Development Research Associate

About the role

The Development Research Associate plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s fundraising efforts by providing insightful, accurate, and strategic research on donors and prospects. This position analyzes donor data, identifies giving trends, evaluates donor capacity, and ensures the accuracy of all constituent information. The analyst provides essential intelligence that strengthens donor cultivation, stewardship, major gift solicitation, and overall fundraising strategy.

Responsibilities

• Conducts detailed constituent research on individuals, corporations, and foundations to support the development staff in their efforts to increase donor participation, enhance donor cultivation and stewardship, create and manage solicitation strategies, develop strategic plans for major gifts initiatives, and improve the accuracy of all donor information maintained by the organization.
• Completes the required research to ensure the accuracy and availability of personal, philanthropic, and professional information related to the strategic cultivation and solicitation of prospective individual