Major Gifts And Donor Relations Manager

Build major gifts and donor relationships for Toronto Cat Rescue while leading fundraising communications through a full-time hybrid position.This senior Manager will personally cultivate prospects, make direct asks, secure significant gifts, and develop tailored cases for support. You will manage donor portfolios, capital fundraising, corporate partnerships, foundation giving, legacy relationships, and stewardship. Reporting to the Executive Director, you will coordinate volunteers, contractors, Board members, and colleagues to deliver accountable fundraising results.Key Responsibilities:
Manage major-donor portfolios from qualification through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardshipPrepare proposals, cases for support, donor meetings, and solicitation plansLead capital fundraising initiatives, prospect research, pledges, and commitmentsGrow corporate support, foundation pipelines, grants, and legacy givingDeliver timely thanks, recognition, impact updates, and relationship plansRequirements:
Several years managing fundraising plans, budgets, donor relationships, and revenue resultsDemonstrated success cultivating donors and securing significant giftsExperience with corporate partnerships, foundation grants, and persuasive proposalsHands-on planned giving or legacy stewardship experience is an assetStrong judgment, follow-through, presentation, writing, and relationship-building abilitiesUse major-gift strategy, direct solicitation, and thoughtful stewardship to expand Toronto Cat Rescue’s sustainable donor support.
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