Director, Philanthropy

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

Job Description

We have an opportunity for a Director, Philanthropy in the Philanthropy Office located at our Portland, Oregon facility.  Join a team of professionals committed to improving children's lives. We are presently recruiting for an experienced fundraising professional who can secure donations from our loyal supporters. This is a dynamic and meaningful position for a development professional interested in purposeful fundraising.

The Director of Philanthropy serves as a full-time major gifts officer, responsible for identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major donors. This Director plays a vital role ingrowing philanthropic revenue and is an ideal fit for an entrepreneurial, mission-driven individual.  Incollaboration with the philanthropy team, responsibilities include identifying, cultivating, stewarding and soliciting contributions from major gift and leadership level donors, executing annual fund campaigns, and planning high-level major donor cultivation events.

 

Strong written and verbal communication skills, as this individual willrepresent the medical center to both internal and external constituencies. Strong ability to produce various fundraising-related collateral;experience with Blackbaud CRM and/or other donor database systems preferred. Must have a positive outlook with a team player mentality with willingness to mentor and support other staff as necessary. The position requires the ability to travel as needed, and willingness to occasionally work evenings and weekends as necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating and nourishing a qualified portfolio of 125-150 donor relationships through regular contact, communication, strategy and solicitation planning

• Creating and overseeing a quarterly appeal schedule in collaboration with the Philanthropy Team

• Plan and manage major donor cultivation and recognition events

• Tracking progress and results using prospect management guidelines and Blackbaud CRM fundraising database

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree

• 5 years Fundraising

• 3 years Major giving and planned giving programs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree

• Experience with Blackbaud or other CRM systems

• Prior experience with Charitable Gift Annuities Programs

The pay range for this position is $89,003.20 - $133,527.68. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.