Are you passionate about building lasting relationships and driving impactful change? We’re excited to announce an opportunity for a dynamic Donor Engagement Manager to join our team! In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with our Executive Director and Development Program Manager to expand and nurture our donor base, ensuring the Foundation’s mission and programs continue to thrive. You’ll craft compelling fundraising strategies, lead engaging donor events, and spearhead initiatives to boost both financial support and public awareness. If you’re a motivated individual with a knack for relationship-building and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Principle Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Cultivate relationships with current and prospective financial donors, including corporate leaders, foundations, and individuals, expanding donor base and community engagement.
• Work in close partnership with the Executive Director in implementing strategies to sustain and increase major donor giving levels, including donor research, scheduling meetings, and preparing materials.
• Represent Laguna externally, engaging in community events, speaking engagements, and donor cultivation activities, often requiring availability on evenings and weekends.
• Plan and manage all fundraising events for the Laguna Foundation, coordinating staff and volunteer committees, developing event timelines and tasks, managing invitations, designing materials, securing vendors, sponsorships, auction items, and other event needs.
• Lead the Public Communications Team, ensuring consistent and impactful communications across all platforms to inspire philanthropic support through coordinating the content creation, messaging, and branding of
  marketing materials, periodicals, social media, the organization’s website,
  press releases, and other campaigns.
• Lead the coordination of creating annual appeals and mailings, collaborating on key messaging, copy writing, photo selection, and graphic design of letters and envelopes with other team members.
• Oversee the production of the Annual Impact Report, guiding message selection, supporting copy development, and ensuring timely completion post-fiscal year with the Director of Administration and other team members.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Board Advancement Committee, overseeing key metrics to forecast and achieve annual fundraising goals in close collaboration with the Executive Director

Position Type/Compensation
Starting Salary Range: $30.75 – $32.00 per hour. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance including up to 90% employer-paid premium; accrued vacation, two-weeks paid sick leave frontloaded annually, 14 paid holidays, two paid personal days; and participation in a 403(b) retirement plan.

For more information visit our website at:

http://www.lagunafoundation.org/pdfs/2024-Donor-Engagement-Mgr-Description.pdf