Donor Relations Coordinator

Founded in 1988, Food & Friends provides home delivered medically-tailored meals, nutrition support, and friendship to people living with AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and other life challenging illnesses. Our team of seventy employees and thousands of volunteers delivers meals and hope to people living in the District of Columbia and multiple counties across Maryland and Virginia. There is no charge or income qualification for our services, which are rendered solely on the basis of medical need.

We seek a Donor Relations Coordinator to manage a mid-level giving program focused on gifts of $1,000 to $5,000 in support of operational revenue and a $30 million campaign. The Coordinator will:

• Build, manage, solicit, and steward a portfolio of 400-600 mid-level giving donors and prospects;
• Collaborate with gift officers to strategically identify and qualify/disqualify donors to ensure placement in the optimal giving channel;
• Conduct prospect research and prepare donor profiles;
• Conduct ongoing, personalized outreach to assigned donors via phone, video, email, mail, texting, and social media, as well as in-person and at events, with the goal of strengthening the donors' engagement with the organization;
• Serve as the relationship manager for the Bread & Butter Club (monthly sustainers) and Red Apron Society (donors of $1,000-$4,999);
• Prepare and disseminate materials for Red Apron Society and Bread & Butter Club, including thank you notes, proposals and stewardship materials; and
• Regularly monitor and report on portfolio performance and effectiveness of strategies and tactics.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a mid-level development professional to leverage their fundraising skills on behalf of an established and growing charity. Must be willing to work in a traditional office environment.

The successful candidate will have a BA/BS and 2-3 years of individual fundraising experience, including 2 years of relationship management. Additional qualifications include excellent written and verbal communications, willingness to engage donors directly in person and over the phone, willingness to make cold calls, ability to use and quickly learn standard office software and database programs, strong prospect research skills, and ability to thrive in a deadline and goal-driven environment. Must be available for occasional evening events. Offer of employment contingent upon background check and a pre-employment drug test.