Major Gifts Officer

About the role

WHYY serves the Philadelphia region with trusted journalism, eye-opening storytelling, and intimate local arts programming. Our curiosity and commitment to this community drive our programming and hiring. Below you’ll find an employment opportunity in the fast-paced setting of the Philadelphia region’s leading public media provider.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and qualify as needed a caseload of approximately 150 donors.
• Create individual goals for each person in the caseload based on the donor’s history of giving and organizational priorities.
• Create a plan for each donor that will serve as a foundational communication and engagement plan for each person on the caseload.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation of all donor interactions, strategies, and next steps within the CRM, ROI.
• Partner with the Director of Philanthropy and colleagues across the organization to develop compelling donor proposals, funding opportunities, and customized gift requests aligned with donor interests and WHYY priorities.
• Become knowledgeable about WHYY’s programming, journalism, digital initiatives, events, and strategic priorities in order to effectively communicate organizational impact to donors.
• Collaborate with departments across WHYY to gather timely information, stories, and funding needs to support donor engagement and solicitations.
• Create personalized communications and touchpoints to share regularly with donors with a goal of 1 touchpoint per donor per month.
• Engage donors through a variety of outreach efforts including meetings, phone calls, emails, events, lunches, home visits, handwritten notes, and other thoughtful stewardship opportunities.
• Create monthly reports as required by management that accurately reflect caseload activity, goal progress, updates to anticipated revenue and performance.
• Support overall membership or mid-level to major gifts fundraising strategies by designing and implementing custom cultivation opportunities and creating multi-step engagement plans.
• Represent WHYY at events, galas, performances, and community gatherings throughout the region to strengthen relationships with donors and prospects.
• Attend and support WHYY donor events and cultivation opportunities, including occasional evenings and weekends.
• Support special projects and other major gifts initiatives as needed.
• Contribute positively to a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.