Water for People
About This Role
Water For People has set out ambitious plans that require increased financial support for our Everyone Forever strategy of extending sustainable water and sanitation services to everyone, without exception, in every district where we work. Our goal is to raise $300M by 2030 and major gifts are a key area of income growth.
The Manager, Individual Giving is a frontline Major Gift Officer responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of high-capacity individual donors through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. This role builds deep, donor-centered relationships to secure significant philanthropic investments that advance Water For People’s global impact.
In This Role You Will
Manage, own and grow a portfolio of major donors who give $10K+ per year and/or legacy gifts with the objective of increasing contributions each year and growing the total net worth of the portfolio to more than $1 million annually.
Following the major gifts process, customize major gifts strategies to maximize the giving potential through communication with donors (emails, in-person meetings, virtual meetings, and phone calls) and direct asks for financial support
Analyze the existing mid-level donor pool to identify high-potential prospects and strategically cultivate and upgrade donors into the major gifts portfolio, in close collaboration with the Donor Engagement team to ensure a seamless donor experience.
Prioritize in-person donor cultivation by traveling up to 50% of the time within the United States for donor meetings, relationship-building activities, conferences, and events.
Actively cultivate legacy giving, gifts made through a donor’s will or estate, as a core major gifts strategy, and serve as a resource to advance legacy conversations across the Major Gifts team.
Build long-term trusting relationships through personalized acknowledgements to donors after renewing their commitments to Water For People.
Manage assigned Water For People Ambassadors (former Board members) and Safe Water Guardians (estate/bequest donors) through formalized communication and consistent outreach.
Participate in conferences and/or speaking engagements to increase Water For People exposure and research/meet new prospects.
Work closely with Global Programs, Marketing, and Finance teams to develop strong fundraising cases to secure funding for the organization’s immediate and long-term funding priorities.
Collaborate with the Donor Engagement team, senior leadership, and external partners to advance giving strategy and ensure appropriate documentation and stewardship processes are completed.
Accompany major donors to Water For People’s program countries to visit field work
Work with C-level Water For People staff to steward donors.
Leverage activity of Donor Impact to deliver engagement opportunities for donors to enhance their financial and non-financial support.
Lead the Grant Management process when required, alongside the Grant Writers, for portfolio of accounts and follow procedures of process from pre‐proposal through grant close.
Demonstrate a culture of philanthropy across the organization and peer leadership within the Major Gifts team and Donor Impact.
Track and record all donor details, meetings, interactions and prospect research on a weekly basis using the constituent database Raiser’s Edge and regularly monitor account progress through the donor pipeline.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
You Will Excel In This Role If You Have
Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent work experience
At least 4 years’ successful experience in major gift fundraising, including prospect research, relationship building, and face-to-face gift solicitations with high-capacity individuals
Demonstrated experience raising 5-to-6 figure gifts.
Have well-developed written, oral, interpersonal, and communication skills, with a high level of sensitivity for professionalism, propriety and confidentiality.
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience using Raiser’s Edge database
More About This Role
Travel approximately 50% domestically, with possible travel internationally to visit Water For People’s programming where conditions are very rural.
Candidates must be citizens or legally authorized to work in the US.
This position can be fully remote or can work from our office in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Water For People will only seek candidates from the following states: CO, DC, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NE, NC, OH, OR, SD, TX or VA.
Ability to work outside regular business hours at times to meet with personnel located in other time zones.
About This Role
Water For People has set out ambitious plans that require increased financial support for our Everyone Forever strategy of extending sustainable water and sanitation services to everyone, without exception, in every district where we work. Our goal is to raise $300M by 2030 and major gifts are a key area of income growth.
The Manager, Individual Giving is a frontline Major Gift Officer responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of high-capacity individual donors through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. This role builds deep, donor-centered relationships to secure significant philanthropic investments that advance Water For People’s global impact.
In This Role You Will
Manage, own and grow a portfolio of major donors who give $10K+ per year and/or legacy gifts with the objective of increasing contributions each year and growing the total net worth of the portfolio to more than $1 million annually.
Following the major gifts process, customize major gifts strategies to maximize the giving potential through communication with donors (emails, in-person meetings, virtual meetings, and phone calls) and direct asks for financial support
Analyze the existing mid-level donor pool to identify high-potential prospects and strategically cultivate and upgrade donors into the major gifts portfolio, in close collaboration with the Donor Engagement team to ensure a seamless donor experience.
Prioritize in-person donor cultivation by traveling up to 50% of the time within the United States for donor meetings, relationship-building activities, conferences, and events.
Actively cultivate legacy giving, gifts made through a donor’s will or estate, as a core major gifts strategy, and serve as a resource to advance legacy conversations across the Major Gifts team.
Build long-term trusting relationships through personalized acknowledgements to donors after renewing their commitments to Water For People.
Manage assigned Water For People Ambassadors (former Board members) and Safe Water Guardians (estate/bequest donors) through formalized communication and consistent outreach.
Participate in conferences and/or speaking engagements to increase Water For People exposure and research/meet new prospects.
Work closely with Global Programs, Marketing, and Finance teams to develop strong fundraising cases to secure funding for the organization’s immediate and long-term funding priorities.
Collaborate with the Donor Engagement team, senior leadership, and external partners to advance giving strategy and ensure appropriate documentation and stewardship processes are completed.
Accompany major donors to Water For People’s program countries to visit field work
Work with C-level Water For People staff to steward donors.
Leverage activity of Donor Impact to deliver engagement opportunities for donors to enhance their financial and non-financial support.
Lead the Grant Management process when required, alongside the Grant Writers, for portfolio of accounts and follow procedures of process from pre‐proposal through grant close.
Demonstrate a culture of philanthropy across the organization and peer leadership within the Major Gifts team and Donor Impact.
Track and record all donor details, meetings, interactions and prospect research on a weekly basis using the constituent database Raiser’s Edge and regularly monitor account progress through the donor pipeline.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
You Will Excel In This Role If You Have
Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent work experience
At least 4 years’ successful experience in major gift fundraising, including prospect research, relationship building, and face-to-face gift solicitations with high-capacity individuals
Demonstrated experience raising 5-to-6 figure gifts.
Have well-developed written, oral, interpersonal, and communication skills, with a high level of sensitivity for professionalism, propriety and confidentiality.
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience using Raiser’s Edge database
More About This Role
Travel approximately 50% domestically, with possible travel internationally to visit Water For People’s programming where conditions are very rural.
Candidates must be citizens or legally authorized to work in the US.
This position can be fully remote or can work from our office in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Water For People will only seek candidates from the following states: CO, DC, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NE, NC, OH, OR, SD, TX or VA.
Ability to work outside regular business hours at times to meet with personnel located in other time zones.
Water for People
About This Role
The Donor Database Information Specialist is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and strategic use of donor data by managing and optimizing the organization’s fundraising database systems for Water For People’s Donor Impact fundraising team. This professional-level role leads the development of data governance practices for the donor CRM, gift processing and reconciliation, reporting, and prospect management support to enable effective fundraising, donor engagement, and financial accountability. The Specialist exercises independent judgment and discretion in designing and optimizing donor data processes, protocols, and strategies across Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and integrated systems. By maintaining high-quality data, streamlining processes, and collaborating across development, engagement, and finance teams, the Donor Database Information Specialist ensures reliable insights, compliance, and an exceptional donor experience.
The successful employee demonstrates strong initiative, problem-solving, and a deep understanding of Water For People’s mission, values, and strategic priorities while fostering cross-functional collaboration and trust throughout the organization.
In This Role You Will
Develop, troubleshoot, and maintain robust processes for collecting, evaluating, and recording donor biographical and gift data to Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and accuracy across systems.
Own the end-to-end process for recording, processing, and reconciling donor contributions, including all cash gifts, online donations, pledges, planned gifts, and grants, ensuring timely acknowledgements and compliance. This includes troubleshooting any found issues and identifying solutions.
Design and implement streamlined procedures for reconciling gifts, gateways, and distributions with Finance partners, adapting to new payment methods and technologies.
Serve as the primary point of contact and internal lead for the nonprofit’s caging/lockbox partner, overseeing daily operations, compliance, issue resolution, and relationship management related to donation processing.
Reconcile donations monthly and annually with the finance department ensuring financial accuracy and accountability.
Develop and deliver departmental data requests and reporting using complex querying from database view or NXT for internal and/or external use in compliance with data governance.
Lead efforts to audit, clean and validate data by establishing data health protocols.
Create and build processes to trace lost publicly available donor information.
Audit and upgrade Power BI and RE NXT dashboards to ensure accurate and actionable insights for the Donor Impact team.
Safeguard donor information in a high-volume data processing environment, maintaining trust and compliance.
Spearhead initiatives to develop and refine coding protocols and database structures, ensuring streamlined operations and data integrity.
Determine and assemble new procedures for data hygiene with the growth of prospect management within the donor database.
Strategically partner with Major Gifts and Donor Engagement sub-teams on prospect management leveraging prospecting tools, iWave and GivingDNA, with RE donor data.
Develop Raiser’s Edge Planned Gift module and establish best business practices for Water For People.
Develop and lead departmental trainings on Raiser’s Edge NXT.
Manage OmaticCloud to ensure seamless data synchronization.
Identify and resolve biographical donor and gift record information gaps from RE database view to RE NXT for upcoming conversion to RE NXT.
Develop protocols for donor inquiries and oversee implementation to ensure compliance and efficiency.
Collaborate with Donor Email Marketing Manager on the creation and management of donation forms for online and fundraising marketing efforts.
Design and implement data governance frameworks that align with organizational strategy and industry best practices.
Act as a critical partner on cross-functional projects involving system integrations, data migrations, and process automation to improve efficiency and scalability.
Create and maintain documentation of advanced data architecture and protocols for long-term organizational knowledge.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption to enhance donor data management and reporting capabilities.
Establish KPIs and performance metrics for donor data integrity and reporting accuracy, and present findings to leadership.
Serve as subject matter expert on donor database systems, providing strategic guidance and training to staff across departments.
Other duties consistent with the professional nature of this role.
