Major Gifts Manager

Location & Salary

Midtown Manhattan (Hybrid – 3 days/week in office)

$65,000–$78,000 + discretionary annual bonus

Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of meals and connection to older New Yorkers in need. Since our founding, we have delivered more than 72 million meals. As we enter our 45th year, we are committed to ending elder hunger in New York City by 2040.

Citymeals on Wheels is currently seeking a Manager, Major Gifts to add to the capacity and impact of our expanding Major Gifts efforts. The ideal candidate will ensure Citymeals’ builds and expands relationships with high‑net worth individuals (with identified ability to contribute $10,000 or above annually), focusing on identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; and manage an assigned portfolio.

The candidate will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the team in its efforts to develop and strengthen relationships with individual major donors, stewarding and soliciting philanthropic support in excess of $4.2 million annually, both within their portfolio and across the broader donor pool.

• Cultivate, steward, and solicit an assigned portfolio of individual major donors through frontline personal interactions: emails, meetings, and phone calls.
• Work across External Affairs team on moves management and donor prospecting, cultivating a secondary discovery pool of mid‑level donors to move target prospects into the Major Gifts portfolio.
• Conduct donor and prospect research using subscription search tools and the internet; compile materials in preparation for donor meetings and special events; create targeted donor profiles.
• Arrange donor meetings and site visits, staffing these opportunities as appropriate.
• Work with the Senior Director, Major Gifts to develop planned giving initiatives, providing planned giving information to donors and responding to planned giving requests.
• Create queries and exports in Raiser’s Edge, managing lists for mailings and donor stewardship activities. Responsible for creation and personalization of major donor renewal letters (and occasional proposals for select individual donors).
• Help create periodic programmatic updates and outreach opportunities to steward and engage individual major donors and prospects.
• Work with team to execute donor receptions and engagement opportunities, including generating invitation lists, sending mailings and emails, and maintaining RSVPs.
• Generate timely and personalized individual major gift acknowledgements within the portfolio throughout the year. Respond to inquiries from major donors and provide broad‑ranging information about Citymeals’ mission, programs, and impact.
• Manage and maintain accuracy of individual major donor constituent information in Raiser’s Edge database.
• Lead and support special projects and donor cultivation events.
• Contribute to the overall work of the major gifts team, managing additional projects and selected funder proposals as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree required, plus at least five years of progressive fundraising experience, preferably within a major gifts environment. Familiarity with New York City philanthropy a plus.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with strong organizational and collaboration skills and attention to fine detail.
• Excellent customer service and relationship building skills. Comfort, experience, and discretion in interacting with high‑net worth individuals and family foundations.
• Ability to absorb detailed information on Citymeals' mission, programs and impact, and communicate that information effectively and engagingly to donors.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Excel and all Microsoft Office applications, including detailed mail merges. Demonstrated strong experience with Raiser’s Edge or similar CRM.
• Energetic self‑starter with experience coordinating and prioritizing multiple projects within a deadline‑driven environment.
• Interest in Citymeals’ mission to provide home‑delivered meals and connection to older adults.
• Ability to take primary responsibility for a diverse number of projects and complete them in a…