Director of Individual Giving

Position Description

Director of Individual Giving

About Horton’s Kids: Horton’s Kids is a community-based organization working to drive positive change in the lives of 500 children in grades K – 12 living in two of the most under-resourced communities in southeast Washington, DC – Wellington Park and Stanton Oaks. These communities are home to children and families with big dreams and the potential needed to achieve them. However, decades of disinvestment and systemic racism have created unfair barriers to access for these families. Horton’s Kids works to remove these barriers and even the playing field by providing comprehensive academic, social-emotional, health and wellness, and family engagement supports.

As an organization that serves exclusively people from low-income neighborhoods, we recognize that systemic oppression disproportionately impacts the most marginalized people in society, including BIPOC people, people with disabilities, people from low-wealth backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ+ people. We intentionally center these communities in our work and encourage people from these and other marginalized communities to apply for this position.

Position Description:

The Director of Individual Giving (DIG) plays an integral role in the successful fund development efforts at Horton’s Kids. The DIG will join a six-person team comprised of a CDO, Director of Events and Communications, Senior Development Coordinator, and three consultants (capital campaign, event, and direct mail) that will raise $3.9 million in FY22. The DIG has primary responsibility for the development and implementation of an individual giving strategy, including the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of new and existing donors. This includes serving as a key partner to the ED and CDO in an upcoming $4-5 million capital campaign. This position reports to the CDO, manages the Senior Development Coordinator and receives administrative (gift processing, database and acknowledgements) support from an intern. This ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, organized, a strong writer, flexible, and looking to make a real difference in the lives of DC children.

Eligible candidates must be vaccinated and will be asked to provide a copy of their vaccination card.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Annual Fundraising 

Major Donors: Manage a portfolio of approximately 75 – 100 individuals who are current or prospective major donors, who give $1,000 – $25,000 or more annually. This work includes:

  • Researching or supervising the researching of prospects
  • Planning and executing cultivation and stewardship strategies, including phone calls, mailings, email, and exclusive donor events
  • Integrate planned giving into major donor work where appropriate
  • Soliciting gifts or supporting staff and Board leadership in solicitations


Annual giving: Set and implement a strategy for annual giving, including a robust calendar of stewardship and solicitation touchpoints:

  • Manage, write, and execute year-end direct mail campaign, as well as two additional email fundraising campaigns with the assistance of Senior Development Coordinator and direct mail consultant
  • Grow our list of prospective donors and identify which donors should move into the pool of current and prospective major donors
  • Monitor progress towards achieving individual income goals
  • Advise on external communications, including e-newsletters, social media, and other annual fund stewardship touchpoints
  • Set and implement a strategy to grow our monthly donor pool
  • Implement workplace giving campaign strategy, including for the Combined Federal Campaign, DC One Fund, and various corporation-specific campaigns


Event fundraising: Work alongside the Director of Events and Communications to raise funds from individual sponsors and supporters of the organization’s two signature events. This includes:

  • Coordinating Host Committee around fundraising for Give Thanks & Give Back, or annual fall fundraising reception
  • Managing individual fundraising elements for Home Runs for Horton’s Kids, our annual spring fundraiser

     

Capital Campaign

  • Identify and cultivate prospects for campaign gifts, both personally and by supporting staff and Board leadership in securing individual gifts directly
  • Work collaboratively with development colleagues to develop campaign cultivation and stewardship events

     

Management and Leadership

  • Manage Senior Development Coordinator who partners with the DIG to implement individual donor strategy
  • Improve, lead, and implement organizational best practices for tracking donor information in Raiser’s Edge
  • Support other departmental initiatives as needed

     

Qualifications: The ideal candidate is an excellent verbal and written communicator, dynamic, adaptable, and can handle multiple projects simultaneously and autonomously. Additional essential competencies and experience include:

  • 6+ years of demonstrated success in fundraising and personal donor engagement
  • Experience managing an annual fund
  • Experience with major donor solicitations
  • Enthusiasm for Horton’s Kids’ mission and passion for equality of opportunity for children
  • Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university
  • Ability to be a team player in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a small, hard-working team
  • Working knowledge of Raiser’s Edge preferred
  • Experience with capital campaigns a plus

     

Salary: $80,000 to $100,000 based on experience.

Application Instructions:

If interested, please apply here and submit a cover letter, a resume and a writing sample by November 19th, 2021.