Major Gift Officer - Foundation

Thedacare•Appleton, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Foundations Officer contributes to the overall success of the foundation’s fund development program through leadership to our critical access member foundations, hospitals, and communities. Serves as a major gifts officer, identifying, and qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors throughout ThedaCare at the major gift level to support current operations, endowment, capital, and other priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Four years of professional fundraising or relationship-building experience
Need to be comfortable with building strong relationships, understanding values and charitable interests, and being a dynamic communicator.

Responsibilities

Implements ThedaCare Family of Foundations fund development strategies in partnership with assigned member foundations to support philanthropic goals and business priorities.
Leads and manages assigned boards including facilitation of all board and sub-committee meetings, guiding funding decisions and providing governance oversight to promote long-term volunteer engagement.
Demonstrates effective major gift management by cultivating, soliciting, closing, and stewarding a portfolio of leadership level donors and prospects that have the capacity to contribute at the $5,000+ level.
Collaborates with multiple constituencies, both internally and externally, to effectively build relationships that garner philanthropic support for the ThedaCare Family of Foundations.
Plans, manages, and executes philanthropic events in partnership with foundation team members to advance constituent involvement, cultivation, and stewardship.