Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts

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Director of Individual Giving &
Major Gifts

Posted Date:
July 2025

Start Date:

ASAP

Title:

Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts
Department:
Development

Reports to:

Chief Development Officer
FSLA Status:
Exempt

Schedule:

Full-time

The Jewish Museum:

The Jewish Museum serves people of all religious, cultural, and ethnic
backgrounds through world-class exhibitions ranging from ancient to
contemporary. Founded in 1904 and located on New York City's Museum
Mile, the Jewish Museum aspires to be the global leader at the center of
Jewish culture.

The Museum maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art,
ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over
more than 4,000 years. The Museum's thought-provoking, innovative, and
intellectually stimulating exhibitions and education programs serve a wide
range of audiences, including families, children and teens, students,
educators, and visitors with disabilities. As an identity-based institution, the
Museum plays an important role among cultural institutions, challenging all
forms of bigotry and discrimination and promoting understanding among
wide audiences and especially in these challenging times. The Jewish
Museum invites applicants of all backgrounds to consider joining the
Museum in its work.

The Jewish Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming
environment for all. Integrity, collegiality, and excellence are central to the
Museum's values. These values, along with an institution-wide commitment
to Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion (DEAI), are embedded in the
Museum's strategic plan.

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The Position:

The Jewish Museum seeks a dynamic, strategic, and highly motivated
Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts to lead a transformational
individual fundraising effort during one of the most exciting and pivotal
moments in the Museum's history. With the highly anticipated reopening of
the Museum's 3rd and 4th floors in October 2025-introducing the elegant
new Salon event space and reimagined galleries-this is a critical time to
expand and deepen philanthropic investment across all levels of giving.

The Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts will manage all aspects of
unrestricted individual giving at the Museum, from basic membership to
high-level giving societies, while personally managing the solicitation of
unrestricted and restricted gifts through the identification, engagement,
cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of a portfolio of high net worth
families and individuals. This position will expand and maximize giving across
the institution by supervising the donor journey at all levels of individual
giving, and through a combination of annual and special appeals, from giving
societies to anniversary campaign fundraising.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for a seasoned front-line fundraiser with
a track record of closing six- and seven-figure gifts and building high
- performing teams. The Director will lead the Individual Giving & Major Gifts
vertical, encompassing all unrestricted individual contributions from entry
- level members to principal gift donors. This role manages a robust personal
portfolio of 100+ donors and prospects at the $50K -$1,000,000+ level,
while also directly supervising a team responsible for major gifts, next-gen
philanthropy, and membership growth.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer and working closely with the
Deputy Chief Development Officer, this senior leader will play a vital role in
setting strategy, driving revenue, mentoring talent, and positioning the
Museum to meet its most ambitious philanthropic goals to date.

Key Responsibilities:

Fundraising Leadership & Strategy

* Personally manage a portfolio of 100+ principal and major gift donors
and prospects, focusing on cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
of gifts from $50K to $1,000,000+

* Serve as a thought partner to the Chief Development Officer and
Deputy CDO in developing high-impact strategies for multi-year giving
and transformational philanthropy

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* Design and implement creative and compelling opportunities for
support tied to the reopening of the 3rd and 4th floors, institutional
priorities, and the Museum's long-term vision

* Lead…