DRG Job Board

The Leadership Annual Giving Officer manages and grows a portfolio of donors and prospects capable of making annual gifts between $1,000 and $49,999. This role is responsible for building meaningful donor relationships, increasing giving levels, and creating a strong pipeline for future major and principal gift fundraising.

The position blends personalized outreach, strategic solicitation, and donor engagement, and serves as a critical bridge between broad-based annual giving and major gift fundraising. The Gift Officer uses data, relationship-building, and coordinated engagement strategies to retain, upgrade, and move donors toward deeper philanthropic commitment.

The Director of Development is a frontline fundraiser responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects capable of commitments of $100,000+. Directors manage a portfolio of prospects and support the university’s fundraising priorities across all academic units. Directors are assigned based on institutional priorities and will have primary fundraising responsibility for one or more academic units.

The Managing Director, Development, serves as the senior frontline fundraising leader for all academic units across the university—including professional programs and STEM-based colleges and institutes. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Development, the Managing Director oversees a team of frontline fundraisers and manages a select major/principal-gift portfolio of 50–75 high-capacity prospects. The role supports fundraising strategy, drives campaign execution, and ensures strong alignment between academic priorities and donor interests. The Managing Director leads a unified frontline team to ensure consistent standards and coordinated strategies across units. The Managing Director partners closely with the planned giving team and plays a critical role in building and mentoring a next-generation frontline team during an upcoming hiring expansion. This position is pivotal to pipeline growth, portfolio performance, and the success of the university’s public-phase comprehensive campaign.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship, the Associate Director of Stewardship develops and manages programs and practices that acknowledge donors and demonstrate the impact of donors at Illinois Institute of Technology. The Associate Director advocates for donor intent and interests while ensuring donors are acknowledged, informed, and connected to the mission.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director, Donor Relations, you will develop compelling donor communications and support gift officers through persuasive, well-crafted messaging for proposals, stewardship reports, and other materials that build and further relationships with the Foundation’s donors.

As the Assistant Director, Donor Relations, you will partner with gift officers and faculty to translate clinical and research priorities into clear, donor-ready proposals, vision documents, stewardship reports, and other donor communications.

Hybrid Position – the candidate will work an average of eight (8) days per month in our Palo Alto, CA office; the successful candidate will be based in the Bay Area.

The Managing Editor, Donor Communications brings leadership and development writing expertise to enhance the donor journey of Earthjustice supporters at all levels of giving.
The Managing Editor will focus on quality assurance of Donor Communications collateral. They will own projects to produce foundational fundraising collateral in the form of reports, proposal templates, cultivation decks, and other assets. They will closely review Development writers’ drafts for accuracy, brand alignment, organizational messaging, and persuasive storytelling.

Partnering with peers in the Communications department, the Managing Editor will align messaging across teams and support the Donor Communications team in articulating our organizational vision for donor audiences.

The Managing Editor will directly supervise three Development writers and provide writing coaching and training to the broader Donor Communications team, made up of six individual contributors, two managers, and a Senior Associate Director.

Effective donor stewardship is an essential element of successful fundraising. As a vital component of the fundraising team, the Director of Donor Stewardship is responsible for providing university-wide leadership for donor stewardship, recognition, and engagement activities that support fundraising priorities across annual, major, and principal gift programs. The position exercises independent professional judgment in the development, coordination, and execution of donor engagement strategies and serves as a strategic partner and advisor to fundraising staff and campus leadership in the retention and growth of donors in order to maximize fundraising success.

The role ensures donor engagement and stewardship activities are aligned with institutional priorities, campaign strategy, and donor intent throughout the fundraising lifecycle.

This is a pivotal moment for The Trail Conservancy (TTC). With a strong brand, an engaged community, and a proven fundraising program in place, TTC is poised for its next phase of growth and impact. The Chief Development Officer (CDO) is a key member of the executive leadership team, playing a central role in organizational decision-making and ensuring alignment between fundraising strategy and TTC’s mission.

The CDO leads an established Development team—comprised of a Development Director (Operations Funding), Development Manager (Memberships), and Grants Manager— responsible for raising TTC’s $4.5 million annual operating budget and advancing a dynamic pipeline of capital projects. These multi-year projects range from approximately $150,000 to $15 million and directly enhance the Trail and surrounding public spaces.

This role offers a rare opportunity to step into a mature, high-functioning development program and help shape what comes next. The CDO will build on existing success while setting strategy for the future—leading both operating and capital fundraising at scale, partnering closely with an engaged Board, and working alongside a collaborative executive team and a CEO who values trust, strategic thinking, and thoughtful stewardship.

As the Associate Director, Principal Gifts Communications, you will partner closely with Principal Gift Officers and faculty to translate their research ideas into compelling philanthropic communications including proposals, case statements, vision documents, impact reports, talking points for faculty and leaders, stewardship letters, and other communications.

The Assistant Director, Alumnae Relations 1(AD1) supports the goals of the Alumnae Relations department which include maximizing the involvement of all Mount alumnae, increasing financial support of the University, and strengthening the linkages among alumnae, students, staff and faculty. As part of this effort, the Assistant Director (AD1) supports the planning and implementation of strategic programming, volunteer opportunities, and communication for the University's 26,000+ alumnae. The Assistant Director (AD1) will also support the department's goal of building a culture of philanthropy among the Mount community by overseeing affinity groups, reunion committees, and the Golden Grads. The Assistant Director (AD1) supports other philanthropic initiatives as assigned.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, the Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship is responsible for leading the effective education, cultivation, acknowledgement, recognition, and stewardship of St. Albans School’s annual, major, planned giving and Campaign donors and prospective donors. This is a
full-time, twelve-month position.

Based in New York City, Mid-Level Giving Officer I qualifies, solicits, stewards, and cultivates, individuals, couples, and families who partner financially with Earthjustice. This position will manage a regional portfolio of 150-250 Mid-Level giving donors, called Justice Partners.

Justice Partners, donors who give $1,000 - $35,000 annually to Earthjustice, are passionate and engaged supporters of Earthjustice’s mission. This position will coordinate donor outreach by phone, video calls, and email to determine their interest in two-way engagement, inclination and capacity to make a major or planned gift, programmatic and philanthropic priorities, and manage their relationship with the organization. The Officer will be responsible for an eventual direct solicitation goal of $500,000 per year. Meeting this fundraising goal includes upgrades to major gifts. Some travel will be required to attend Justice Partners events, donor meetings, and other engagement opportunities, as well as professional and/or organizational meetings, trainings, and conferences.

The Mid-Level Giving Officer I builds constructive and effective relationships within the development team and across the organization and contributes to the overall positive working environment. This position reports to the Deputy Director, Outreach and Membership Services.