Riverkeeper

General

• Manage an active portfolio of 100 to 150 top-tier donors and prospects using the "moves management" cycle (qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship), with a focus on net new major donors, gift renewals, and increases.
• Develop short- and long-term strategies for individual prospects, which may also include their corporate employers and/or family foundations/donor-advised funds.
• With an emphasis on New York City, create a robust pipeline of new and potential major donors, using information from internal gift reports, the donor database, prospect research, and recommendations from executive and volunteer leadership.
• Prepare compelling funding proposals, investment decks, and gift agreements, and conduct direct asks for major and planned gifts.
• Maintain personalized communication, ensuring donors feel recognized, valued, and informed about the impact of their contributions.
• Write solicitation and acknowledgement letters, proposals, donor recognition pieces and other materials to convey the impact of gifts and ensure that donors are kept current on key developments in Riverkeeper’s evolving campaigns and priorities.
• Partner with executive leadership and program experts to align donor interests with specific Riverkeeper initiatives.
• Document all prospect interactions, contact reports, and pipeline tracking in Salesforce.
• Assist the Chief Philanthropy Officer with oversight of the Partnerships & Philanthropy Committee, a group of board members and key volunteer leaders responsible for helping secure new strategic partnerships for the organization.
• Plan, coordinate, and support donor cultivation and other fundraising events; in partnership with development staff, help execute logistics and coordinate post-event follow-up.

Major Gifts Officer