Individual Giving Manager

Chicago Abortion Fund

Individual Giving Manager growing donor revenue for the Chicago Abortion Fund. Leading annual campaigns, stewardship, data management, and fundraising events.

Posted 8/21/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $78,374 - $96,758 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in donor engagement, fundraising campaign management, and project coordination, with a strong commitment to reproductive justice and equity. Proficient in data management and communication strategies to enhance donor relationships and support organizational goals.

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Fundraising Campaign ManagementDonor Engagement StrategiesProject Management SoftwareSalesforce Data ManagementEvent Logistics Coordination

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Hard Skills

FundraisingData EntryGift AcknowledgementPerformance AnalyticsIndividual Giving ReportsBudget ManagementEvent ManagementMulti-Channel Campaign ExecutionDonor Data HygieneSegmentation Strategies

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsEffective CommunicationTime ManagementAdaptabilityDetail-Oriented

Tools & Technologies

EveryActionMonday.comGoogle SuiteSlackRaisers Edge

Industry Keywords

Social Justice SectorReproductive JusticeDiversity, Equity, and InclusionConfidential Donor InformationIntersectionality

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help retain, grow, acquire, and reactivate individual donors making one-time gifts of <$5,000
Create ongoing cultivation, retention, and stewardship communications
Serve as a general inquiry point of contact for donor engagement questions
Provide project management for annual fund tasks
Engage donors and identify prospects for transition to the major gift portfolio
Assist with annual fund processes, including gift entry, acknowledgement letters, and annual tax letters
Develop, execute, and evaluate multi-channel annual fundraising campaigns across email, peer-to-peer, direct mail, and events
Manage donor communication segmentation, testing, and performance analytics via EveryAction
Lead annual campaigns including Fund-A-Thon, Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, fiscal year-end and Dobbs decision anniversary, and calendar end-of-year campaign
Utilize Monday.com for project and portfolio management
Segment annual fund gifts indicating higher capacity, including IRA gifts, gifts of stock, and DAFs
Maintain donor data hygiene and record communications, actions, and notes in Monday.com and CRM
Coordinate timely gift entry, donor acknowledgements, and yearly tax letters with the Development Coordinator
Serve as primary contact for annual fund, monthly, and prospective donors
Execute stewardship efforts including thank-you cards and letters, greeting cards, donor impact reports, acknowledgement calls, and emails
Coordinate creation of the Annual Impact Report
Plan and execute annual fund events and assist with major donor events, including logistics, vendor contracts, outreach, and on-site event management
Track event performance, ROI, donor engagement outcomes, and follow-up
Serve as main point of contact for third-party and peer-to-peer events benefiting CAF
Support organizational stability, collaboration, convenings, retreats, staff meetings, communications, and cross-department work as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Five years of previous work experience raising funds from individual donors, preferably in the social justice sector
Previous experience overseeing and executing on special events, ability to manage logistics and budgets
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences
Experience producing and interpreting individual giving reports
Previous experience with Salesforce and/or Raisers Edge, entering data, producing queries and reports
Proficiency in Google Suite, social media, project management software, Slack
Possesses strong writing skills
Works flexibly, effectively manages ambiguity in a dynamic work environment
Works independently, self-motivated, juggles, prioritizes on their own
Performs under pressure, excellent time management, detail-oriented
Ability to work effectively with diverse communities
Comfortable and experienced with handling confidential donor information
Self-motivated, resourceful, adaptive, responsive, and able to make strategic decisions
Commitment to reproductive justice and abortion access for all people
Knowledge of intersectionality and the impact that privilege and oppression can have on people’s ability to access abortion
Employs a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens to policies, practices, and activities both internally and externally
Illinois residence is required
Must be able to conduct business in English; fluency in languages other than English is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K with up to 5% employer match
Unlimited paid time off, including a mandatory four weeks off
Paid parental leave
100% employer-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision) with 50% dependent coverage
Observance of federal holidays
Spanish pay differential available for qualified candidates
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions