Manager Annual Giving

St. Joseph's Health•Paterson, NJ

About The Position

The Annual Giving Manager is responsible for building and growing St. Joseph’s Health Foundation’s Annual Fund through donor-centered, ethical, and mission-aligned strategies. This role focuses on donor acquisition, retention, stewardship, and entry-level upgrade pathways that support long-term philanthropic engagement across the health system. The position leads multi-channel annual giving efforts, manages stewardship and recognition programs, supports employee giving initiatives, and collaborates closely with Major Gifts, Planned Giving, and Stewardship to ensure a seamless donor experience. All activities are conducted in alignment with healthcare philanthropy best practices, HIPAA regulations, and organizational policies. St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics. The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

Responsibilities

Building and growing St. Joseph’s Health Foundation’s Annual Fund through donor-centered, ethical, and mission-aligned strategies.
Focuses on donor acquisition, retention, stewardship, and entry-level upgrade pathways that support long-term philanthropic engagement across the health system.
Leads multi-channel annual giving efforts
Manages stewardship and recognition programs
Supports employee giving initiatives
Collaborates closely with Major Gifts, Planned Giving, and Stewardship to ensure a seamless donor experience.
Conducts all activities in alignment with healthcare philanthropy best practices, HIPAA regulations, and organizational policies.