IDEA Public Schools, Director of Annual Giving
Edgility Consulting, United States
Job Description
IDEA Public Schools believes in college for ALL and everyone in the organization is committed to ensuring that all IDEA students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years that’s 8 times the national rate for students in similar communities.
IDEA was founded in 2000 in the Rio Grande Valley and has been averaging ~20% growth per year for the past decade. The organization now serves over 65,000 students across Texas and Louisiana, with plans for continued growth in IDEA’s current regions and upcoming launches in Tampa Bay (2021), Jacksonville, FL (2022), and Cincinnati, OH (2022). In 2021-22, IDEA will have 137 schools and 9,500 staff members serving 76,000 students.
When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of the IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.
To learn more about IDEA, visit ideapublicschools.org.
OPPORTUNITY
IDEA Public Schools’ National Development team seeks a Director of Annual Giving to lead a best-in-class annual giving program for the organization. Reporting to the Managing Director of National Development, the Director of Annual Giving is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive annual giving program through a variety of marketing, communication and solicitation strategies focused on increasing philanthropic revenue and shaping a sustainable tradition of annual support. The Director will establish leadership/affinity giving circles, naming opportunities, stewardship programs and/or other strategies designed to increase philanthropic revenue, low-to-mid tier donor acquisition, donor engagement and retention. Initially, the Director of Annual Giving will initiate annual giving in Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and the Rio Grande Valley before iterating and expanding the model to include additional IDEA regions and stakeholders year over year.
The Director of Annual Giving serves as a key member of IDEA’s National Development team and partners closely with teams across the organization, including Marketing and Communications, College and Alumni Success, and Human Assets.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary responsibilities of the Director of Annual Giving will be to:
- Contribute to the national development team’s fundraising goal of $20M in support of IDEA’s growth, college matriculation goals, and programmatic needs.
- Develop a 5-year strategic plan for a best-in-class annual giving program focused on increasing philanthropic revenue, donor engagement, and donor acquisition.
- Progressively increase annual giving revenue while broadening the base for support via a comprehensive annual giving plan and appeal schedule.
- Progressively increase the engagement of key annual giving donors via digital channels, giving circle participation, special event attendance, and other relevant donor experiences.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred;
- 5+ years of relevant work experience, preferably in a complex organizational setting with many stakeholders;
- Demonstrated success implementing fundraising/marketing strategies that directly impact organizational revenue;
- Substantial comprehensive annual giving campaign experience;
- Prior experience with digital marketing/fundraising campaigns, online giving, social media fundraising;
- Best practices in annual giving for educational institutions and/or medium to large national non-profit organizations;
- Multi-channel marketing experience, including traditional channels (i.e., direct mail) and digital channels (i.e., email, websites, social media)
- Strategic planning and project management experience;
- Experience with Salesforce preferred.
To also perform the job successfully, competitive applicants should demonstrate the following values of IDEA:
- Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college;
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them;
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly;
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive outcomes;
- Thrives in