Director, Annual Giving - Remote
National Catholic Reporter (NCR) is seeking a Director of Annual Giving to lead strategies that grow, engage, and retain our annual giving community. This role focuses on cultivating NCR's mid-level donors giving $1,000–$9,999 annually, strengthening recurring membership, and creating meaningful engagement experiences that inspire long-term support.
Working across Advancement, Marketing, and Editorial, you'll develop donor stewardship strategies, engagement programming, and conversion initiatives that move readers into lifelong supporters of NCR's mission.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute annual giving strategies to grow and retain mid-level donors and recurring members.
- Design donor engagement opportunities, including webinars, virtual and in-person events, learning series, and behind-the-scenes editorial conversations.
- Lead cultivation and stewardship strategies for approximately 2,000 mid-level donors through scalable, personalized engagement.
- Partner with Marketing and external vendors to develop solicitation strategies, donor messaging, and conversion campaigns.
- Build donor journeys that move first-time and emerging donors into sustained annual giving.
- Collaborate with Advancement, Marketing, Editorial, Finance, Technology, and Operations to create an exceptional donor experience.
- Use CRM data and analytics to evaluate donor engagement, retention, and pipeline performance.
- Hire and supervise an Annual Giving & Engagement Manager as organizational growth allows (anticipated 2027).
Qualifications
- 5+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience with revenue-focused portfolio responsibility in annual giving, donor engagement, or stewardship.
- Demonstrated success developing donor cultivation, retention, and engagement strategies.
- Experience planning and executing donor-facing events, webinars, or community engagement programs.
- Working knowledge of Salesforce or a comparable CRM, including donor segmentation and reporting.
- Strong writing and communication skills with the ability to create compelling donor communications.
- Experience managing multiple cross-functional projects and collaborating across teams. Familiarity with PM tools such as Monday or Asana a plus.
- Ability to use donor data to inform fundraising strategy and measure results.
- Interest in using AI tools to improve fundraising, engagement, and workflow efficiency.
- Supervisory experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with nonprofit media, journalism, membership organizations, or faith-based nonprofits.
- Familiarity with Catholic social teaching or the Catholic nonprofit landscape.
- Experience collaborating closely with marketing teams.
- Knowledge of Salesforce NPSP or comparable nonprofit CRM platforms.
- Experience managing grant-funded engagement initiatives.
Why Join NCR?
For more than 60 years, National Catholic Reporter has been a trusted independent voice in Catholic journalism. With record audience growth, a recently completed capital campaign, and an ambitious strategic plan, this is an exciting opportunity to help build the next generation of donor engagement and annual giving.
Compensation and benefits
This remote position will be full-time. Salary is commensurate with experience and other relevant factors, in the range of $80,000 - $90,000 annually. NCR offers the following benefits for full-time employees (employees working 24 hours or more per week):
- Health Insurance plan options (90% employer paid premium)
- Dental and Vision plan coverage (90% / 75% employer paid premium)
- Life Insurance and Long Term Disability
- Group Annuity Program (403B) with company match
- Supplemental Insurance option (Aflac)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid parental leave (up to 12 weeks)
- Generous paid vacation (up to 20 days per year)/sick/personal time, plus 11 paid holidays
- Flexibility for work/life integration; summer hours (between Memorial and Labor Days)
Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- donor portfolio management: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
