National Ability Center logo
National Ability Center Verified
Non-profit Organization Management

Director of Major Gifts

Park, UTHybridFull TimeDirectorPosted 15 days ago

Is this role right for you?

Upload your resume and get a skill-by-skill breakdown — see exactly where you match, where you're close, and what to highlight. Not a mystery percentage.

Get a tailored resume highlighting what this role needs.

Required skills

  • Major Gifts
  • fundraising
  • donors
  • cultivation
  • solicitation
  • stewardship
  • revenue targets
  • relationship-based fundraising
  • moves management
  • donor research

Nice to have

  • adaptive recreation
  • non-profit

Role summary

The Director of Major Gifts is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors to secure significant financial contributions for the National Ability Center. This individual will have demonstrated experience securing gifts at the $10,000 level and above, leading strategies for developing long-term donor relationships and ensuring high levels of engagement and support. Key responsibilities include donor research, donor appreciation, database management, and achieving revenue targets. The role involves building relationships through face-to-face cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, as well as recruiting and stewarding individual donors through year-round engagement activities. The Director will attend community events and fundraisers as a lead NAC representative.

Description

IMPORTANT NOTE: We have partnered with DRiWaterstone Human Capital for this requisition. All qualified and interested candidates are required to apply through DRiWaterstone's application using the following link. Please do not continue with the application process on the NAC Careers Page. The job description is provided below, and you can find all of position details using this link:

Applications will only be accepted through this link:  https://driwaterstonehc.com/position/dirmg-nac/ 

Requirements

The National Ability Center (NAC) empowers individuals with disabilities by building self-esteem, confidence and lifetime skills through sport, recreation, and educational programs. As a leader in adaptive recreation and outdoor adventures, all who engage with the NAC rally around the belief that our differences make us stronger, and that recreating together can change our world.

By including family and friends in programming, the NAC strives to reinforce relationships and build support systems that extend beyond the initial program experience. The NAC family draws from decades of experience working with people of all abilities, harnessing the power of specialized equipment, techniques, teaching methods, a passionate team of full-time staff, seasonal instructors and over 1,000 volunteers.

The Opportunity:

The Director of Major Gifts is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors to secure significant financial contributions for the National Ability Center. This individual will have demonstrated experience securing gifts at the $10,000 level and above that will enable them to lead strategies for developing long-term relationships with donors, ensuring high levels of engagement and support. The Director of Major Gifts is accountable for donor research, donor appreciation, database management, and all necessary actions to achieve revenue targets.

Responsibilities:

  • Build donor relationships through face-to-face cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship alongside the CEO and VP of Development.
  • Recruit and steward individual donors by building year-round engagement activities to maximize revenue and to build donor loyalty (tours, ski days, meetings, NAC events, etc.).
  • Develop and maintain year-round relationships with individual gift donors to grow immediate, long-term, and planned gifts.
  • Increase annual revenue through relationship-based fundraising and strategic moves management.
  • Attend community events and fundraisers as a lead NAC representative.

Location: Park City, Utah (Hybrid, 2-3 days in office)

DRiWaterstone is proud to lead this search on behalf of the National Ability Center.

To Apply, use this link only: https://driwaterstonehc.com/position/dirmg-nac/  

Ready to apply?
You'll be redirected to National Ability Center's application page.

Similar roles

See how RiseMe works

Match, tailor, and prep so you send fewer applications and land more interviews.