Director of Organization Giving

What You'll Do

Lead Organizational Giving Strategy
• Lead the strategic management and growth of a portfolio of approximately 20–40 foundations, developing individualized engagement strategies to strengthen partnerships and expand giving opportunities.
• Identify and pursue mission-aligned foundations and organizations, developing strategic opportunities that invite them into meaningful partnerships with YouVersion.
• Evaluate philanthropic trends, foundation priorities, and funding landscapes to inform organizational giving strategy and identify new partnership opportunities.
  
  
Build Strategic Giving Partnerships
• Build long-term, trust-based partnerships with foundation officers, trustees, and key stakeholders, ensuring they feel known, spiritually encouraged, and connected to the impact of their giving.
• Conduct and maintain consistent, meaningful engagement with existing foundation partners through personalized communication, meetings, and other relational touch points.
• Represent YouVersion's vision and organizational giving opportunities at foundation gatherings, conferences, and YouVersion-specific donor events.
  
  
Manage Giving Operations and Reporting
• In addition to relational touch points, provide professional updates on strategic KPIs, impact metrics, and future vision to organizational partners.
• Lead the full grant lifecycle for organizational partners, including identification, cultivation, proposal development, submission, reporting, and renewal.
• Oversee the tracking and evaluation of the foundation giving activity within the CRM to ensure accountability and measurable growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and develop strategic giving opportunities that attract new foundation partners and strengthen existing relationships.

Skills Needed to Succeed

• Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems with innovation.
• Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure, and provide vision to projects.
• Strong relational skills with the ability to build authentic, long-term partnerships.
• Ability to navigate foundation giving vehicles, including grants, appreciated securities, donor-advised funds (DAFs), and planned giving, to develop effective giving partnerships.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, philanthropy, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in foundation relations, grant writing, or major gifts fundraising in faith-based nonprofit environments.
• Experience with nonprofit financial structures, including program budgeting, restricted and unrestricted funding, and impact measurement.

Benefits We Offer

• Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons. 
• Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health. 
• Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase. 
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
• Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment! 
• $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth. 
• Casual dress and work environment.
• And much more!

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