[Hiring] Interim Manager of Individual Giving @Khan Academy

Role Description

Khan Academy is looking for a major gifts professional to join our Philanthropy team in an interim capacity from October through February. This role provides behind-the-scenes portfolio management and solicitation support for major individual giving, serves as a core writer for individual giving proposals and reports, and leads a focused research project to identify new major-gift and mid-level prospects from AI-sector liquidity events. You will be key in supporting the "wealth-wave" plan to expand the individual pipeline and ensuring philanthropic leadership is well prepared for donor engagements through end of year.

This role reports directly to the Director of Philanthropy for overall direction, prioritization, and approvals, and works closely with the Chief of External Relations on individual major donor outreach and end-of-year solicitations. Weekly hours are managed against a blended cap of 40 hours/week, with emphasis shifting across work streams as deadlines and priorities evolve.

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio & Donor Strategy (~10 hrs/wk, through EOY):
  • Provide behind-the-scenes portfolio management for major individual giving, driving strategy to move relationships forward and secure gifts, including recommending and confirming appropriate next steps.
• Leadership Preparation:
  • Prepare C-suite executives and other philanthropic leadership for individual major donor meetings with briefings, pre-read decks, suggested strategies, and follow-up on next steps.
• End-of-Year Outreach Management:
  • Track and manage Chief of External Relations end-of-year donor outreach, including who has been contacted, follow-up status, and next steps.
• Outreach Coordination:
  • Coordinate donor outreach email by triaging messages, drafting responses for her review, and flagging donor replies that need attention.
• CRM Management:
  • Maintain accurate donor activities and updates in Salesforce (SFDC).
• Philanthropic Writing & Reporting (~10–15 hrs/wk, ongoing):
  • Adapt compelling concept notes, proposals, and donor reports for individual giving opportunities, drawing on existing materials, templates, and stated program priorities.
  • Convey key strategic priorities and narrative consistent with Khan Academy’s voice, mission framing, and prior donor communications, and incorporate feedback from the Philanthropy team and leadership.
• Impact Metrics:
  • Coordinate with key team members to pull, analyze, and present key performance metrics as part of preparing donor reports.
• Review & Approvals:
  • Submit donor reports, proposals, and related materials to Director of Philanthropy for initial review ahead of final approval by Chief of External Relations.
• Prospect Research & Pipeline Expansion (~5–10 hrs/wk, until complete):
  • Use prospecting tools and public information to research and identify likely major-gift and mid-level prospects, including from IPOs and liquidity events at OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies (Google, Meta, etc.).
• Prospect List Development:
  • Work with internal teams to cross-reference generated lists against Khan Academy’s existing donor, prospect, and email records to flag existing connections, and deliver a prioritized prospect list with supporting rationale that feeds directly into the wealth-wave strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years demonstrated years in philanthropy, major gifts fundraising and individual giving responsibility.
• Proven ability to manage behind-the-scenes fundraising operations, moves management systems, and donor pipeline development strategies.
• Exceptional written communication skills with experience crafting compelling donor communications, briefings, and philanthropic proposals and reports.
• Demonstrated experience preparing, briefing, and supporting executive leaders and board members for high-level donor engagements.
• Experience using prospecting and wealth screening tools and public information to identify and prioritize major-gift prospects.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work seamlessly across functions and leadership dynamics.
• Demonstrated success raising six figure+ gifts and solid understanding of major gifts, donor pipelines, wealth screening/wealth-wave strategies, and moves management processes.
• Proven ability to quickly absorb an organization's strategy, priorities, and narrative, and to deliver meaningful results from the first weeks of an engagement.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent work streams against a blended hour cap and shift emphasis as deadlines and priorities change.
• Deep passion for Khan Academy’s mission "to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere".
• Proven ability to adopt inclusive perspectives and demonstrate self-awareness to support inclusion and belonging across the organization.

Company Description

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.