Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager

Job Posting

JR101980 Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager (Open)

Alumni Engagement, PM

Regular

09-03-2026

$72,000 - $82,000

As a key member of the Division of Philanthropic Engagement, the Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager is responsible for implementing a customer service-oriented and comprehensive donor relation program. The incumbent will create and implement stewardship, recognition, and retention activities to ensure perpetual high-quality cultivation with alumni, future alumni, key constituents, donors and prospective donors of Bowie State University.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
As a key member of the Division of Philanthropic Engagement, the Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager is responsible for implementing a customer service-oriented and comprehensive donor relation program. The incumbent will create and implement stewardship, recognition, and retention activities to ensure perpetual high-quality cultivation with alumni, future alumni, key constituents, donors and prospective donors of Bowie State University.

This position collaborates with fundraisers, faculty, and other campus administrators to manage, co-manage or directly execute a matrixed combination of frontline donor interactions and back-office systems activities to support the fundraising objectives of the University.

Duties include primary ownership of donor stewardship strategies and activities, coordination of giving societies, staffing multiple volunteer boards, coordinating with Philanthropic Engagement colleagues to ensure the timely disbursement of endowment reports. This position is also responsible for arranging and coordinating logistics for donors and prospects visiting campus, and for ensuring appropriate donor recognition in University collateral, media and during events.

This position reports to the Director of Alumni Engagement and Donor Stewardship, and works closely with Advancement Services, the Vice President and Associate Vice President for Philanthropic Engagement, the Office of the President, and other alumni-facing or donor-facing University stakeholders. This position also supervises a Philanthropic Engagement Specialist.

The incumbent will seek out opportunities to integrate student and alumni ambassador participation into departmental initiatives.

• Serves as a primary coordinator of University cultivating and stewarding efforts.
• Ensures consistent and accurate communication with donors, prospective donors, and alumni, as well as timely follow up.
• Contributes to the planning and organization of events and activities presented by the Division of Philanthropic Engagement to maximize philanthropic and stewardship outcomes.
• Collaborates with the Office of the President and the University’s Conference Services and Events department to organize activities involving high-level donors, prospects, alumni and other key University stakeholders.
• Serves as the administrative liaison to the President’s Board of Visitors.
• Ensures the timely production of letters, postcards, and fiscal reporting of donor-initiated funds and other written collateral as needed.
• Works within the Division of Philanthropic Engagement structure to monitor and steward giving societies with commensurate recognition for qualifying donors.
• Executes the public recognition of the personal or professional milestones of constituents, donors and University friends.
• Participates in the University’s activities to honor donors, as appropriate, including, but not limited to, naming opportunities, awards, permanent signage and plaques.
• Liaises with the Bowie State University Foundation, the Office of Private Scholarships and the Director of Advancement…