Senior Development Officer, Israel Giving Shalom Hartman Institute

Chaloner has partnered with the Shalom Hartman Institute on their search for a Senior Development Officer, Israel Giving.

The Shalom Hartman Institute is a leading research and educational center serving Israel and world Jewry. We work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of Israel and the Jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and Israel’s Jewish and democratic character, and rebuild the covenant between Israel and the Jewish world.

Through our community of outstanding scholars and educators, the Institute develops innovative responses to the challenges of our time, cultivates a new generation of leaders and change agents, and builds transformational educational projects that help inspire a better Judaism and a better Israel for the 21st century.

Sixty-five percent of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s work takes place in Israel. From the Hartman High Schools – one of the most significant modern orthodox Jewish educational endeavors in the country –to the Institute’s deep portfolio of programs for Israeli leaders, Hartman’s Israel-based work is foundational to its global mission. And yet, historically, this work has been significantly underfunded relative to its scale and impact:
North American donors, understandably, gravitate toward programming they can see and touch closer to home.

That is the opportunity. The Institute is investing in dedicated philanthropic leadership to close this gap — to identify, cultivate, and inspire North American donors who care about shared society, Israeli democracy, and the future of Jewish pluralism in the Jewish homeland. Post‑October 7th, there is a growing and newly engaged universe of North American philanthropists who want to make a difference in Israel.

Many have never had a vehicle as intellectually rigorous, as mission‑aligned, or as programmatically sophisticated as Hartman through which to channel that commitment.

The Senior Development Officer, Israel Giving will own this work. Based in the New York metropolitan area, this person will carry a national portfolio of prospects with a unifying focus: donors and foundations whose philanthropic interests are oriented toward Israel. They will be the internal expert on Hartman’s Israel‑based programs, the primary relationship‑builder for Israel‑focused giving, and the key connector between North American donors and the Institute’s Jerusalem campus, faculty, and leadership.

This position will report to the Managing Director for Israel Funder Engagement (based in Israel).

• Identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit a national portfolio of major gift prospects ($50K–$1M+) with a specific philanthropic interest in Israel, Israeli society, or the North American Jewish relationship with Israel.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy for Israel programs, including prospect mapping, pipeline development, and customized cultivation and solicitation plans for individual donors, family foundations, and institutional funders.
• Conduct in‑person cultivation, stewardship, and solicitation meetings with an emphasis on authentic intellectual engagement and long‑term relationship building.
• Serve as the primary development liaison to Hartman’s Israel‑based programmatic leadership, building deep fluency in the Institute’s high school programs, Israeli leadership initiative, thought leadership, public voice, shared society, Rabbinic training and other Jerusalem campus work to represent these programs compellingly to North American donors.
• Close major gifts in support of Hartman’s Israel‑based programs, leveraging the programmatic assets of the Jerusalem campus and the intellectual firepower of Hartman’s Israeli faculty and scholars.
• Collaborate closely with Hartman’s regional and program staff, development officers, and Board leadership to identify Israel‑interested prospects within their existing portfolios and coordinate seamless handoffs or co‑cultivation where appropriate.
• Identify and develop relationships with donors who may be giving to other Israel‑related organizations — including universities, hospitals,…