At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Through the generous support of our friends and partners in the community, our exceptional doctors, nurses and care providers achieve the impossible every day. Our foundation provides a guidebook for giving, and ensures careful stewardship of all gifts.

Our foundation is staffed with experts who guide donors through the many ways to support the care we give to kids. We work every day to ensure their wishes are honored.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

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Job Summary

Position within Children's Wisconsin Foundation that will provide operational and strategic support to the Principal Gift Program portfolio comprised of benefactors who have committed and/or are considering gifts of $1 million or more to the organization. This individual will work closely to support Foundation senior leadership and frontline fundraisers in identifying, engaging, soliciting and stewarding principal gifts.

Essential Functions

• Offer input into strategy, insight and voice for our principal gift benefactors and prospects ($1M+) to ensure meaningful, coordinated and individualized engagement and stewardship throughout their journey with Children’s.
• Track and work on development of principal gift ($1M+) content creation, including donor correspondence, talking points for critical principal gift benefactor and prospect meetings. Key partner with the Foundation Communications team and external communication assets that support proposal writing, public announcements, promoting challenges, etc.
• Organize principal gift team meetings, building out agendas, providing relevant updates, and tracking on important next steps and to dos.
• Track on established fundraising priorities for the System and support the cross-system process for determining donor interest and viability for future potential fundraising priorities for the System, in partnership with the Foundation System Liaison team, Principal Gift Program team and Development team.
• Support the administrative and logistics of staffing health system CEO, Foundation President and other executive leaders in their outreach to and meetings with principal gift benefactors.
• Recommend new approaches, procedures, and processes to ensure continued improvements in Principal Gift Program efficiencies. Ensure critical processes are well documented and distributed across the Foundation team.
• Assist in research activities and reporting to inform strategies for prospects, including but not limited to retrieving and synthesizing donor and prospect information, updating donor records and moves management in Raiser’s Edge, and understand the future principal gift pipeline.
• Coordinate internal communication and implementation plan for secured principal gifts with appropriate Foundation Development, System Liaison and Stewardship teammates.
• Support the coordination with health system teammates and stewardship team on impact reporting and accountability meetings with principal gift benefactors.
• Track the 5-year growth plan and metrics for the Principal Gift Program, including benchmarking reports with Woodmark and other health care foundations and make recommendations on program development.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Required

Experience:

• 5+ years professional non-profit related experience Required
• Experience in major, principal and/or planned gift fundraising work Preferred
• Experience in fundraising campaigns Preferred
• Experience working with donors who have or are considering gifts of $1M+ Preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong project management skills and demonstrated experience in developing work plans and executing on them.
• Requires a high level of organizational and problem solving skills and a track record of building innovative approaches to successfully manage and coordinate multiple projects.
• Requires strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative spirit and the ability to instill trust.
• Proven complex navigation skills in ambiguous terrain, patience, flexibility, sharp attention to detail and a high level of professionalism, including a superb level of tact and discretion.
• Demonstrated growth mindset and an authentic interest in transformational philanthropy is preferred.

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- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.
- Employment is at-will. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.