Individual Giving Manager

Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

. Lead ChicagoCAC’s individual giving and annual fund strategies .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $70,000 - $95,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing multi-channel fundraising strategies, managing donor relationships, and utilizing fundraising databases to track donor engagement and performance. Strong project management and communication skills are essential for effective collaboration with internal teams and stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Fundraising Strategy DevelopmentDonor Relationship ManagementProject ManagementRaiser’s Edge ProficiencySupervisory Experience

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Hard Skills

Fundraising Campaign ExecutionDonor SegmentationPortfolio ManagementDonor Stewardship ActivitiesFunder Communications Development

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsStrong Organizational SkillsCollaborationProblem-SolvingAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Fundraising DatabasesProspect Research ToolsDashboards and Reporting Tools

Industry Keywords

Nonprofit DevelopmentAnnual Fund StrategiesCorporate EngagementVictim ServicesChild Welfare

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead ChicagoCAC’s individual giving and annual fund strategies
Build meaningful donor relationships to strengthen engagement, retention, and revenue
Develop, execute, and evaluate multi-channel annual fundraising campaigns, including email, peer-to-peer, direct mail, recurring giving, and events
Develop donor segmentation, testing, and engagement strategies
Manage a portfolio of annual fund donors, focusing on donors giving $1,000–$2,500 annually
Create and oversee donor stewardship activities, including acknowledgement calls and emails, handwritten notes, greeting cards, and donor impact communications
Manage corporate engagement strategies, including in-kind giving and resource drives
Qualify and develop prospective donors and advance qualified prospects into appropriate fundraiser portfolios
Conduct regular portfolio reviews with frontline fundraisers
Document prospect activity, interactions, moves, and stage transitions in Raiser’s Edge
Develop and maintain dashboards and reports on donor trends, pipeline health, portfolio performance, and fundraising progress
Supervise, coach, and support the Development Coordinator
Oversee gift entry, donor acknowledgements, annual tax communications, recurring giving, and stewardship processes
Partner with Development and Marketing & Communications colleagues on donor-facing materials, including the Annual Impact Report
Plan and execute in-kind resource drives with internal teams
Participate in assigned duties and organizational fundraising and community events

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant fundraising, nonprofit development, or related experience; or at least eight years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
Demonstrated experience developing funder communications
Excellent professional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills
Strong project management and organizational skills
Ability to manage deadlines, deliverables, and competing priorities simultaneously
Ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate effectively with donors, colleagues, program staff, and internal teams
Curiosity, adaptability, sound judgment, and a solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving
Experience using fundraising databases, prospect research tools, and/or other systems to track relationships and funding opportunities preferred
Experience engaging organizational leadership, board members, or volunteers in donor cultivation and solicitation preferred
Experience within victim services, child welfare, behavioral health, human services, or related fields preferred
Supervisory experience managing and supporting a Development Coordinator
Willingness to participate in organization fundraisers and ChicagoCAC-sponsored client, staff, and community events

Benefits

Comp & perks

BCBS HMO and PPO healthcare coverage options, with an opportunity to add family members
Free life insurance at 2x salary up to a maximum of $200,000
Additional pay of 5% of salary up to $3,750 per year after 6 months, usable toward additional health benefits, dental, vision, long-term disability, short-term disability, 403b plan, Roth option, legal coverage, dependent care, and flexible spending
Paid Time Off accruing from the first day of employment at 35 days per 12-month period, increasing to 40 days after 5 years
PTO usable for holidays and sick time
Additional PTO for FMLA-related reasons up to 20 days
Remote work policy with flexibility in work hours, subject to operational needs
Regular expert training on evidence-based therapy modalities, including Continuing Education Units
Casual dress code with ability to wear jeans
Afternoon milk and cookies every Friday