices to ensure the successful and timely execution of philanthropic agreements between donors and Caltech. In addition, the Assistant Director is responsible for ensuring the appropriate distribution of confidential agreements to the appropriate campus partner, ensuring it is captured in the main content management system (Advance) and monitoring the use of donor funds in compliance with donor intent as outlined in the agreement and Institute policies.

The Assistant Director will draft gift agreements, secure internal reviews and approvals, and track gift agreements to finalize the contract language before agreements are executed between Caltech and the donor. Donors may include individuals, couples, foundations, corporations, donor advised funds, and other charitable entities. The Assistant Director will also develop and maintain clear and regular systems to report outcomes, to help inform new efficiencies or needs.

The Assistant Director, Donor Relations – Stewardship Systems plays a pivotal role in driving UCF’s donor acknowledgment and recognition strategy. This position is responsible for the execution and continual refinement of a comprehensive stewardship program that honors donor generosity and fosters lifelong engagement. You’ll coordinate across teams to produce thoughtful recognition materials, manage donor society programming, and ensure stewardship efforts are timely, impactful, and data-driven.

The Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Foundation Relations has primary responsibility to raise significant, substantial philanthropic support for UIS' mission and goals. These goals are often aligned with UIS capital or comprehensive campaigns and are implemented through the University's colleges, schools, and other academic and nonacademic units. This representative plans strategies and actively seeks support for the benefit of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). The role's emphasis is on identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of different corporate sponsors and Foundations. The individual is expected to develop and manage a portfolio of different corporate sponsors and foundations as well as collaborate with other units on campus to create strategies for how we engage/ask entities to support UIS in a cohesive manner.

FundMiner is looking for an experienced Head of Sales who can successfully secure high-value customer deals, manage the sales team, and contribute to FundMiner’s overall sales strategy and approach.

FundMiner — a B2B SaaS startup in the fundraising/advancement software space — provides personalized fund management insights and automates complex and traditionally manual processes for fundraising organizations like universities, foundations, and nonprofits.