Corporate & Individual Gift Officer (PT 10hrs/week)

The Corporate and Individual Gift Officer is responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships with corporate partners and individual donors to advance Connectedly's mission. This part-time role (10 hours a week) will build and manage a portfolio of prospects and current supporters, working to grow philanthropic revenue through major gifts, corporate sponsorships, and annual giving.

Key Responsibilities

Individual Giving

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of individual major donors and prospects
• Develop and execute personalized cultivation strategies, including in-person meetings, calls, and written communications
• Manage the annual giving program, including appeals, year-end campaigns, and donor recognition
• Work closely with the Executive Director and Fundraising Consultant to set and meet fundraising goals

Corporate Giving & Sponsorships

• Build relationships with corporate partners, identifying opportunities for sponsorship and general philanthropic support
• Manage corporate partner benefits, recognition, and reporting requirements

Donor Relations & Stewardship

• Develop stewardship plans to deepen relationships with existing supporters
• Maintain accurate donor records and giving histories in the organization's CRM/database (Salesforce)

Planned Giving

• Develop a Legacy Giving program for Connectedly
• Develop marketing strategies to educate constituents about planned giving, stock donations, IRA distributions, and gifts from Donor Advised Funds
• Solicit and secure estate gifts

General

• Represent Connectedly at community events, donor meetings, and networking opportunities
• Track progress against fundraising goals and provide regular reporting
• Report on activity at all Connectedly Board Meetings
• Work with the Connectedly Board of Directors to identify, cultivate, and solicit corporate and individual donors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience, with a track record of securing major gifts and/or corporate sponsorships
• Excellent relationship-building, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience with donor database/CRM systems
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Passion for Connectedly's mission and the communities it serves
• Comfortable representing the organization at evening and weekend events as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with aging services, kinship/grandfamily programs, or human services nonprofits
• Existing relationships within the Philadelphia philanthropic or corporate community

Reports To: Executive Director