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Major Gift Officer
American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Posted September 30, 2025
90000 - 110000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meaningful change in the world.
Job Description
The Major Gifts Officer manages a portfolio of 150 assigned and qualified donors, cultivating relationships, soliciting high-level gifts, and promoting inclusion of WAMU in donor's estate plans. The role also provides input and oversight of the WAMU Leadership Circle and other donor cultivation and stewardship activities.
Requirements
- Qualifies a caseload of 150 donors from a larger group of donors to the organization.
- Creates individual goals for each person on the caseload based on donor's history of giving and the knowledge of that donor's potential.
- Manages prospect/donor communication and drafts specific proposals for assigned prospects.
- Conducts basic prospect research for portfolio.
Benefits
- 200% matching retirement plan
- Tuition benefits for full-time staff and their families
- Leadership development certificates