Columbus Association for the Performing Arts-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Columbus, OH
51-100 employees
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

The Annual Fund Manager leads direct mail solicitation and stewardship efforts from start to finish including content creation, list management, and fulfillment. Collaborating with the Development Leadership Team, this role drives annual giving strategies that strengthen donor engagement and support fundraising goals across CAPA and its partner organizations.

  • Meet with supervisor, department leaders, peers, and others to understand how the development teams function with CAPA and shared services organizations.
  • Begin training on tessitura database and department processes.
  • Participate in monthly team meeting.
  • Complete all assigned tessitura training to understand how to create and edit a constituent record, enter a gift, pull a prospect list, upload a source list, run reports, and use analytics to understand contributed data.
  • Work with assigned mentor to create a direct mail solicitation from start to finish including crafting a solicitation message for approval, pulling a list that meets the criteria of the mailing, and fulfilling the mailing.
  • With direction from development leadership, create a direct mail solicitation from start to finish including crafting a solicitation message for approval, pulling a list that meets the criteria of the mailing, and fulfilling the mailing.
  • Evaluate how successful the mailing was in terms of gifts made, revenue raised, and if ask amounts were appropriate.
  • Make suggestions for next mailing based on information gleaned from prior mailings.
  • Provide the development team with timely and accurate solicitation mailings at key moments during the season including quarterly mailings, Giving Tuesday, calendar year end, and fiscal year end.
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 3 years of experience in fundraising, annual giving, or donor engagement.
  • Demonstrated success in developing and executing fundraising strategies.
  • Strong writing, communication, and project management skills.
  • Experience working across multiple organizations or departments is a plus.
  • Proficiency with donor databases (e.g., Raisers Edge, Salesforce) and data analysis tools.
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