Corporate Gifts Officer

## Corporate Gifts Officer Apply:
Streeterville, Chicago, IL:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JRAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.
** Location
* * Olympia Center
** Job Description
** Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is actively planning for its next comprehensive fundraising campaign. The Corporate Gifts Officer is responsible for driving significant corporate revenue growth through the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a dynamic portfolio of corporate partners and prospects. With an individual fundraising goal of $1,000,000 toward a team goal of $6M, this role requires a motivated, entrepreneurial relationship-builder who can develop creative engagement opportunities and translate corporate partnerships into meaningful, long-term philanthropic investment.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships, the Corporate Gifts Officer will manage a robust portfolio of existing partners while proactively identifying new opportunities aligned with Lurie Children’s strategic priorities. This role also serves as a key partner to the community engagement and events teams, supporting corporate event sponsorship goals as one component of a broader partnership strategy. The Corporate Gifts Officer will help position Lurie Children’s as the charity of choice for corporate Chicago.
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* Essential Job Functions:

*** Manage a corporate portfolio with the goal of meeting an individual fundraising target of $1,000,000 annually and supporting the team's broader $6M revenue goal, overseeing all aspects of the prospect lifecycle — identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship — across corporate partners, vendor companies, employee giving campaigns, grant applications, and in-kind opportunities.
* Identify and develop new business opportunities that generate philanthropic support, sponsorship revenue, and strategic partnerships aligned with Lurie Children’s priorities.
* Partner with medical center stakeholders to develop compelling proposals, partnership opportunities, sponsorship packages, and funding priorities while managing timelines and deadlines.
* Serve as a key liaison to the community engagement and events teams, supporting corporate event sponsorship goals and using events as an entry point to cultivate longer-term corporate partnerships.
* Provide fundraising counsel and strategic support to volunteer leaders and/or medical center event committees, including identifying corporate prospects, leveraging networks, and developing solicitation strategies.
* Develop, build, and maintain effective working relationships with volunteers, prospects, donors, sponsors, board members, and internal stakeholders; identify meaningful engagement opportunities that advance organizational goals.
* Partner with Foundation colleagues to develop written communications, proposals, sponsorship materials, and stewardship reports that effectively present opportunities to support Lurie Children’s.
* Drive strategy pertaining to the donors and corporations in the assigned portfolio, including timely and accurate documentation of contacts and conversations in the fundraising CRM.
* Represent Lurie Children’s at fundraising events, sponsorship activations, donor meetings, and networking events.
* Other job functions as assigned.
** Knowledge, Skills…