Individual Giving Coordinator

Description

Days Off:
Saturday/Sunday

Location:

Hybrid remote and in-person at 515 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98104. Occasional team meetings and events at various DESC sites across King County.

Shift: Office Day
Insurance Benefits:
Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical
Other Benefits:
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background.

Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time.

Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs, 19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.

DESC is seeking a strategic, relationship-driven fundraising professional to serve as our Individual Giving Coordinator—a key member of the Fund Development team responsible for managing and growing DESC’s mid-level giving and annual fund programs.

As a frontline fundraiser, this role focuses on building meaningful relationships with donors, strengthening engagement, increasing philanthropic support, and advancing donor retention and upgrade strategies. Through thoughtful stewardship, personalized outreach, and strategic solicitation, the Individual Giving Coordinator will manage a portfolio of mid-level donors, oversee DESC’s annual fund and recurring supporter efforts, and support the execution of organization-wide giving campaigns.

The Individual Giving Coordinator will help elevate DESC’s fundraising program by connecting donors to the organization’s mission and impact, while demonstrating a commitment to principles aligned with Community-Centric Fundraising—including centering community voice, promoting equity, and fostering mutual accountability.

The ideal candidate is passionate about advancing DESC’s mission and skilled at building meaningful, lasting relationships with donors and supporters. They are energized by engaging individuals in conversations about community impact and philanthropy and are motivated by helping donors connect their values with opportunities to support DESC’s work.

• Manage a portfolio of 250-300 active and prospective mid-level donors and family foundations.
• Develop and implement tailored solicitation and stewardship moves management plans.
• Conduct personal visits to directly solicit gifts, including mid-level and major gifts, with a focus on increasing donor commitment and connection to our work.
• Share prompt and meaningful gratitude with individual donors in assigned range and portfolio, in accordance with DESC’s gift acknowledgment procedures.
• Identify donors with the potential and inclination to make major or planned gifts, and flag them for collaborative cultivation.
• Build trust-based relationships that encourage ongoing engagement and advocacy and center Community Centric Fundraising principles.
• Communicate accurate information and ideas to DESC supporters, partners, and the public.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current issues, trends, policies, and funding related to homelessness…