Senior Director, Philanthropy

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

 

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Job Overview

The Senior Director, Philanthropy plans, directs, and manages all the philanthropy functions for the Hospital/Clinic serving as the lead philanthropy officer for the location. The Senior Director is responsible for planning, implementing, and/or coordinating all programs and strategies designed to enhance charitable giving to provide additional support to Shriners Children’s including following and fulfilling the objectives and goals developed by the Executive Director of Location Philanthropy inconjunction with the Chief Philanthropy Officer and location leadership.  Identifies and cultivates prospective donors in the local community from whom to solicit gifts. Nurtures donor relationships through regular contact, communication, and recognition. Develops and maintains relationships with hospital-affiliated Shriners Temples and the local community for the purpose of fundraising. Directs, mentors, trains, and supports a hospital/clinic-based philanthropy staff. The position requires the willingness and ability to travel as needed and the willingness to occasionally work evenings and weekends when necessary.

Responsibilities

 

Major Gifts Fundraising

• Develops, builds, and maintains a comprehensive, hospital/clinic-based philanthropy program focused on major gifts, planned gifts, annual giving, and corporate and foundation giving.
• Responsible for developing and implementing long and short-range operational plans to strengthen and grow major gifts and planned giving programs.
• Possesses a fundamental working knowledge of ways to make planned gifts, including Charitable Gift Annuities (CGA’s), bequests, real property, etc.
• Grows understanding of gift agreements, endowment giving, capital projects, and other key major gift processes.
• Demonstrates a solid performance record for closing major gifts at levels of six and seven figures and higher.
• Reviews donor stratification reports, among others to ensure the team’s focus on top-tier donors and grow support within those levels.
• Baseline’s location donor retention rates and sets targets to increase retention of mid and major gift-level donors.
• Identifies, cultivates, and stewards prospect relationships through personal visits and written and oral communication to obtain fundraising gifts to support Shriners Children’s (SC).

 

Prospect Engagement & Stewardship through Centralized Services

• Determines an appropriate and collaborative third-party fundraising approach to leverage greater funding for location efforts.
• In collaboration with the digital team, determines strategies using Classy or other platforms to engage more donors more seamlessly.
• Maintains a knowledge base on real estate, vehicle, and stock donation and other tools that were developed to provide better experiences for our donors and more streamlined efforts for the team.
• Collaborates with the corporate and foundation team to ensure engagement strategies are created for key employers/foundations operating within the community; Supports 31 Days to Amaze and other efforts that grow visibility and funds for the hospital/clinic.
• Build stronger connections with chambers of commerce, executive leadership groups, local and national foundation groups, and business councils to grow our visibility in the business, philanthropic, foundation, and religious communities so our communities can better support our outreach efforts.
• Ensures records of all donor-related activities and gifts are recorded a