You Will Excel In This Role If You Have
Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, business or related field or equivalent work experience.
Experience in a nonprofit fundraising environment using Raiser’s Edge software.
At least 3 years of experience managing a relational database including querying and reporting.
At least 3 years of experience creating custom queries, building donor segmentation models and optimizing complex data architectures.
Proficiency with Power BI and Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
Excellent written and oral communication, with a high level of sensitivity for propriety and confidentiality.
English language fluency.
Strong commitment to delivering strong donor service.
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience with data integrations systems.
More About This Role
Candidates must be citizens or legally authorized to work in the US.
This position can be fully remote or can work from our office in Greenwood Village, Colorado
Water For People will only seek candidates from the following states: CO, DC, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NE, NC, OH, OR, SD, TX or VA.
Ability to work outside regular business hours at times to meet with personnel located in other time zones.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
About This Role
The Donor Database Information Specialist is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and strategic use of donor data by managing and optimizing the organization’s fundraising database systems for Water For People’s Donor Impact fundraising team. This professional-level role leads the development of data governance practices for the donor CRM, gift processing and reconciliation, reporting, and prospect management support to enable effective fundraising, donor engagement, and financial accountability. The Specialist exercises independent judgment and discretion in designing and optimizing donor data processes, protocols, and strategies across Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and integrated systems. By maintaining high-quality data, streamlining processes, and collaborating across development, engagement, and finance teams, the Donor Database Information Specialist ensures reliable insights, compliance, and an exceptional donor experience.
The successful employee demonstrates strong initiative, problem-solving, and a deep understanding of Water For People’s mission, values, and strategic priorities while fostering cross-functional collaboration and trust throughout the organization.
In This Role You Will
Develop, troubleshoot, and maintain robust processes for collecting, evaluating, and recording donor biographical and gift data to Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and accuracy across systems.
Own the end-to-end process for recording, processing, and reconciling donor contributions, including all cash gifts, online donations, pledges, planned gifts, and grants, ensuring timely acknowledgements and compliance. This includes troubleshooting any found issues and identifying solutions.
Design and implement streamlined procedures for reconciling gifts, gateways, and distributions with Finance partners, adapting to new payment methods and technologies.
Serve as the primary point of contact and internal lead for the nonprofit’s caging/lockbox partner, overseeing daily operations, compliance, issue resolution, and relationship management related to donation processing.
Reconcile donations monthly and annually with the finance department ensuring financial accuracy and accountability.
Develop and deliver departmental data requests and reporting using complex querying from database view or NXT for internal and/or external use in compliance with data governance.
Lead efforts to audit, clean and validate data by establishing data health protocols.
Create and build processes to trace lost publicly available donor information.
Audit and upgrade Power BI and RE NXT dashboards to ensure accurate and actionable insights for the Donor Impact team.
Safeguard donor information in a high-volume data processing environment, maintaining trust and compliance.
Spearhead initiatives to develop and refine coding protocols and database structures, ensuring streamlined operations and data integrity.
Determine and assemble new procedures for data hygiene with the growth of prospect management within the donor database.
Strategically partner with Major Gifts and Donor Engagement sub-teams on prospect management leveraging prospecting tools, iWave and GivingDNA, with RE donor data.
Develop Raiser’s Edge Planned Gift module and establish best business practices for Water For People.
Develop and lead departmental trainings on Raiser’s Edge NXT.
Manage OmaticCloud to ensure seamless data synchronization.
Identify and resolve biographical donor and gift record information gaps from RE database view to RE NXT for upcoming conversion to RE NXT.
Develop protocols for donor inquiries and oversee implementation to ensure compliance and efficiency.
Collaborate with Donor Email Marketing Manager on the creation and management of donation forms for online and fundraising marketing efforts.
Design and implement data governance frameworks that align with organizational strategy and industry best practices.
Act as a critical partner on cross-functional projects involving system integrations, data migrations, and process automation to improve efficiency and scalability.
Create and maintain documentation of advanced data architecture and protocols for long-term organizational knowledge.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption to enhance donor data management and reporting capabilities.
Establish KPIs and performance metrics for donor data integrity and reporting accuracy, and present findings to leadership.
Serve as subject matter expert on donor database systems, providing strategic guidance and training to staff across departments.
Other duties consistent with the professional nature of this role.
You Will Excel In This Role If You Have
Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, business or related field or equivalent work experience.
Experience in a nonprofit fundraising environment using Raiser’s Edge software.
At least 3 years of experience managing a relational database including querying and reporting.
At least 3 years of experience creating custom queries, building donor segmentation models and optimizing complex data architectures.
Proficiency with Power BI and Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
Excellent written and oral communication, with a high level of sensitivity for propriety and confidentiality.
English language fluency.
Strong commitment to delivering strong donor service.
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience with data integrations systems.
More About This Role
Candidates must be citizens or legally authorized to work in the US.
This position can be fully remote or can work from our office in Greenwood Village, Colorado
Water For People will only seek candidates from the following states: CO, DC, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NE, NC, OH, OR, SD, TX or VA.
Ability to work outside regular business hours at times to meet with personnel located in other time zones.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
