Senior Prospect Research Analyst

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.  
Responsibilities: A key member of the Advancement Services team, the CDC Foundation’s Senior Prospect Research Analyst is responsible for supporting CDC Foundation’s Advancement team in identifying, researching and analyzing prospects for individual major gift and organizational cultivation and solicitation. Research and analysis serve as the foundation of Advancement operations and directly contribute to the institution’s success. The Senior Prospect Research Analyst works directly with frontline fundraiser staff to identify major donor prospects who have the propensity and capacity to support the CDC Foundation’s initiatives and campaigns. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and able to effectively manage multiple priority projects in a fast-paced environment. Specifically, the Senior Prospect Research Analyst works closely with the Advancement teams to research individuals, corporations and foundations and compile data into meaningful categories; evaluate data for accuracy and relevance and prepare reports including detailed prospect profiles; and assess based on known indicators of wealth and philanthropic giving capacity, affinity and propensity. The Senior Prospect Research Analyst is also responsible for creating strategy and business processes to tier and analyze prospects, as well as proactive prospect management and generating reports in our Salesforce CRM. In addition to the prospect research responsibilities this position supports CDC Foundation’s gift compliance activities in conjunction with CDC Foundation’s leadership and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Job Highlights

• Position Title: Senior Prospect Research Analyst
• Department: Advancement
• FLSA Classification: Exempt
• Reports to: Director of Advancement Services
• Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides the Chief Development Officer, CDC Foundation leadership and other Advancement staff with the tools/reports and information required to plan and execute CDC Foundation’s advancement programs, including research, prospect management, analysis of donor histories and reporting.
• Proactively and independently plan and execute industry best practice strategies to identify sources of support using research techniques and electronic searching methodologies to ensure that fundraising initiatives have sufficient prospects to meet fundraising goals.
• Develops, updates and maintains the major gift and organizational prospect research information in the Salesforce CRM to monitor and report on prospects. Tracks top prospects to help fill the pipeline of donor prospects.
• Develops and maintains written reports, biographical profiles, providing basic analysis of program trends for donor and prospect visits in key geographics, as well as Board of Directors’ and Advancement Committee nominees.
• Composes documents (profiles, biographies, project summaries) using style, grammar and content appropriate to specific audiences. Interprets and translates complex language into easily comprehensible term and interprets research to fundraisers as necessary.
• Using creative research techniques provides high-level research on individuals, alumni, corporations, and foundations using a wide variety of biographical, organizational and financial sources, including online databases, websites and other external repositories of public information to identify prospects.
• Analyzes and synthesizes accumulated information to assess financial capacity, philanthropic interest, giving propensity and connectivity. Evaluates research results to develop and implement further research strategies utilizing ethical intelligence-gathering techniques of the information profession.
• Identifies donor gift capacity through the analysis and clarification of complex information.
• Assists the data team with data quality and capture improvements and a