Director of Philanthropic Engagement
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We need to extract content from posting.
Let's parse:
- About Tergar Schools: description of organization. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" heading likely for description of role. The posting includes "Why this role exists", "The opportunity", "What you'll own", "How the work is divided", "Who you are", "How we work together", "Compensation & logistics". We need to map to sections.
We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide what content goes where.
We have details:
- About Tergar Schools: organization description. Could be placed under "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes mission and context. We'll put organization description there.
- Responsibilities: list of duties: fundraising strategy, major-donor portfolio, enabling ED, leading function, board partnership, case for support, etc. Also "How the work is divided" clarifies what you own vs others.
- Requirements: maybe experience: 8+ years frontline development, track record closing five- and six-figure gifts, supervising experience, comfort with CRM, etc.
- Qualifications: maybe education or mission-space fluency is a plus, not required; experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; etc. Could combine with Requirements? But we need separate sections if content exists.
- Skills: maybe "go-getting strategist", ability to build pipeline, translate vision, fluency in US/Asia major-gift philanthropy, comfort in small team, genuine resonance with mission, inspiring communicator, grounded, collaborative, relational, etc.
- Benefits: Flexible working schedule, Unlimited PTO, Health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month.
- Pay: Compensation: $85,000 to $120,000 DOE.
- Schedule: Full-time, remote (ideally US-based). Could be schedule.
We must not include sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include application instructions.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... organization description and role context ...
Responsibilities
- ... items ...
Requirements
- ... items ...
Qualifications
- ... items ...
Skills
- ... items ...
Benefits
- ... items ...
Pay
$85,000 to $120,000 DOE
Schedule
Full-time, remote (ideally US-based)
Check each section for real content.
About the role: we can combine Tergar Schools description and why role exists, opportunity. Provide concise but preserve all substantive info. Must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information; but we can condense? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That suggests we should not omit details. However we need to fit into sections; we can include bullet points to preserve details. But we must not lose any detail. That's tough: we need to keep all details from posting. But we can put them in lists under appropriate sections.
We need to ensure we don't lose any piece: organization description, why role exists, opportunity, what you'll own, how work divided, who you are, how we work together, compensation & logistics.
We can distribute across sections.
Let's extract each piece:
Organization description:
- Tergar Schools is a Buddhist-inspired K–12 education nonprofit building a new model of learning.
- Operate a pilot school in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Constructing a larger campus in the Yolmo valley (~600 students) in the Himalayas.
- Model rests on basic goodness and qualities of awareness, love, compassion, wisdom, joy.
- Job as educators to help them recognize and sustain.
- Long-term aspiration: help form people who are resilient, altruistic, joyful.
Why this role exists:
- Need to build major-donor engine from scratch to cover $600k+ annual recurring operating funding, then scale.
- Significant capital need for constructing secondary campus (Yolmo campus).
- Currently strategy and relationships rest on Executive Director (splits time) and Community Giving & Events Manager (part-time, also social media/communications).
- Not sustainable; need additional capacity.
- Critical position; vision and program taking shape; lacking major philanthropy function that can stand alone.
- This role builds it and owns it.
The opportunity:
- Builder's role: will not inherit mature pipeline, full case for support, or team.
- Will help create those things, then run them.
- Energized by shaping from ground up, small self-directing team with real autonomy.
What you'll own:
- Fundraising strategy: co-create with leadership, realistic path to ≥$600k annual recurring operating funding, credible ramp.
- Ensure Yolmo capital campaign continues smoothly (currently $3.9M in Phase 2, subsequent $10M to come).
- Design revenue mix across donor tiers, major donors, foundation relationships, campaigns; set tier targets, engagement plans, stewardship sequences, major-donor cultivation at center.
- Major-donor portfolio: along with ED, carry and cultivate at minimum 50 major-donor relationships and prospects. Director of Operations and Community Giving & Events Manager each carry smaller set (~10 each) alongside you.
- Own visit targets, solicitation, closing for portfolio, utilizing ED for key prospects — role holds real gift responsibility.
- Own pipeline and moves-management records in CRM (Keela) — keep own portfolio data clean.
- Cultivate foundation relationships that behave like major gifts: principal- and program-officer-driven, relationship-based — not open-application grant cycles.
- Enabling the Executive Director: translate Visionary (Mingyur Rinpoche) and ED's vision into executable fundraising strategy; hear where he's pointing and build structure.
