Regional Philanthropy Partner
St. Louis, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, 63105, USA
Listed on 2025-12-13
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Community Health -
Management
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By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?
Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!
Job Description:Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
WhereYour Career is a Force for Good!
The American Red Cross is currently seeking a Regional Philanthropy Partner (Individuals and Foundations) to support the St. Louis metropolitan area.
This is a hybrid role where you work from home and in office, while also travel around to meet with donors.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:We are looking for a Regional Philanthropy Partner who will meet fundraising goals and objectives and connect with our donors to serve our mission. In this role, you will identify, engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward current and prospective regional donors in expanding their financial support of the work of the American Red Cross.
WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD:1. Craft and Execute Winning Donor Strategies
Lead the charge in developing innovative strategies to qualify, retain, and grow donor contributions across the region. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to create personalized, compelling solicitation plans that align donor interests with the Red Cross’s mission. You’ll also have the opportunity to guide and inspire your team in implementing impactful fundraising strategies that drive results.
2. Build and Nurture Deep Donor RelationshipsTake ownership of a portfolio of donors in St. Louis and surrounding areas. Develop meaningful, long‑lasting radical connection with donors that leads to greater affinity of the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross. With an annual fundraising goal tied to your portfolio, you'll develop and execute donor engagement plans that result in powerful and strategic asks. Lead in‑person relationship building including meaningful solicitations, thoughtful stewardship and intentional cultivation through customized connections that resonate with donors.
When disaster strikes, rise to the challenge in connecting donors with community need. Revenue target may increase due to major domestic disasters.
Lead the development and execution of programs and giving circles that identify, cultivate, and steward donors giving at the $5,000+ level. Collaborate with leadership volunteers to find and nurture high‑potential prospects, and partner with Gift Planning staff to solicit giving opportunities. Stay organized and on top of donor engagement with regular and consistent updates to Salesforce and other data sources.
4. Lead the Charge in Individual and Foundation PartnershipsGrow and sustain strong relationships with major individual, and family foundation donors to meet ambitious fundraising goals. In partnership with the local Executive Director, support and empower a local Board of Directors to engage their peers through programs like the Tiffany Circle Society and work to support engagement with their respective corporations to help support the mission of the Red Cross.
You’ll also dive into crafting compelling grant proposals to engage foundation boards for long‑term support.
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