[Hiring] Major Gifts Officer @Crisis Text Line

Role Description

Every gift to Crisis Text Line helps someone in crisis get support when they need it most. As our Major Gifts Officer, you’ll build the relationships behind that support.

This is a chance to build a major gifts program while it’s still taking shape. You’ll manage your own portfolio of donors and prospects, work side by side with our board and senior leaders, and have real say in how we find, engage, and thank the people who make our work possible.

You’ll thrive here if you love building trust with people, take initiative, and like figuring out the path as you go. You’ll join a newer team that is building together, and this role will report to the VP of Philanthropy.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience independently managing a portfolio of donors and guiding people from first conversation through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Comfort making the ask, and following up on both cold and warm leads
• Build trusting relationships with major donors, board members, senior leaders, and outside partners, listening closely and adapting to what each donor cares about
• Represent Crisis Text Line with confidence and credibility, leading conversations and meetings with donors, board members, and senior leaders
• Communicate clearly in writing and in person, and collaborate across teams and functions
• Stay organized across many donor relationships and shifting priorities, and track your work in a CRM or donor database
• Protect confidential donor information, work independently, and make decisions when processes are still being built

Requirements

• Experience asking donors for large gifts and closing them
• Experience growing and stewarding donor relationships across individuals, foundations, and corporate partners
• Experience finding new donors through referrals, research, or community ties, and partnering with board members on fundraising
• Experience mentoring and leading people
• Experience building a fundraising program or process
• Experience in nonprofit and/or grantmaking organizations, healthcare, mental health, or volunteer-driven settings

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options that prioritize accessibility and financial peace of mind
• Employer-funded HSA contributions
• Generous PTO, sick time, and 19 paid holidays with a winter break
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave after 26 consecutive weeks of service
• Monthly internet and mental health stipends
• Annual Wellness Stipend
• Home office and professional development stipends
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution
• Sabbatical after 3 years of service

Company Description

Our Development team sits at the heart of Crisis Text Line, fueling the philanthropic partnerships that make our mission sustainable and scalable. We work with a growing portfolio of foundations and individual donors who share our belief in the power of technology and human connection to reach people in their most vulnerable moments, securing both unrestricted operating support and targeted funding for the programs, innovation, and research that define our impact.