Major Gifts Operations Manager

🕒 July 28

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $72k - $85k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Operations

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National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA)

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1925

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest speech and debate organization in the United States, supporting interscholastic tournaments, schools, coaches, and students since 1925. NSDA runs and coordinates speech and debate events at middle school, high school, national, and international levels; provides resources, rules and manuals, judge accreditation, scholarships and grants, professional development, and tournament services; and operates membership, honor society, advocacy, and outreach programs to expand access to speech and debate education. The organization emphasizes civic education, critical thinking, communication skills, and inclusion while offering competitions, national tournaments, online programs, and community support for teams and coaches.

📋 Description

• Conducts prospect research and wealth screening to identify major gift, planned giving, and leadership giving prospects. • Creates relationship maps showing connections among donors, alumni, board members, volunteers, and other stakeholders. • Uses research, data, and AI tools to identify new major gift donor opportunities and support fundraising strategy. • Prepares donor briefings and meeting materials for fundraising staff and volunteer leaders. • Tracks recognition, reporting, and stewardship activities and help ensure donors receive timely follow-up, recognition, and reporting. • Maintains donor information and engagement history in the CRM to support effective cultivation and solicitation. • Serves as the primary operations partner for assigned frontline fundraisers. • Helps manage donor portfolios, meeting preparation, follow-up activities, and fundraising priorities. • Provides calendar coordination, CRM support, donor research, and email and other administrative support to help fundraisers stay focused on donor relationships. • Assist with moves management by tracking donor activity and next steps.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in fundraising, prospect research, development operations, donor relations, or a related field. • Experience conducting prospect research, wealth screening, relationship mapping, or donor analytics. • Experience using CRM systems and managing donor data. • Strong writing, organization, and project management skills. • Comfort using AI and technology tools to support research, donor engagement, and fundraising operations. • Ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and discretion. • Based in the United States and willing to travel up to 10%, including to the National Speech and Debate Tournament each June.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package including high-quality health and dental insurance • 20 days of paid time off • Access to an employer-matched retirement plan