Assistant Director - Philanthropy

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

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Job Description

The Assistant Director, Philanthropy identifies, cultivates, and solicits prospective donors within the hospital and clinic service area to secure major gifts in support of organizational fundraising initiatives. This role develops and maintains donor relationships through regular contact, stewardship, and recognition activities while fostering partnerships with hospital-affiliated Shriners Temples and community organizations. The Associate Director is responsible for supporting the goals and objectives established by local and national philanthropy leadership and serves as a key contributor to the growth of philanthropic support. The position requires travel as needed and occasional evening and weekend work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with and secure philanthropic support from individuals, corporations, foundations, and community organizations.
• Assist in developing and maintaining a comprehensive philanthropy program focused on major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, and corporate and foundation support.
• Implement short-term and long-term fundraising strategies established by philanthropy leadership.
• Maintain working knowledge of planned giving vehicles, including bequests, charitable gift annuities, gifts of stock, and real property.
• Assist with solicitation planning and donor engagement strategies for leadership and volunteer board members.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward donor relationships through personal visits and written and verbal communications.
• Utilize moves management strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and recognize donors.
• Research and identify new donor prospects.
• Collaborate with philanthropy leadership on donor cultivation efforts and special fundraising events.
• Support fundraising initiatives including galas, telethons, Walks for Love, and other fundraising events.
• Support organizational digital and direct mail fundraising campaigns.

• Administrative Responsibilities

• Support strategic fundraising priorities by meeting annual donor activity and revenue goals.
• Mentor and train philanthropy team members, including stewardship coordinators, assistants, and support staff.
• Prepare and submit required reports to leadership.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of donor activities and gifts within the Blackbaud CRM database.
• Serve as the primary contact for in-kind donations and coordinate with internal departments.
• Support gift acknowledgment and donor recognition processes while maintaining database integrity.

• Stakeholder Support

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with affiliated Shriner Temples, Boards of Governors, and community donors.
• Collaborate with hospital and clinic philanthropy committees to enhance fundraising outcomes.
• Create outreach initiatives that increase donor engagement at all giving levels, including newsletters and community communications.
• Participate in special projects and additional duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

• Minimum of one (1) year relevant experience.
• Demonstrated record of successful fundraising accomplishments and donor development.
• Experience securing gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and community organizations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of fundraising experience.
• Working knowledge of planned giving vehicles and charitable gift annuity programs.
• Healthcare fundraising experience.
• Experience with Blackbaud or other donor relationship management (CRM) systems.

The pay range for this position is $61,420 - $92,130.


Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.