Major Gift Officer

Location: Shoreline, WA

Employment Status: Full Time

Compensation: $92,000 - $138,000 per year, DOE.

Benefit Highlights: Health Insurance, Retirement Plans with CRISTA match, Family Care, Paid Holidays, PTO, Tuition Discount at King’s Schools.

The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) plays a crucial role in the overall fundraising strategy for World Concern, focusing on helping achieve major gift fundraising and planned giving initiatives. The MGO will be responsible for identifying and cultivating relationships with existing and prospective donors and stewarding donors throughout the major giving process. The goal is to move donors into a larger commitment by providing personalized attention, appreciation, spiritual development and information on programs of personal interest.

• Manage a portfolio of 120 donors giving $10,000+ and high-capacity prospects, securing major gifts at the $10K to $1M level, and identifying donors and prospects that have the capacity to give at a higher level.
• Cultivate new and expanded relationships with donors through a strategic process of moves management to better understand their interests and to move them into a larger commitment.
• Ensure that each major donor and prospect has a clear strategy and timeline for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Meet annual fundraising and performance goals.
• Contact a targeted number of donors each week and month. Document all communication and live contacts made through Salesforce.
• Travel locally, out-of-state, and out-of-country to engage donors.
• Grow donor engagement proactively by sharing new marketing materials and Field updates appropriate to donors’ interests and donation commitments.
• Understand World Concern’s work at a basic level, communicate giving offers and opportunities, and know the funding opportunities within the fiscal year.
• Participate as a team member of Resource Advancement and Donor Relations in meetings, prayer, devotions and other opportunities.
• Work closely with team members in Donor Relations and Marketing to ensure all donor contacts are coordinated and remain donor centric.
• Participate in and support events for World Concern.
• Generate reports as needed from Salesforce.

• Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
• Committed Christian dedicated to continued spiritual growth and development as evidenced through personal walk with God.
• Pray for God's will in their own lives and in ministry at CRISTA.
• Engage ministry colleagues through prayer, participation in spiritual practices, leading devotionals and other spiritual practices.
• Affirm, align with and support CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Statement (CCC).
• Conduct themselves in a manner that reflects well on CRISTA Ministries and aligns with its mission, vision, Statement of Faith and CCC.
• Demonstrate the values of a CRISTA leader.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the United States Department of Education or equivalent. Relevant work experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

• 5 – 7 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising with individual and major donors.

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Salesforce or other donor CRM

• Ability to pass background checks relating to DSHS Secretary’s List of Crimes and Negative Actions.

• 10+ years of experience in nonprofit fundraising with individuals and major donors.

• Certified Fund‑Raising Executive (CFRE) credential.

CRISTA is a Christian, religious organization that lives out its faith-based mission through five ministries: CRISTA Camps, CRISTA Media, CRISTA Senior Living, King’s Schools, and World Concern. As permitted by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRISTA reserves the right to prefer employees of a particular religion and to require its employees to hold certain religious beliefs, engage in certain religious observances, or refrain from certain behaviors based on CRISTA’s religious beliefs.

CRISTA’s employees must agree with and support without reservation CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and must conduct themselves in accordance with the religious beliefs and practices that flow from that Statement of Faith and CRISTA’s Christian Community Policy.

Among those employees and employment applicants who agree with and support without reservation and abide by the Statement of Faith and CRISTA’s Christian Community Policy, CRISTA does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Based on its religious beliefs, CRISTA values and respects the dignity of all persons and appreciates the diversity of God’s creation.