Individual Giving Officer

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law•Washington, DC

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is seeking an Individual Giving Officer to lead the implementation of individual giving strategies. This role focuses on cultivating, soliciting, retaining, and growing relationships with individual donors, particularly those who contribute or can contribute $5,000 or more annually. The Individual Giving Officer will work under the direction of the Chief Development Officer to advance donor engagement, moves management, and donor communications. This position is crucial for maintaining and growing an individual donor portfolio that contributes significantly to the organization's annual fundraising goals, aiming for at least a 7-figure contribution. The role involves close collaboration with Development team members, Program Directors, and other internal stakeholders to align individual giving efforts with organizational priorities and fundraising objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience required.
A minimum of four years of relevant experience in individual giving, major gifts, donor relations, annual giving, nonprofit advancement, fundraising, external relations, or a related field required.
Experience managing or supporting a portfolio of individual donors or major gift prospects required.
Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, stewarding, renewing, or upgrading individual donors.
Knowledge of individual giving, major gifts, moves management, donor engagement, and nonprofit fundraising ethics.
Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust with donors, prospects, Board members, colleagues, and external stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, accurate, persuasive, and donor-centered communications.
Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage a donor portfolio, multiple priorities, deadlines, travel commitments, and follow-up items.
Strong attention to detail, particularly in donor communications, CRM data entry, gift tracking, donor restrictions, and deadline management.
Strong research skills, including the ability to identify and qualify prospective individual donors and major gift prospects.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism when handling sensitive donor information.
Ability to work collaboratively across departments and gather information from internal stakeholders.
Proficiency with CRM systems required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with donors contributing or capable of contributing $5,000 or more annually preferred.
Experience with donor-advised funds, family foundations, stock gifts, or other giving vehicles strongly preferred.
Planned giving experience preferred.
Familiarity with donor-advised funds, family foundations, major gift vehicles, and planned giving concepts.
Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of annual individual giving strategies in alignment with organizational priorities and fundraising goals.
Manage a defined portfolio of current and prospective individual donors, with guidance from the Chief Development Officer.
Identify, research, and qualify prospective individual donors through prospect research, relationship mapping, referrals, events, and strategic outreach.
Develop donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade plans for assigned donors.
Draft donor correspondence, solicitation materials, briefing documents, proposals, impact updates, acknowledgment language, and other fundraising communications.
Track donor engagement, outreach activity, solicitations, pledges, gift activity, deadlines, and next steps in the organization’s CRM and other tracking systems.
Monitor progress against assigned individual giving goals and provide regular updates to the Chief Development Officer.
Build and maintain positive relationships with individual donors, Board members, volunteers, and other external stakeholders.
Lead donor stewardship by preparing meeting notes, follow-up communications, acknowledgments, impact updates, and donor recognition materials.
Coordinate logistics and follow-up for donor meetings, cultivation opportunities, fundraising events, and other individual giving activities.
Represent the organization professionally in donor communications, meetings, events, and external engagement opportunities.
Demonstrate a donor-centered and mission-aligned approach in all interactions with individual supporters and internal partners.
Collaborate with Development, Program, Finance, and Communications staff to gather information needed for donor proposals, impact updates, stewardship reports, and other donor communications.
Assist with individual giving pipeline tracking, revenue forecasting, budgeting support, and performance reporting.
Maintain accurate and timely donor records, contact information, gift information, deadlines, activity notes, and stewardship actions.
Support cross-functional coordination to ensure donor commitments, recognition, and stewardship deliverables are fulfilled.
Follow applicable nonprofit fundraising standards, donor privacy expectations, and organizational procedures.