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About the Role

The Mid-Level Gifts Manager cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual donors to grow philanthropic support for Vera’s mission. This frontline fundraising role focuses on managing a defined group of mid-level donors, implementing engagement strategies, and identifying supporters for deeper investment, with direct revenue responsibility and no staff management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 200 mid-level donors and prospects.
• Develop and implement individualized strategies to retain and deepen donor relationships.
• Conduct substantive donor outreach, including phone calls, virtual meetings, and in-person visits.
• Coordinate closely with the Major Gifts team to identify and transition qualified prospects.
• Prepare briefing materials, proposals, and stewardship reports.
• Staff donor cultivation and stewardship events.
• Execute targeted mid-level campaigns, stewardship touchpoints, and cultivation opportunities.
• Partner with the Associate Director of Digital Fundraising and Communications teams on segmented donor messaging.
• Oversee the entire Annual Report process, including strategic direction, writing, and design.
• Maintain accurate donor records and activity tracking in the CRM.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent work or life experience.
• 3+ years of fundraising or relevant relationship-management experience.
• Experience in advocacy, policy, research, or social-justice organizations (preferred).

Skills

• Strong communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success managing donor relationships or closing gifts.
• Comfort using CRM systems and performance metrics (Raiser’s Edge preferred).
• Proven ability to build deep and lasting relationships with a variety of partners – both internal and external.

Location

• Brooklyn, NY

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Mid-Level

Education Level

• Bachelors degree

Salary/Compensations

• $113,000-115,000

Benefits

• Merit pay
• Generous paid time off
• Comprehensive health insurance plan
• Student loan repayment benefits
• Professional development training opportunities
• Up to $2,000 annual for education costs and fees relevant to Vera work
• Employer-funded retirement plan
• Flexible time

About the Company

• Vera Institute of Justice works to advance justice, particularly racial justice, in an increasingly multicultural country and globally connected world.
• Vera values diverse experiences, including with regard to educational background and justice system contact, and depends on a diverse staff to carry out its mission.

Equal Opportunity

• Vera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, or caregiver status.