Job Description

Individual Giving Officer

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is one of the nation's leading national racial justice legal organizations. Formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy, the Lawyers' Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real. The Lawyers' Committee has litigation, public policy, and advocacy programs in the substantive areas of Voting Rights, Election Protection, Digital Justice, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice, Economic Opportunities, and Fair Housing. The organization advances its mission as the premier organization marshaling the resources of the private bar alongside our own talented staff, with over 1 million pro bono hours billed to our cases and matters over the past decade.

Location: Washington, DC

Job Type: Full-Time

Union Affiliation: Union

Accountable to: Chief Development Officer

About the Role: The Individual Giving Officer leads the implementation of individual giving strategies designed to cultivate, solicit, retain, and grow relationships with individual donors. This position manages a defined portfolio of current and prospective individual donors, with a focus on donors contributing or capable of contributing $5,000 or more annually. Working under the direction of the Chief Development Officer, the Individual Giving Officer helps advance donor engagement, moves management, and related donor communications. The role collaborates with Development team members, Program Directors, and other internal stakeholders to align individual giving opportunities with organizational priorities and fundraising goals. This position is responsible for helping maintain and grow an individual donor portfolio that contributes at least 7-figures to the organizations annual fundraising goals.

What You'll be Doing:

• Lead the development and implementation of annual individual giving strategies in alignment with organizational priorities and fundraising goals.
• Manage a defined portfolio of current and prospective individual donors, with guidance from the Chief Development Officer.
• Identify, research, and qualify prospective individual donors through prospect research, relationship mapping, referrals, events, and strategic outreach.
• Develop donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade plans for assigned donors.
• Draft donor correspondence, solicitation materials, briefing documents, proposals, impact updates, acknowledgment language, and other fundraising communications.
• Track donor engagement, outreach activity, solicitations, pledges, gift activity, deadlines, and next steps in the organization's CRM and other tracking systems.
• Monitor progress against assigned individual giving goals and provide regular updates to the Chief Development Officer.

Donor Engagement and Stewardship

• Build and maintain positive relationships with individual donors, Board members, volunteers, and other external stakeholders.
• Lead donor stewardship by preparing meeting notes, follow-up communications, acknowledgments, impact updates, and donor recognition materials.
• Coordinate logistics and follow-up for donor meetings, cultivation opportunities, fundraising events, and other individual giving activities.
• Represent the organization professionally in donor communications, meetings, events, and external engagement opportunities.
• Demonstrate a donor-centered and mission-aligned approach in all interactions with individual supporters and internal partners.

Internal Collaboration and Administration

• Collaborate with Development, Program, Finance, and Communications staff to gather information needed for donor proposals, impact updates, stewardship reports, and other donor communications.
• Assist with individual giving pipeline tracking, revenue forecasting, budgeting support, and performance reporting.
• Maintain accurate and timely donor records, contact information, gift information, deadlines, activity notes, and stewardship actions.
• Support cross-functional coordination to ensure donor commitments, recognition, and stewardship deliverables are fulfilled.
• Follow applicable nonprofit fundraising standards, donor privacy expectations, and organizational procedures.

Minimum Requirements and Competencies: Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience required.
• A minimum of four years of relevant experience in individual giving, major gifts, donor relations, annual giving, nonprofit advancement, fundraising, external relations, or a related field required.
• Experience managing or supporting a portfolio of individual donors or major gift prospects required.
• Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, stewarding, renewing, or upgrading individual donors.
• Experience working with donors contributing or capable of contributing $5,000 or more annually preferred.
• Experience with donor-advised funds, family foundations, stock gifts, or other giving vehicles strongly preferred.
• Planned giving experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of individual giving, major gifts, moves management, donor engagement, and nonprofit fundraising ethics.
• Familiarity with donor-advised funds, family foundations, major gift vehicles, and planned giving concepts.
• Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust with donors, prospects, Board members, colleagues, and external stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, accurate, persuasive, and donor-centered communications.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage a donor portfolio, multiple priorities, deadlines, travel commitments, and follow-up items.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in donor communications, CRM data entry, gift tracking, donor restrictions, and deadline management.
• Strong research skills, including the ability to identify and qualify prospective individual donors and major gift prospects.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism when handling sensitive donor information.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and gather information from internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency with CRM systems required; experience with Raiser's Edge NXT preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace required.

Ready to Make an Impact? If you are passionate about civil rights, racial justice, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, we want to hear from you. Join our mission to drive positive change and contribute to our dynamic team! Submit your application to help us create a more equitable and inclusive world.

The Lawyers' Committee offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes healthcare coverage (medical, dental & vision), parental leave, 403(b) contribution with employer match contributions, voluntary short- and long-term disability and an employer paid monthly cell phone stipend.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: The Lawyers' Committee embraces diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We strongly encourage candidates of color and candidates from underrepresented communities to apply. The Lawyers' Committee does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibility, personal appearance, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, or any other status protected under law. This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union. Employment terms, including wages and benefits, are subject to collective bargaining agreements. The expected range for this role will be: $98,000 - $110,000

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