Philanthropy Officer

The Maine Community Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the United States, holding assets exceeding $895 million. The organization brings people and resources together to build a better Maine through strategic grantmaking, community leadership, and targeted investments. With a workforce of over 50 employees distributed across a main office in Ellsworth, a secondary office in Portland, and remote locations throughout Maine, the foundation maintains a statewide presence to effectively serve all Maine residents.

The Maine Community Foundation works collaboratively with donors, nonprofits, and community partners to address the diverse needs of Maine people. The organization operates with a strong commitment to equity, integrating equitable principles into all aspects of its operations and expecting staff to apply equity frameworks in their daily work. As a community foundation, MaineCF serves as a vital connector between philanthropic resources and community needs, supporting educational initiatives, economic development, and quality of life improvements across the state.

The Philanthropy Officer position supports MaineCF’s asset development goals by serving as a key member of the Philanthropy team. This role focuses on building and stewarding meaningful relationships with prospects, donors, and fund holders while coordinating essential communications and campaign activities that drive the foundation’s philanthropic mission forward. The successful candidate will manage external relationships and asset development initiatives, personally overseeing a portfolio of donors, prospects, and fund holders through all phases of engagement from cultivation through stewardship.

This position involves identifying and qualifying new prospective donors and fund holders, representing MaineCF at community and networking events throughout Maine, and maintaining current knowledge of local and regional issues and nonprofit organizations. In addition to relationship management, the Philanthropy Officer will serve a critical project management function, coordinating communications for the Philanthropy team’s pipeline development activities. This includes managing year-end appeals, producing segmented communications, tracking outcomes, and following up with prospects and donors.

The role requires strong proficiency with donor management systems and the ability to draft compelling, audience-appropriate communications for various constituents.

• Help grow MaineCF’s scholarship funder pool by identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding scholarship donors and prospects in close coordination with the Scholarship Team
• Personally manage a portfolio of donors, prospects, and fund holders, including cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and follow-up activities designed to increase philanthropic support for MaineCF
• Help identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit new prospective donors and fund holders
• Represent MaineCF at community, networking and partner events throughout the state
• Maintain a working knowledge of local and regional issues and initiatives and familiarity with local nonprofit organizations
• Project manage Philanthropy Team communications for pipeline development, including but not limited to year-end appeal planning, production, segmentation, tracking, and follow-up
• Draft donor and prospect communications
• Track donor and prospect activity, solicitation status, next steps, gifts, and outcomes in Salesforce CRM
• Be committed to the mission, vision, and values of MaineCF
• Be committed to service to donors, nonprofit organizations, and grantmaking volunteers
• Maintain open and effective communication with all departments within…