Annual Giving Coordinator

Summary

Position

Description:

Legal Action of Wisconsin is seeking an Annual Giving Coordinator to manage our annual giving program, donor communications and stewardship, gift processing, and major fundraising and engagement events. The Annual Giving Coordinator is an important member of the External Relations team and will help build meaningful, lasting relationships with donors, volunteers, and supporters. This position will manage multi‑channel annual giving campaigns;

coordinate consistent donor communications and stewardship; ensure gifts are processed and acknowledged accurately and promptly; and lead the planning and coordination of at least two large‑scale fundraising or engagement events each year.

Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. (“Legal Action”) is a nonprofit law firm providing free civil legal services to people throughout Wisconsin. Our attorneys, paralegals, advocates, and other professionals work to ensure that people with low incomes have access to high-quality legal assistance and that the civil legal system works fairly for everyone.

Our work includes housing, public benefits, barriers to employment, consumer law, family law, and legal services for specialized populations and communities throughout Wisconsin.

MISSION STATEMENT:
Legal Action’s mission is to deliver exceptional civil legal services and pursue systemic change on behalf of people most in need. Our work is guided by our commitment to equity, advocacy, client‑centered service, integrity, and community.

• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Manage Legal Action’s annual giving calendar and coordinate fundraising appeals across direct mail, email, digital, and other communication channels.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Coordinate annual giving campaigns from planning through execution, including timelines, audience segmentation, messaging, production, mailing, email deployment, and follow‑up.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Work with the Content Manager and other External Relations staff to develop donor‑centered fundraising messages that communicate the impact of Legal Action’s work.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Coordinate with printers, mail houses, designers, and other vendors to ensure campaigns are completed accurately, on time, and within budget.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Prepare and maintain mailing and email lists and coordinate donor segmentation for campaigns.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Coordinate digital giving campaigns and special fundraising opportunities, including Giving Tuesday and year‑end giving.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Track campaign results, including revenue, donor participation, response, and other key measures, and help identify opportunities to strengthen future appeals.
• Annual Giving Appeals and Campaigns:
  Support strategies to acquire new donors, retain current donors, re‑engage lapsed donors, and grow recurring giving.
• Donor Communications and Stewardship:
  Manage Legal Action’s monthly donor and volunteer newsletter, including the production calendar, content coordination, drafting, scheduling, and performance tracking.
• Donor Communications and Stewardship:
  Coordinate year‑round donor stewardship activities that thank donors, demonstrate the impact of their support, and strengthen their connection to Legal Action.
• Donor Communications and Stewardship:
  Ensure donors receive timely and accurate acknowledgments, tax receipts, recognition, and other appropriate follow‑up.
• Donor Communications and Stewardship:
  Help develop stewardship approaches for first‑time donors, recurring donors, longtime supporters, event attendees, and other donor groups.
• Donor Communications and Stewardship:
  Respond…