Palmer Home for Children

Director

• Raise vital financial resources and increase community awareness and involvement in Palmer Home’s mission
• Meet general operating and capital revenue goals
• Identify, engage, and secure support from individual donors, churches, businesses, foundations, and community partners
• Develop individualized strategies for major-gift donor portfolios, focusing on cultivation, solicitation, retention, and stewardship
• Identify, research, and qualify new donor prospects
• Generate corporate and foundation revenue through corporate giving, employee engagement, grants, foundation support, and endowments
• Solicit major gifts through donor-centered proposals and presentations
• Advance transformational and principal-gift opportunities with development leadership
• Develop and execute annual fundraising plans
• Secure sponsorships for in-house fundraising events
• Respond to donor inquiries and ensure proposals, follow-up communications, and reports are completed on time
• Monitor fundraising progress and adjust strategies
• Maintain donor records, portfolio plans, solicitation forecasts, and relationship-management activity in the donor database
• Enlist board members, the President/CEO, and staff in major-gift solicitations
• Represent Palmer Home at civic groups, chamber programs, community organizations, and events
• Stay current on major-gift fundraising and donor-engagement best practices
• Support donor acknowledgment and recognition strategies
• Serve as point of contact for third-party fundraising efforts within the market
• Manage donor appointments, inquiries, follow-up, prospect research, expense reports, and related administrative responsibilities
• Participate in special projects and other assigned duties

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Director of Development, Mid-South Market