Impact Giving Manager

OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY•Portland, OR

5d•$64,000 - $68,750•Onsite

About The Position

The Impact Giving Manager, President’s Circle is a key member of the Impact & Legacy Giving team, reporting to and working closely with the Director of Impact Giving to advance OHS’ mid and major-level donor programs. Guided by the Director’s strategic direction, this role manages the day-to-day coordination, implementation, and tracking of two core areas to ensure consistent and meaningful donor experiences. Leadership Giving Program Management: This position oversees the vision, structure, and donor experience for OHS’ leadership giving society, which recognizes, stewards, and solicits donors giving $1,000 or more annually. Collaborating with the Director on strategy and with internal partners on implementation, the Manager ensures the program’s events, communications, and recognition activities are cohesive and aligned with organizational goals. Unassigned and Pipeline Donor Engagement: They are also responsible for managing outreach, stewardship, and renewal strategies for unassigned mid and major gift donor audiences. The Manager communicates regularly with donors through calls, email, and personal outreach, building relationships that inspire continued giving and advance donors along the philanthropic pipeline in alignment with OHS’ philanthropic priorities. This position emphasizes strategic coordination and program leadership rather than direct event or marketing execution.

Requirements

3 years’ experience in fundraising, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, with demonstrated success coordinating donor engagement, renewals, and stewardship programs.
Able to understand and implement moves management to cultivate and solicit donors.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to establish positive relationships with donors in-person and by phone, email, and correspondence.
Able to understand the needs and interests of organizational leadership and donors to develop and cultivate relationships between them.
Able to exercise sound judgment and maintain a professional demeanor during all interactions with the public, partner agencies, donors, staff, board of directors, and volunteers.
Proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Experience with donor database systems (Salesforce preferred)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills - able to communicate with a diverse population in a consistently informative, respectful and professional manner.

Responsibilities

At the direction of the Director of Impact Giving, establishes an approach to achieve goals and activates strategies for President’s Circle (PC) donor acquisition, renewals and retention, as well as executing tactics to upgrade donors to the PC mid and major levels of giving.
Serves as the first point of contact for non-portfolio PC donors and responds to inquiries and requests including giving inquiries such as stock gifts, Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), and Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) as well as making warm introductions to Legacy Giving for legacy conversations.
Ensures every appropriate unassigned donor is promptly acknowledged through both automated and personal calls, emails, receipts, and/or handwritten notes.
Coordinates year-end and in-year solicitation and renewals for unassigned PC donors, aligning segmentation and messaging with cross-team collaboration so the right appeals reach the right audiences and personally soliciting unassigned PC donors for renewed and increased support as appropriate.
Sponsors PC hosted stewardship events on both campuses, setting objectives and donor experience standards while partner teams handle logistics, volunteers, and execution.
Partners with the Marketing & Communications team, leading PC stewardship communications and collateral, including tour scripts, newsletters, brochures, and digital information to deliver timely, accurate, and mission-aligned content.
Partners with Community Giving team, monitors community giving campaigns and adapts follow-up, segmentation, and tone for the unassigned mid/major audiences to deepen relationship quality beyond one-to-many touches.
Actively prospects unassigned mid/major donors to surface qualification candidates and manages timely hand-offs to Impact Giving Managers.
Partners with Advancement Services to ensure accurate donor data, meaningful KPI analysis, and maintenance of dashboards to advance file and revenue.
Other duties as assigned.