Interim Manager of Individual Giving

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we.

Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger.

We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve.

We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

Khan Academy is looking for a major gifts professional to join our Philanthropy team in an interim capacity from October through February. This role provides behind-the-scenes portfolio management and solicitation support for major individual giving, serves as a core writer for individual giving proposals and reports, and leads a focused research project to identify new major-gift and mid-level prospects from AI-sector liquidity events.

You will be key in supporting the 'wealth-wave' plan to expand the individual pipeline and ensuring philanthropic leadership is well prepared for donor engagements through end of year.

This role reports directly to the Director of Philanthropy for overall direction, prioritization, and approvals, and works closely with the Chief of External Relations on individual major donor outreach and end-of-year solicitations. Weekly hours are managed against a blended cap of 40 hours/week, with emphasis shifting across work streams as deadlines and priorities evolve.

• Portfolio & Donor Strategy (~10 hrs/wk, through EOY): Provide behind-the-scenes portfolio management for major individual giving, driving strategy to move relationships forward and secure gifts, including recommending and confirming appropriate next steps.
  • Leadership Preparation: Prepare C-suite executives and other philanthropic leadership for individual major donor meetings with briefings, pre-read decks, suggested strategies, and follow-up on next steps.
  • End-of-Year Outreach Management: Track and manage Chief of External Relation end-of-year donor outreach, including who has been contacted, follow-up status, and next steps.
  • Outreach Coordination: Coordinate donor outreach email by triaging messages, drafting responses for her review, and flagging donor replies that need attention.
  • CRM Management: Maintain accurate donor activities and updates in Salesforce (SFDC).
• Philanthropic Writing & Reporting (~10-15 hrs/wk, ongoing): Adapt compelling concept notes, proposals, and donor reports for individual giving opportunities, drawing on existing materials, templates, and stated program priorities. Convey key strategic priorities and narrative consistent with Khan Academy’s voice, mission framing, and prior donor communications, and incorporate feedback from the Philanthropy team and leadership.
  • Impact Metrics: Coordinate with key team members to pull, analyze, and present key performance metrics as part of preparing donor reports.
  • Review & Approvals: Submit donor reports, proposals, and related materials to Director of Philanthropy for initial…