Principal Duties And Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities of the SVP include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain a working knowledge of the LFA’s key initiatives that drive the support of the mission. Works across the organization to ensure LFA’s mission is integrated throughout fundraising activities to ensure strong financial response.
• Support and maintain the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of the Understand and serve as a key leader in implementing the strategic direction and purpose of fundraising campaigns and programs in conjunction with management team peers and colleagues.
• Formulate, implement, and lead strategies and tactics for fundraising and development activities to sustain continued growth and welcome and engage new donors in all markets with an emphasis on both offline and online fundraising.
• Lead and execute programming and fundraising tied to major special events (e.g., Galas, Advocacy Summit) in researching and securing individual and corporate sponsors and committees.
• Develop a portfolio of individual major donor and Foundation prospects for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship in non-LFA regional territories; provide prospect management and support for regional directors building donor development-based portfolios of prospects and donors.
• Create and manage a development strategy to include corporate, foundation, government grants, grassroots, etc.
• Maintain and share knowledge and understanding of the funding pipeline and its
• Monitor all donor information and report regularly on revenue including statistical analysis to board and senior leaders.
• Collaborate with the Finance team on revenue budgets and projections.
• Develop and implement a stewardship program aimed at cultivating deeper ties with donors.
• Manage and grow the planned giving program with emphasis on marketing for future deferred and testamentary gifts and accurate and timely bequest administration for anticipated disbursements.
• Manage LFA’s Household Goods Program working in collaboration with the Finance and Marketing Departments.
• Oversee the National Director, Direct Response in executing campaigns and programs to grow small- and mid-level donors, through Direct Marketing, Online Fundraising Campaigns and General Fundraising, Workplace Giving, Sustaining Donor Campaigns, and other efforts to ensure revenue targets are achieved.
• Oversee National Director, Corporate Engagement in pursuing a full-spectrum agenda of corporate revenue and relationship building from vested and non-vested companies, including revenue aligned with LFA’s research, education, and advocacy programs.
• Oversee Director of Data, Analytics & Operations in ensuring that all LFA fundraising systems and procedures run in a smooth, donor-centric manner, including a top-notch donor relations and customer service approach, accurate donation processing and analytics, and high standards for data hygiene.
• Work with each Development staff members to manage income and expenses associated with campaign initiatives and programs and to develop comprehensive financial records.
• Employ best practices in campaign development and leverage Board and staff spheres of influence in the qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of all relationship sectors.
• Collaborates with the Marketing and Communications team to develop online fundraising campaigns that take into account best digital and fundraising practices to meet Foundation goals.
• Oversees Development and Fundraising department and staff.
• Perform other development-related duties as assigned by the President & CEO.