- Structure and make most of donor-facing time: create right meetings, prepare them, follow through.
- Leading the fundraising function: supervise Community Giving & Events Manager and align all staff-run fundraising activity to annual strategy; recommend workflow and staffing refinements where they strengthen execution.
- Board partnership: partner with Board on fundraising, support Board recruitment, retention, engagement.
- Case for support and donor messaging: shape case for support and framing of donor communications so they are clear, honest, aligned with wider Tergar Mandala narrative; guide and shape; staff draft routine copy.
How the work is divided:
- You own fundraising strategy and lead function, and personally carry and (with ED) close major-donor portfolio.
- Others execute: mass donor communications/newsletters (you shape major-donor messaging and case; you don't produce broadcast copy).
- Event logistics: you design cultivation moments and work the room; sometimes you roll up sleeves to run operations, staff tables, or do anything else required.
- CRM administration and data hygiene: you own your own pipeline and moves-management records in Keela; you're not system administrator or bulk-data owner.
- Outside this role: open-application/RFP grant prospecting, writing, reporting (may shift); general administrative, clerical, production work — including social media and graphic design.
Who you are:
- Go-getting strategist, not order-taker; excited by building something and can help construct case while you raise against it — not need finished business plan first.
- Demonstrated record of building major-donor pipeline from cold/thin base; can name donors brought in, timelines, ask sizes, retention; closing ability matters more than polish.
- Can translate founder's vision into strategy and execution, comfortable shaping how senior leaders spend their time.
- Fluency or fast credibility in US and Asia major-gift philanthropy; strong US high-capacity individual networks a plus; European individual-gift networks not priority.
- Comfort in very small, distributed, high-autonomy team (~2.8 FTE, no management layer); self-directing and energized by constraint.
- Genuine resonance with mission; can speak to Basic Goodness and model of learning authentically — not bolted on. Buddhist practice not required.
- Education- or mission-space fluency is a plus, not requirement. Experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; what transfers is major-gift craft and ability to build.
Experience:
- 8+ years progressively responsible frontline development experience, with track record of personally closing five- and six-figure gifts (seven-figure a plus).
- Some experience supervising, coaching, or mentoring — you'll oversee Community Giving & Events Manager and more staff in future.
- Comfort owning pipeline and moves-management records in CRM (we use Keela).
Personal qualities:
- Inspiring communicator who can translate vision into action.
- Grounded, collaborative, highly relational — able to hold complexity with steadiness and clarity.
- Genuine and embodied resonance with contemplative practice and mission. You don't need to be Buddhist or hold meditation practice, but you can speak to value of inner development sincerely and without irony — and help donors feel why this work matters.
How we work together:
- Weekly alignment with ED (Director of Operations / Community Giving & Events Manager as needed)
- Monthly strategy realignment
- Quarterly retrospectives to evaluate progress and refine
- Team values deep, steady, skillful work over speed — across Vermont, Wisconsin, Ireland, Kathmandu, and Minnesota
Compensation & logistics:
- Full-time, remote (ideally US-based)
- Compensation: $85,000 to $120,000 DOE
- Benefits: Flexible working schedule, Unlimited PTO, Health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month
Now we need to map to sections.
We must not repeat job title. Use headings as given.
We need to decide what goes into each section.
Potential mapping:
About the role: organization description + why role exists + opportunity + maybe brief summary of role.
Responsibilities: the bullet list of duties (what you'll own, enabling ED, leading function, board partnership, case for support, etc.) plus maybe how work divided (what you own vs others). Could include both.
Requirements: experience (8+ years, track record closing gifts, supervising experience, CRM comfort). Also maybe "demonstrated record of building major-donor pipeline from cold/thin base" could be requirement.
Qualifications: education/mission-space fluency plus, experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; maybe also "fluency or fast credibility in US and Asia major-gift philanthropy" could be qualification? But that seems skill.
Skills: go-getting strategist, ability to build pipeline, translate vision, fluency in US/Asia major-gift philanthropy, comfort in small team, genuine resonance with mission, inspiring communicator, grounded, collaborative, relational, etc.
Benefits: flexible schedule, unlimited PTO, health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month.
Pay: compensation range.
Schedule: full-time, remote (ideally US-based).
We must ensure we don't omit any substantive info. Let's try to capture all points in appropriate sections, possibly with overlapping but ensure each piece appears somewhere.
We'll create lists for each.
Let's draft.
