Strategic Fundraising Leader, Midwest

7 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Obama Foundation Full time
Job Summary

The Obama Foundation is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Strategic Fundraising Leader to join our team in the Midwest region. As a key member of our Development team, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive fundraising strategy to support the Foundation's mission and goals.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Fundraising Planning: Collaborate with Foundation leadership and key teams to build and execute a short- and long-term strategic fundraising plan that meets the Foundation's goals and objectives.
  • Portfolio Management: Manage a portfolio of 100+ six- and seven-figure prospects and develop customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans for each.
  • Volunteer Engagement: Develop strong partnerships with the Chicago Committee, select board members, and members of the Development Committee, and provide support for their fundraising efforts in the city.
  • Key Donor Management: Collaborate with the Chief Executive Officer and other Foundation executive leadership to cultivate select high-capacity donors, including support for meeting preparation and follow-up.
  • Collaboration and Communication: Establish supportive and cooperative working relationships with other regional fundraisers, share best practices and new ideas, and collaborate on donor cultivation when needed.
  • Philanthropy Stewardship: Represent the Development team in external settings (conferences and gatherings) and partner with other teams across the Foundation to help advance a culture of philanthropy.
  • Operating Effectiveness: Build a culture of Salesforce utilization to track and evaluate the team's key metrics and use meaningful data to improve practices and inform decisions continually.
  • Fundraising Collateral: Ensure the timely creation and distribution of fundraising/stewardship materials, collateral, and briefings, and highly personalized proposals with support from the Development Donor Relations Team.
  • Events: Collaborate with the Events team to host high-capacity donor events and volunteer engagements.
Deliverables and Outcomes
  • Meet Fundraising and Activity Targets Monthly
  • Prospect Portfolio Strategy
  • Prospect Management Plans
  • Volunteer Activation Plans
  • Region Best Practice Sharing Forums
  • Fundraising/Stewardship Materials, Collateral, and Briefings, and Highly Personalized Proposals
  • Top-notch cultivation and stewardship events
Requirements
  • A minimum of eight years of experience in fundraising or donor relations, including a minimum of four years managing high-capacity boards and volunteers while securing gifts directly.
  • Mastery of the Chicago fundraising landscape.
  • Track record of building relationships with major gift-level donors, ideally closing gifts of at least $1M+.
  • Deep understanding of fundraising programs and high-level gift strategies.
  • Excellent interpersonal and written skills with high emotional intelligence.
  • Must have the ability to develop and maintain long-term, productive relationships internally and externally in a fast-paced, complex environment.

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