2600002015 - Philanthropy Coordinator

Courtesy Posting for Lakeridge Health Foundation

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Position Title:

Philanthropy Coordinator

Reports To:

Manager, Insights & Analytics

Salary Range: $42,040 - $50,000

Lakeridge Health Foundation raises funds and builds awareness to support Lakeridge Health’s regional priorities and advance health care across Durham Region. The Foundation is growing to meet the evolving needs of our health system. With exciting projects on the horizon to support the critical needs of Lakeridge Health including advancing a regional fundraising campaign, delivering premier fundraising events and driving community engagement initiatives for impact, this is a pivotal time to join our team and make a lasting impact.

We're looking for a highly organized, collaborative and enthusiastic team member who thrives on keeping people, projects and priorities moving forward. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who loves variety, enjoys bringing order to complexity, and is excited to learn every aspect of healthcare philanthropy. Working alongside an experienced team of fundraising professionals, you'll help mobilize donor strategies, coordinate meaningful initiatives, support transformational philanthropic partnerships, and contribute to building the operational systems and fundraising processes that will power the Foundation's next stage of growth.

If you're a natural multitasker who enjoys solving problems, supporting others to succeed, and wants to build a career where every day offers something new, we'd love to hear from you.

The Philanthropy Coordinator is an essential member of the Philanthropy team, providing administrative, project coordination and fundraising support that enables the Foundation to achieve its annual fundraising and revenue generation goals. Working collaboratively with Philanthropy team members, the Philanthropy Coordinator assists with donor engagement, grant and proposal coordination, stewardship initiatives and donor communications while ensuring the efficient coordination of fundraising activities and exceptional service to donors and community partners.

The role builds fundraising capacity by enabling frontline fundraisers to focus on relationship management, donor engagement and revenue generating activities.

• Provide administrative and project coordination support to frontline fundraising staff in advancing donor relationships through cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities.
• Assist in preparing donor briefing materials, prospect profiles, solicitation packages, presentations, donor correspondence, pledge documentation, acknowledgement letters and other fundraising materials.
• Support the coordination and submission of grant applications, sponsorship requests and foundation proposals, including proposal schedules, grant deadlines, reporting requirements and stewardship deliverables.
• Conduct basic prospect research and compile background information to support donor engagement strategies.

• Support meaningful donor stewardship through acknowledgement correspondence, stewardship calls and donor communications.
• Respond to donor and community partner inquiries with professionalism, ensuring exceptional customer service and directing requests appropriately.
• Support donor recognition and stewardship initiatives, including coordinating donor recognition signage, supporting recognition events, and tracking stewardship activities and recognition commitments.

• Maintain accurate prospect and donor records within Raiser’s Edge, ensuring all actions, proposals, relationships, biographical information and fundraising activity are entered accurately and in a timely manner.
• Assist in preparing fundraising reports, dashboards, donor lists, pipeline metrics and other information to support fundraising activities.
• Ensure compliance with Foundation business rules, data standards and privacy requirements.

• Coordinate meetings, donor visits, calendars, correspondence and travel…