About the role:
Tergar Schools is a Buddhist-inspired K–12 education nonprofit building a new model
for prose. We need to extract content from posting. Let's parse: - About Tergar Schools: description of organization. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" heading likely for description of role. The posting includes "Why this role exists", "The opportunity", "What you'll own", "How the work is divided", "Who you are", "How we work together", "Compensation & logistics". We need to map to sections. We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. We have details: - About Tergar Schools: organization description. Could be placed under "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes mission and context. We'll put organization description there. - Responsibilities: list of duties: fundraising strategy, major-donor portfolio, enabling ED, leading function, board partnership, case for support, etc. Also "How the work is divided" clarifies what you own vs others. - Requirements: maybe experience: 8+ years frontline development, track record closing five- and six-figure gifts, supervising experience, comfort with CRM, etc. - Qualifications: maybe education or mission-space fluency is a plus, not required; experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; etc. Could combine with Requirements? But we need separate sections if content exists. - Skills: maybe "go-getting strategist", ability to build pipeline, translate vision, fluency in US/Asia major-gift philanthropy, comfort in small team, genuine resonance with mission, inspiring communicator, grounded, collaborative, relational, etc. - Benefits: Flexible working schedule, Unlimited PTO, Health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month. - Pay: Compensation: $85,000 to $120,000 DOE. - Schedule: Full-time, remote (ideally US-based). Could be schedule. We must not include sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. We must not repeat job title. We must not include application instructions. Now produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
... organization description and role context ...
Responsibilities
- ... items ...
Requirements
- ... items ...
Qualifications
- ... items ...
Skills
- ... items ...
Benefits
- ... items ...
Pay
$85,000 to $120,000 DOE
Schedule
Full-time, remote (ideally US-based)
Check each section for real content. About the role: we can combine Tergar Schools description and why role exists, opportunity. Provide concise but preserve all substantive info. Must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information; but we can condense? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That suggests we should not omit details. However we need to fit into sections; we can include bullet points to preserve details. But we must not lose any detail. That's tough: we need to keep all details from posting. But we can put them in lists under appropriate sections. We need to ensure we don't lose any piece: organization description, why role exists, opportunity, what you'll own, how work divided, who you are, how we work together, compensation & logistics. We can distribute across sections. Let's extract each piece: Organization description: - Tergar Schools is a Buddhist-inspired K–12 education nonprofit building a new model of learning. - Operate a pilot school in Kathmandu, Nepal. - Constructing a larger campus in the Yolmo valley (~600 students) in the Himalayas. - Model rests on basic goodness and qualities of awareness, love, compassion, wisdom, joy. - Job as educators to help them recognize and sustain. - Long-term aspiration: help form people who are resilient, altruistic, joyful. Why this role exists: - Need to build major-donor engine from scratch to cover $600k+ annual recurring operating funding, then scale. - Significant capital need for constructing secondary campus (Yolmo campus). - Currently strategy and relationships rest on Executive Director (splits time) and Community Giving & Events Manager (part-time, also social media/communications). - Not sustainable; need additional capacity. - Critical position; vision and program taking shape; lacking major philanthropy function that can stand alone. - This role builds it and owns it. The opportunity: - Builder's role: will not inherit mature pipeline, full case for support, or team. - Will help create those things, then run them. - Energized by shaping from ground up, small self-directing team with real autonomy. What you'll own: - Fundraising strategy: co-create with leadership, realistic path to ≥$600k annual recurring operating funding, credible ramp. - Ensure Yolmo capital campaign continues smoothly (currently $3.9M in Phase 2, subsequent $10M to come). - Design revenue mix across donor tiers, major donors, foundation relationships, campaigns; set tier targets, engagement plans, stewardship sequences, major-donor cultivation at center. - Major-donor portfolio: along with ED, carry and cultivate at minimum 50 major-donor relationships and prospects. Director of Operations and Community Giving & Events Manager each carry smaller set (~10 each) alongside you. - Own visit targets, solicitation, closing for portfolio, utilizing ED for key prospects — role holds real gift responsibility. - Own pipeline and moves-management records in CRM (Keela) — keep own portfolio data clean. - Cultivate foundation relationships that behave like major gifts: principal- and program-officer-driven, relationship-based — not open-application grant cycles. - Enabling the Executive Director: translate Visionary (Mingyur Rinpoche) and ED's vision into