Director of Philanthropy
Summary
Leads fundraising efforts for a food bank, managing a team to cultivate major donors, plan campaigns, and track performance using Salesforce.
General Description:
This position leads and oversees a major portion of the Food Bank’s fundraising effort. The primary objective is to lead the Philanthropy Team in effectively planning, developing, and implementing a fundraising plan for major donors (ind, corps, orgs) including, but not limited to, the identification, cultivation, solicitation, recognition, and tracking of such donors. The Director of Philanthropy oversees several staff members.
Essential Functions:
- Prepare and execute a comprehensive fundraising plan to engage major donors that meets planned expectations and goals of the organization, as determined by the CEO and CDO.
- Working closely with the CDO to design and implement a strategic vision for SAFB to identify, solicit and cultivate relationships with major donors.
- Lead the strategic oversight, philanthropy goals setting and management of the SAFB philanthropy department including new and established portfolios, signature events, third party events, seasonal fundraising campaigns, food and fund drives.
- Lead/Assist in the preparation of written materials, including correspondence, solicitation materials, acknowledgements, and regular communications for major gifts donors.
- Lead, motivate, and develop a high functioning team; hire, train, mentor, supervise, and evaluate staff of Philanthropy Managers, Special Events Manager, Food and Fund Drive Coordinator, and Interfaith Engagement Manager.
- Monitor and report key metrics, generate reports, and make recommendations to enhance philanthropy performance.
- Manage the philanthropy team in the use of Salesforce daily.
- Collaborate with the Development teams to staff donor events, meet and greet with major giving donors and prospects.
- Serve as liaison to donors, prospects, and partners, including representing Food Bank at national, regional, and local meetings as well as engage in face-to-face tours and presentations.
- Build strong internal cross-departmental relationships across the Food Bank.
- Advocate internally for policies and procedures that enhance donor experience.
- Comply with all policies and guidelines and accept additional duties as assigned by the CDO.