Philanthropy Officer

Job Description

KUOW has an outstanding opportunity for a Philanthropy Officer to join their team.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Development, the Philanthropy Officer is responsible for managing a portfolio of 150+/- major donors and prospects, focusing on cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts that support KUOW’s mission. The role combines front line fundraising and one-to-one relationship management with contributions to strategic initiatives and peer mentoring within KUOW’s Donor Engagement team.

KUOW has an outstanding opportunity for a Philanthropy Officer to join their team.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Development, the Philanthropy Officer is responsible for managing a portfolio of 150+/- major donors and prospects, focusing on cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts that support KUOW’s mission. The role combines front line fundraising and one-to-one relationship management with contributions to strategic initiatives and peer mentoring within KUOW’s Donor Engagement team.

Position is suitable/eligible for Hybrid/Occasional Telework.

• Identifies, manages, cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of approximately 150 major donors and prospects to increase annual, special, and transformational contributions to KUOW.
• Develops and implements activities to advance individuals in portfolio through all aspects of the gift cycle: initiating contact, developing cultivation strategies, drafting proposals, moving potential donors to solicitation and closure, and providing stewardship.
• Works with Philanthropy colleagues to identify, research, solicit, cultivate, and steward major donor prospects.
• Plans and executes targeted events for those within and beyond assigned portfolio.
• Creates communication materials to support major donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities, including writing proposals, case statements, grant requests and solicitation letters.
• Represents KUOW at donor events and community functions as appropriate.
• Identifies and cultivates estate and planned gifts.
• Actively supports Membership and Marketing campaigns, securing challenge and matching gift opportunities from within portfolio that may be leveraged to incentivize additional giving.
• Ensures accurate and complete record-keeping and donor acknowledgements.

• Key contributor to annual planning for major donor fundraising and develops personal annual plans for portfolio of 150+/- , aligned with KUOW’s strategic framework and annual operating goals.
• Prepares reports and analyses to monitor productivity and health of portfolio.
• Assists in refining methodologies and best practices for major donor fundraising, including stewardship and cultivation processes.
• Leads assigned projects or initiatives to enhance donor engagement and operational efficiency.
• Collaborates with colleagues across teams to support major donor-focused events and campaigns.
• Mentors junior staff or interns on best practices in donor cultivation and stewardship.

To be considered for this opportunity your application must demonstrate you meet both the minimum qualifications and additional qualifications listed below. Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

• A bachelor’s degree and at least four years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising or a related field. Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.
• Demonstrated success in cultivating donor relationships and securing major gifts.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written, phone, and in-person).
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

• Familiarity with public radio programming.
• Working knowledge of fundraising databases, preferably Salesforce.