executable fundraising strategy; hear where he's pointing and build structure. - Structure and make most of donor-facing time: create right meetings, prepare them, follow through. - Leading the fundraising function: supervise Community Giving & Events Manager and align all staff-run fundraising activity to annual strategy; recommend workflow and staffing refinements where they strengthen execution. - Board partnership: partner with Board on fundraising, support Board recruitment, retention, engagement. - Case for support and donor messaging: shape case for support and framing of donor communications so they are clear, honest, aligned with wider Tergar Mandala narrative; guide and shape; staff draft routine copy. How the work is divided: - You own fundraising strategy and lead function, and personally carry and (with ED) close major-donor portfolio. - Others execute: mass donor communications/newsletters (you shape major-donor messaging and case; you don't produce broadcast copy). - Event logistics: you design cultivation moments and work the room; sometimes you roll up sleeves to run operations, staff tables, or do anything else required. - CRM administration and data hygiene: you own your own pipeline and moves-management records in Keela; you're not system administrator or bulk-data owner. - Outside this role: open-application/RFP grant prospecting, writing, reporting (may shift); general administrative, clerical, production work — including social media and graphic design. Who you are: - Go-getting strategist, not order-taker; excited by building something and can help construct case while you raise against it — not need finished business plan first. - Demonstrated record of building major-donor pipeline from cold/thin base; can name donors brought in, timelines, ask sizes, retention; closing ability matters more than polish. - Can translate founder's vision into strategy and execution, comfortable shaping how senior leaders spend their time. - Fluency or fast credibility in US and Asia major-gift philanthropy; strong US high-capacity individual networks a plus; European individual-gift networks not priority. - Comfort in very small, distributed, high-autonomy team (~2.8 FTE, no management layer); self-directing and energized by constraint. - Genuine resonance with mission; can speak to Basic Goodness and model of learning authentically — not bolted on. Buddhist practice not required. - Education- or mission-space fluency is a plus, not requirement. Experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; what transfers is major-gift craft and ability to build. Experience: - 8+ years progressively responsible frontline development experience, with track record of personally closing five- and six-figure gifts (seven-figure a plus). - Some experience supervising, coaching, or mentoring — you'll oversee Community Giving & Events Manager and more staff in future. - Comfort owning pipeline and moves-management records in CRM (we use Keela). Personal qualities: - Inspiring communicator who can translate vision into action. - Grounded, collaborative, highly relational — able to hold complexity with steadiness and clarity. - Genuine and embodied resonance with contemplative practice and mission. You don't need to be Buddhist or hold meditation practice, but you can speak to value of inner development sincerely and without irony — and help donors feel why this work matters. How we work together: - Weekly alignment with ED (Director of Operations / Community Giving & Events Manager as needed) - Monthly strategy realignment - Quarterly retrospectives to evaluate progress and refine - Team values deep, steady, skillful work over speed — across Vermont, Wisconsin, Ireland, Kathmandu, and Minnesota Compensation & logistics: - Full-time, remote (ideally US-based) - Compensation: $85,000 to $120,000 DOE - Benefits: Flexible working schedule, Unlimited PTO, Health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month Now we need to map to sections. We must not repeat job title. Use headings as given. We need to decide what goes into each section. Potential mapping: About the role: organization description + why role exists + opportunity + maybe brief summary of role. Responsibilities: the bullet list of duties (what you'll own, enabling ED, leading function, board partnership, case for support, etc.) plus maybe how work divided (what you own vs others). Could include both. Requirements: experience (8+ years, track record closing gifts, supervising experience, CRM comfort). Also maybe "demonstrated record of building major-donor pipeline from cold/thin base" could be requirement. Qualifications: education/mission-space fluency plus, experience in higher-ed or health-system development welcome but not expected; maybe also "fluency or fast credibility in US and Asia major-gift philanthropy" could be qualification? But that seems skill. Skills: go-getting strategist, ability to build pipeline, translate vision, fluency in US/Asia major-gift philanthropy, comfort in small team, genuine resonance with mission, inspiring communicator, grounded, collaborative, relational, etc. Benefits: flexible schedule, unlimited PTO, health care reimbursement up to $1000 per month. Pay: compensation range. Schedule: full-time, remote (ideally US-based). We must ensure we don't omit any substantive info. Let's try to capture all points in appropriate sections, possibly with overlapping but ensure each piece appears somewhere. We'll create lists for each. Let's draft. About the role:Tergar Schools is a Buddhist-inspired K–12 education nonprofit building a new model