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Number of Positions: 1
Position Overview
Position Details:
-Compensation for this position is in the $57,000 to $62,000 range.
-The anticipated start for this position is September 12, 2024.
-This position is hybrid: at least 2 days/week in-person in the Philadelphia office or schoolhouse for in-person support and collaboration.
Job Summary/Position Overview:
The Senior Manager, Individual Giving (SMIG) is responsible for supporting the overall efforts of the Individual Giving Team. The SMIG partners with Site Leadership and the Development Team to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and family foundations. Their focus will be on engaging a portfolio of individual donors, providing staff leadership to the Associate Board, managing the mid-level giving program and identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding prospects and donors. Their specific focus will be on building an individual donor base to raise increased resources, and ultimately, serve more students in Philadelphia.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
Donor Management – 35%
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Raise $200,000+ through the Individual Giving portfolio in support of FY25 private revenue goal of $2,900,000
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Manage a portfolio of individual and family foundation donors through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, with hopes to have these donors increase their giving and engagement
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Promote membership in the mid-level and Red Jacket Society programs, encouraging donors to invest $1,000+ in City Year
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Develop strategies to identify, cultivate, and solicit leadership-level support and multi-year commitments from new individual donors and family foundations
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Engage 3-5 donors per week, on average, through emails, calls, and visits to homes, offices, and events in the Philadelphia area
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Document and maintain clear and timely records and call reports to track contracts, donor giving, notes, and assist in the maintenance of an accurate donor database
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Build relationships with new, current, and lapsed individual donors (
What We Do
City Year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to improve in English and math assessments, and the more time students spend with AmeriCorps members, the more they improve on social, emotional and academic skills— skills that help students thrive in school and contribute to their community.
A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year partners with public schools in 29 communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa.