Individual Giving Manager

Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Our vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana serves more than 1,000 youth annually ages 8 - 25 in Hamilton, Johnson, and Marion Counties. We partner with parents/caregivers, volunteers, schools, and the donors in our community to defend, ignite, and empower the potential of every child we serve.

Purpose of this function: The Development & Engagement team forges powerful partnerships with corporations, individuals, and the broader community to recruit mentors, fuel 1:1 and programmatic mentoring, and drive sustainable fund development serving as a unified team that amplifies mission engagement
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Purpose of this role: Lead and strategically implement best practices in volunteer recruitment, relationship building, events, and drive results.

The Core Values of the Big Brothers Big Sisters network is Access, Belonging, & Opportunity. At Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, we harness the power of our mission to connect people in relationships that celebrate and affirm who they are, foster a sense of belonging, and enable opportunities and experiences to empower their potential. All staff are expected to demonstrate commitment to the Core Values through their everyday work and learning.

• Able to develop effective strategies around donor cultivation, stewardship and moves management.
• Results driven with a strong attention to detail.
• Identifies potential long-term outcomes and means for achieving them.
• Dedicated to growing and consistently improving annual fundraising through thoughtful planning and careful analysis of current fundraising structures in place.

• Works to cultivate relationships with new and existing donors.
• Represents the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters by dedicating time, commitment and care to the relationship of every individual donor, volunteer and fellow staff member.
• Stewards each donor with timely recognition, regular communication, accurate and detailed record keeping and relationship activity.
• Maintains professionalism with donors, volunteers, sponsors, staff and any other constituents at all times.
• Demonstrates strength in collaboration and professionalism when working with a team.

• Motivated and eager to achieve or exceed expectations.
• Mission-driven and inspired to create positive change.
• Continually seeks to improve and develop professionally.
• Focused on the outcomes made possible by achieving set goals.
• Takes initiative and able to lead - whether that be within a team, committee of volunteers or when otherwise necessary.

• Manage and renew or secure new gifts for the Light One Match Society and execute strategic annual opportunities for donors to engage, provide ongoing/consistent stewardship, and build programming
• Maintain a portfolio of Light One Match Society donors, building those key relationships & invite new donors to be part of this giving society
• Manage all reporting related to the Light One Match Society and all Individual Giving campaigns
• Expand, develop, and grow the Giving Tuesday Campaign with increased participation and engagement from Bigs & Alumni to achieve/exceed annual goals, while sustaining a place for Major Donors to have a direct impact, through challenge giving that produces impactful results annually.
• Develop strategic plans to grow monthly giving and bolster overall annual entry-level gifts below the $1,000 threshold.
• Create a Big Alumni and Little Alumni Association to create long-term relationships with those who have been a part of our program and helping tell the story of the life-long impact of our mission.
• Develop and manage the Alumni Hall of Fame nominations and recognition annually
• Coordinate stewardship events and opportunities for individual donors to engage with and/or support the mission by working closely with the program department.
• Research matching gift opportunities and communicate/leverage these with donors.
• Maintain accurate, thorough, and accessible records for all activities, donors, and goals in Raiser’s Edge.
• Manage projects and complete funder applications or reports as assigned.
• Support other efforts of the development department as needed.

• Support the development team in meeting all…