Corporate Giving Director identifies and assesses the causes and organizations that align with the company's values and goals and implements strategic plans to support them. Establishes and maintains relationships with nonprofit organizations and community leaders to ensure effective collaboration and support of giving initiatives. Being a Corporate Giving Director manages the budget for charitable giving, evaluates grant proposals, and monitors the impact of the company's charitable contributions. Develops employee volunteer programs to engage employees, offer participation to wider audience, and raise awareness about the organization's charitable initiatives. Additionally, Corporate Giving Director maintains current knowledge of best practices in corporate giving and philanthropy. Typically requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a director. The Corporate Giving Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Corporate Giving Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Reporting directly to Director, Athletics Annual Giving, this position helps create and execute athletics annual giving philanthropic fundraising including, but not limited to, Our Beaver Nation scholarship fund, sports specific, gift-in-kind, and programmatic support.
Work Location
This position will be based in Corvallis, Oregon and will work out of Gill Coliseum.
Key Partners
Measures of Success
The success of this position will be measured by:
Major Duties
Help create, execute, and evaluate all athletics annual giving philanthropic fundraising including, but not limited to, quarterly solicitations, Dam Proud Day, and unique sport specific appeals.
Create content and draft copy for solicitation and engagement (i.e., newsletter) materials for a variety of donor audiences for the purpose of maximize student-athletes ,and donor, storytelling.
Execute multi-channel marketing plan for OSU Athletics Annual Giving program that includes email, web, social media, and print.
Work with technology partners to implement digital strategies for the purpose of growing virtual engagement with each of our sports throughout the year to deepen and broaden the number of constituents who are engaging with our programs.
Monitor a data-driven annual giving solicitation system to grow current baseline productivity over year-to-year goal. Work with reporting partners to produce data analytics tools and assist with the interpretation of annual giving reports.
Support the development and execution of the OBN and Athletics Dam Proud Day strategy in partnership with Director of Annual Giving, Athletics. Tasks include creation of giving pages; tracking challenge gifts; strategic communications before, during and after; head coach and staff communications, and post DPD performance review.
Communicate with internal partners OSU Foundation partners such as Donor Experience Officers (DXO), Regional Directors, and Asst. Directors to inform of Athletics annual giving priorities.
Serve as a sport specific liaison, working alongside in some cases multiple OBN colleagues, to help build annual plan with annual and major giving goals, establish newsletter content, and support donor engagements.
Actively participate with the Our Beaver Nation Advisory Board and sport specific groups to promote increased support through volunteerism.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Education and Experience Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in integrated marketing communications. Education and experience equivalencies will be considered.
Commitment to OSUF Core Values
The OSU Foundation strives to be one of the best places to work in the country. We know that the success of the Foundation depends in large part on the people who carry out our mission. It is what we do –and how we do it - that makes the difference. The Foundation’s core values reflect our approach to work and to each other, and we are committed to conduct consistent with these values.