Help current and potential donors evaluate their charitable and financial options as they achieve their goals; provide training to allied professionals and potential donors about giving techniques and Rotary Foundation programs. Responsible for the identification, cultivation and solicitation of individual donors capable of giving in excess of US$50,000.•Personally maintain a portfolio of key major gift/planned giving prospects with a capacity to make gifts of US$50,000 and more by… Show more Help current and potential donors evaluate their charitable and financial options as they achieve their goals; provide training to allied professionals and potential donors about giving techniques and Rotary Foundation programs. Responsible for the identification, cultivation and solicitation of individual donors capable of giving in excess of US$50,000.•Personally maintain a portfolio of key major gift/planned giving prospects with a capacity to make gifts of US$50,000 and more by maintaining frequent communication with prospects as part of a contact management system. Responsible for a portfolio of approximately 150 major gift/planned giving prospects within a defined territory.•Average between 10 and 20 face-to-face meetings per month with prospects through identification, cultivation and stewardship visits.•Average 20 stewardship and/or cultivate phone calls per month.•Conduct or manage 20 or more major gift solicitations annually.•Maintain performance standards and workflow processes established as part of a contact management system.•Gather, record and properly store information about prospects and donors utilizing Raiser’s Edge.•Follow department strategy to use demographic overlay information for major gift identification, qualification, cultivation and solicitation.•Lend support to the appropriate Annual Giving Officer(s) to encourage and secure major gifts for the Annual Programs Fund.•Work closely with Planned Giving colleagues to identify and solicit planned gifts and understand the principals and techniques associated with planned giving and financial and estate planning.•Participate in the development of department objectives and strategies and develop tactics to meet individual and group goals. Show less

•Serve as primary liaison to fundraising volunteers and oversee overall fundraising progress for Zn21B and 27•Develop and implement fundraising strategies including annual and major gift work•Maintain a portfolio of approximately 50 key major donors/prospects with a capacity to make major gifts ($10,000 - $50,000) to the Annual Programs Fund•Work with major gift officer to coordinate and develop major gifts through written, volunteer and face-to-face solicitation •Prepare and… Show more •Serve as primary liaison to fundraising volunteers and oversee overall fundraising progress for Zn21B and 27•Develop and implement fundraising strategies including annual and major gift work•Maintain a portfolio of approximately 50 key major donors/prospects with a capacity to make major gifts ($10,000 - $50,000) to the Annual Programs Fund•Work with major gift officer to coordinate and develop major gifts through written, volunteer and face-to-face solicitation •Prepare and disseminate monthly fundraising reports to help monitor and manage fundraising activity •Work with donors and volunteers on Annual Programs Fund activities including training seminars, district conferences, club presentations and other special events. Show less

Management of all aspects of the organization’s special events including working with volunteer committees, securing sponsorships, developing ticket sale strategies and event logistics. Responsible for all public relations efforts, including writing press releases, pitching stories, coordinating interviews with reporters, arranging publicity appearances, management of public relations archives and maintenance of the organization’s website

Designed posters for exhibitions, wrote press releases and public service announcements, designed advertisements, recorded sales in the gallery shop, submitted check requests for the payment of sales to gallery artists, sought funds for the gallery program through researching and writing grants, assisted with mailings and special events

Maintained donor data base, mailed gift acknowledgments, assisted in planning events and renewal campaign for the festival’s major donors, acted as the main contact for the festival’s young patron’s group, Bravo! that included assisting in the planning and execution of five summer Bravo! events and implementing Bravo!’s first membership campaign

Managed shop activity, budgeted payroll hours, took customer’s orders, completed custom framing orders and supervised the entire store at least once a week