Philanthropy Associate

Miracle Flights Seeks Philanthropy Associate

At Miracle Flights, every act of generosity helps children and families overcome one of the greatest barriers to healthcare: distance. The Philanthropy Associate plays an essential role in ensuring that donors receive meaningful stewardship and that the systems supporting fundraising operate efficiently and effectively.

Reporting to the Chief of Philanthropy, the Philanthropy Associate provides administrative, operational, and donor stewardship support to advance Miracle Flights’ fundraising efforts and philanthropic goals. This role helps create an exceptional donor experience while supporting the systems, processes, and day-to-day operations that enable Miracle Flights to grow philanthropic revenue and serve more families.

This position is ideal for a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who enjoys supporting donor relationships, managing data, and helping build the infrastructure necessary for long-term growth.

Based at our Las Vegas headquarters, with flexibility for a hybrid or remote work model.

The Philanthropy Associate provides administrative, operational, and donor stewardship support to advance Miracle Flights’ fundraising efforts and philanthropic goals.

• Serve as the primary administrator for the donor CRM.
• Process donations and ensure timely gift entry, coding, acknowledgements, and reporting.
• Coordinate donor acknowledgments and stewardship activities.
• Conduct prospect research and prepare donor profiles and briefing materials.
• Provide administrative and project support to the Chief of Philanthropy.
• Support fundraising campaigns, donor experiences, events, and special projects.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, collaborative, and passionate about supporting the mission of Miracle Flights.

• Serve as the primary administrator for the donor CRM, ensuring accurate records.
• Process donations and ensure timely gift entry, coding, acknowledgements, and reporting.
• Develop reports, dashboards, mailing lists, segmentation lists, and fundraising analytics.
• Support donor pipeline management, portfolio tracking, and fundraising performance analysis.
• Monitor data integrity and ensure adherence to organizational CRM standards and procedures.

• Coordinate donor acknowledgments, thank-you letters, and stewardship.
• Assist the Philanthropy Manager in creating donor experiences that strengthen engagement and retention.
• Support donor correspondence, presentations, proposals, meeting preparation, and follow-up.

• Conduct prospect research on individuals, corporations, and foundations.
• Prepare donor profiles, meeting briefings, and research reports.
• Work with the team to identify new donor, sponsor, and grant opportunities.
• Assist in maintaining prospect pipelines and forecasting.

• Provide administrative and project support to the Chief of Philanthropy.
• Coordinate calendars, meetings, donor visits, and internal project timelines.
• Assist with philanthropy initiatives such as fundraising campaign execution, stewardship initiatives, events, and special projects.
• Help maintain fundraising dashboards, goals, and key performance indicators.
• Attend and assist with Miracle Flights events, donor experiences, campaigns, and community activations.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.
• 1–3+ years of nonprofit, administrative, or other transferable work experience.
• Experience working in a donor CRM system or other data entry environment.
  
  Experience performing prospect research preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Highly organized with exceptional time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Self-starter with initiative and strong problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative team player who works effectively across departments and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong donor relationships.
• Passion for Miracle Flights’ mission and impact.

Compensation starting at $50,000…