Associate Director Individual Giving and Donor Relations
An active, nonpartisan nonprofit science-and-technology policy research and advocacy organization that works on global risk, government capacity, emerging technology, energy, environment, and state and local innovation.
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About Federation of American Scientists
Founded in November 1945 by scientists and engineers associated with the Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, and Los Alamos, FAS embeds scientific and technical expertise into government and public discourse. Its current work includes AI and emerging-technology policy, including research on AI-related global risks.
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About the Role
You will build and manage the individual giving program from the ground up. You will qualify prospects, manage a major-gifts portfolio, create cultivation and solicitation strategies, develop multi-year giving plans, and secure unrestricted funding. You will work with executive leadership and the Board to build donor relationships, fundraising infrastructure, stewardship practices, and a sustainable pipeline.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a track record of designing fundraising strategies or significantly expanding an individual giving program and delivering measurable revenue growth.
- Demonstrate fluency working with high-net-worth donors and making the case for unrestricted giving.
- Demonstrate executive-level relationship skills, including partnering with a CEO and Board.
- Demonstrate the ability to design multi-year giving strategies and close six-figure gifts.
- Have 10+ years of major gift fundraising experience.
- Demonstrate success planning, designing, implementing, and executing fundraising strategies focused on high-net-worth individuals.
- Have experience managing an active major gifts portfolio throughout the donor lifecycle.
- Demonstrate the ability to steward relationships with donors, board members, and constituents from varied backgrounds.
- Understand professional fundraising ethical standards, donor confidentiality, and stewardship practices.
- Be proficient with Salesforce, WealthX, RelSci, or equivalent databases.
- Demonstrate excellent written communication skills, including developing proposals, correspondence, and briefings.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and engage prospective donors without an established pipeline.
- Be eligible to work in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Qualify prospective donors and manage a major gifts portfolio.
- Develop cultivation and solicitation strategies for individual donors.
- Build multi-year giving plans.
- Engage executive leadership and the Board to advance donor relationships and giving opportunities.
- Design and implement the individual giving and major gifts strategy.
- Build a donor pipeline, stewardship philosophy, and fundraising infrastructure.
- Secure unrestricted funding that supports strategic priorities.
- Develop systems and stewardship practices that enable the function to scale.
- Build visibility among philanthropic individuals interested in science serving the public interest.
- Travel to meet prospective donors and funders across the country.
Benefits
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee assistance support
- Healthcare FSA
- Dependent care FSA
- Commuter benefits