Individual Giving Officer

We are looking for an Individual Giving Officer to join our team at Project Success. Project Success is a youth development nonprofit organization that helps students connect to their purpose. We work with more than 17,000 6th-12th grade students and their families annually and have more than 225,000 alumni around the world. Learn more .

The Individual Giving Officer is responsible for identifying, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors to meet the organizational giving goal. They work with the Senior Director of Advancement to develop fundraising plans, strategies, and key tactics that increase the organization’s philanthropic and in-kind support from individual donors.

This role reports to the Senior Director of Advancement and is part of the Advancement team at Project Success.

Our ideal candidate has a successful track record of developing annual fundraising plans, meeting annual goals, building relationships with a variety of constituents, and analyzing the effectiveness of fundraising efforts. They have excellent organizational, collaboration, and communication skills needed to work with various internal and external partners. They are trustworthy with a high sense of integrity and are able to nurture relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.

They also approach fundraising with a clear understanding of and commitment to equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility.

• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Advancement and the Advancement team to create and execute annual individual giving plans, portfolio goals, and track and report on progress
• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Advancement to meet annual contributed revenue goals, including cash and in‑kind support
• Work closely with the Senior Director of Advancement and the Executive Director to drive the strategic goals of the organization and ensure individual giving efforts align with those goals
• Support the continued growth of the individual giving program, including managing and growing relationships

• Manage a portfolio of individual donors and prospects needed to meet the annual individual giving goal
• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Advancement, Executive Director, and Board volunteers to lead efforts in identifying, cultivating, and securing individual donors
• Build and maintain strong donor relationships through regular and personalized engagement, including in‑person visits, phone calls, email, mailings, and participation in donor events
• Plan and execute donor engagement opportunities and events to deepen relationships and increase individual giving
• Maintain an active presence in giving networks to build relationships with current and prospective donors
• Serve as the primary point of contact for new individual donors, including responding to inquiries related to giving and engagement opportunities
• Collaborate with the Advancement team to develop compelling donor‑facing materials and impact storytelling that communicates Project Success’s mission and impact

• Oversee the management of individual gift data in Raiser’s Edge carried out by the Advancement Operations Manager
• Establish and maintain strong systems for gift tracking, acknowledgements, donor stewardship, cultivation, and communications, including requested reports and informal updates
• Utilize tools available in Raiser’s Edge to accurately manage, analyze and report on fundraising progress, strengthen systems for data management, and extract information needed to plan and execute fundraising activities

We are looking for individuals that are passionate about the success of our students and share the mission, vision, and values of Project Success.

Project Success motivates and inspires young people to dream about the future, helps them take steps to get there and gives them the tools they need to achieve their goals.

Every child entering middle school will graduate high school with a plan for their future and have the skills and…