Manager of Donor

MANAGER, DONOR EXPERIENCE

Full Time

Houston Office, Houston, TX, US

Today

Requisition

Salary Range: $73,000.00 To $74,000.00 Annually

Houston, TX

Founded in 1997, Bottom Line is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization with a mission to partner with degree-aspiring students from first‑generation and low‑income backgrounds as they get into college, graduate, and launch meaningful careers. For over two decades, Bottom Line has provided consistent, one‑on‑one support to help students navigate the challenges of accessing and succeeding in college.

Today, we proudly serve over 7,000 students through our three core programs—College Access, College Success, and Bluprint—across regional offices in Massachusetts, New York City, Chicago, Ohio, Detroit, and soon, Houston. Our vision is to create a far‑reaching ripple effect, launched by the transformative power of a college degree and a mobilizing first career, that uplifts individuals, families, and entire communities.

When you join Bottom Line, you will become a part of a team that combines passion with expertise to advance equity and opportunity for degree‑aspiring students. In our dynamic, results‑driven environment, your contributions will help shape brighter futures and stronger communities.

The Manager of Donor Experience (MDE) is responsible for managing and executing a cohesive, high‑quality donor experience within the region while ensuring that donor relationships, engagement activities, and funding opportunities are accurately tracked and actively managed in Salesforce.

This role partners closely with the Executive Director (ED) to design and deliver donor engagement aligned to the ED’s vision and regional fundraising priorities. The MDE leads execution across events, communications, and programmatic opportunities, ensuring donors have meaningful, consistent ways to connect with Bottom Line’s mission and impact locally. The MDE will participate in donor strategy, fundraising planning, and prospect discussions as part of their professional development and increasing ownership within the region.

At the same time, the MDE ensures that all engagement is intentionally coordinated and reflected in a clear, up‑to‑date view of donor relationships, pipeline, and next steps. Working in close partnership with the ED, this role maintains strong alignment between engagement execution, outreach activity, and data tracking, ensuring donor relationships are well‑managed and positioned for long‑term growth.

The MDE operates within a national organization, leveraging centralized tools, templates, and resources to execute regionally tailored donor engagement while maintaining alignment with organization‑wide strategy, branding, and systems.

• Lead execution of a cohesive calendar of donor engagement across events, communications, and programmatic opportunities
• Own planning and execution of all regional events, ensuring clear goals, strong coordination, and high‑quality attendee experience
• Partner with the ED to align engagement activities to donor priorities and revenue goals
• Ensure experiences and communications are tailored to key donor segments and effectively showcase Bottom Line’s impact
• Develop and deliver compelling content and storytelling across events, communications, and materials that effectively connect donors to Bottom Line’s impact
• Coordinate across internal teams and external partners to deliver consistent, high‑quality donor engagement, communications and follow‑up

• Support the execution and tracking of donor relationships in close partnership with the ED
• Prepare donor materials and draft stewardship communications (briefs, follow‑ups, updates)
• Manage engagement cadence and ensure next steps are clearly defined and tracked in Salesforce
• Maintain visibility into the regional pipeline, including prospect identification and relationship progress
• Execute grant writing and reporting for assigned grants, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on time

• Own the accuracy,…