Individual Giving Associate, Foundation

The United Church of Canada Foundation is seeking an individual to fill the role of Individual Giving Associate on a full time (35 hours/week) basis.

About the Foundation

Founded in 2002, The United Church of Canada Foundation’s purpose is to foster deep spirituality, bold discipleship, and daring justice through attracting and deploying financial resources. Through capacity building, convening, granting, and careful stewardship of funds entrusted to us, we support congregations, ministries, and programs that enrich The United Church of Canada, create a more just planet, and celebrate God’s abundance in the world.

We support all councils of The United Church of Canada through fundraising for annual programmatic monies related to Mission and Service as well as the creation and maintenance of endowment and other long-term funds benefiting the work of the church and its ministries. We offer support for planned giving and endeavour to foster a sense of stewardship as part of discipleship.

We integrate the Foundation’s priorities: climate justice, support for Communities of Faith, Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and anti-racism in all aspects of work. From fundraising to governance, to managing our assets, and our governance, our faith, those four themes and our strategic plan guide us in all we do.

Revenues: $30 million to $40 million ($15-20M through communities of faith for Mission and Service programs; $10-20M through individuals and church organizations for all purposes)

Grants: $10M+

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About the Role

Are you passionate about making a difference and helping those in need? Are you looking for a team to grow with as you engage with others about your passion? If you are this person, then the United Church of Canada Foundation has an opportunity for you as one of our Individual Giving Associates.

In your role as the Individual Giving Associate you will cultivate relationships with individual donors — including recurring donors, mid-level givers, major donors, and prospects — making sure they feel supported and connected to the Foundation’s purpose, impact, and Christian values of stewardship and generosity.

Why This Role Matters:
Stewardship is Discipleship and helping people to incorporate giving as part of their faith journey is one of the ways we live out our call to foster deep spirituality, bold discipleship, and daring justice. The Individual Giving Associate offers United Church people the opportunity to tangibly live out their faith and contribute to a more just and abundant world.

Reporting to the Vice President Fund Raising, the Individual Giving Associate will develop relationships with members and friends of the Church, built on understanding each donors’ interests, passions and values. You will exemplify and model a donor centered approach and play a lead role in stewardship, moves-management, soliciting and closing gifts. You will engage with donors encouraging retention and upgrading of gifts while adding a personal touch for the donors in their portfolio.

Through this role, donor relationships will deepen and develop into lifelong support.

Relationship Management – Donor Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship (85%)

• In collaboration with the Vice President Fundraising, create and implement short, intermediate and long-term individual, donor strategies;
• Develop, maintain, manage and act as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of 250-300 individual donors and or prospects;
• Qualify, Identify, cultivate solicit and steward current and potential donors, to achieve revenue goals. Most of this relationship building will occur via phone and email, however some travel may be necessary;
• Align church and Foundation priorities with donor interests and develop strategies that ensure a strong and sustainable mid-level pipeline that identifies donors who may move up the chain to the Major Gift portfolio;
• Continually refine and execute prospect and donor research strategies in order to keep momentum building for the donor pipeline;
• Prepare and share regular update reports with donors, focusing on their interests to foster trust,…