Major Gifts (Fundraising) Manager

About the role

Run for Something recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot races to build sustainable power nationwide. Since 2017, RFS has engaged over 250,000 potential candidates, endorsed over 3,000, and celebrated 1,600+ election victories. RFS alumni drive impactful changes in housing, abortion access, and education, shaping the Democratic Party's future. RFS fosters a culture emphasizing work-life balance, sustainability, and a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. With strategic, year-round initiatives, RFS is dedicated to long-term democracy-building.

Position Summary: Run for Something is currently hiring a Development Senior Associate. In this role, you will report to the Vice President (VP) of Development and support the Development Team by providing administrative support, leading the solicitation and stewardship of mid-level donors, and assisting with the solicitation and stewardship of major donors. The Development Senior Associate also supports organizational priorities, maintains alignment with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals, and upholds core values while contributing to a collaborative and inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

• Assist VP of Development and Major Gifts Manager with moving donors along the pipeline, from identification to closing donations to stewardship, as well as tracking reporting deadlines
• Assist with internal tasks, including expense tracking, travel planning, scheduling donor meetings, and supporting event planning and follow-up
• Help coordinate fundraising trips by managing data, assisting with prospect research, and preparing travel briefs and materials for meetings with donors
• Lead on donor management and direct the Development Department's database administration using our NGP database. Maintain quality control by ensuring accurate entry of donor information, donations, and meeting notes, and by creating lists for invitations, stewardship, and solicitation
• Manage internal tracking and data management for the development team, including revenue and commit tracking across all entities, team meeting agendas, meeting/event report outs and executive team to-dos and follow-ups
• In consultation with the Development and Major Gifts Manager, develop a system for prospecting our own donor database for upgrading existing donors as well as finding new top prospects for outreach
• Conduct research on prospects and donors, prepare materials for cultivation and solicitation visits, and contribute to brief writing under the guidance of the VP of Development
• Lead on mid-level donor stewardship, including gift acknowledgment and contribution upgrades
• In collaboration with the Communications Department, manage grassroots donor stewardship
• Manage the donor acknowledgment process, ensuring timely correspondence and compliance documentation
• Support coordination of calls, webinars, and other stewardship events for donors and advisors
• Assist with drafting and editing appeals, acknowledgments, donor updates, reports, and proposals in collaboration with the VP, Development