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Job Title: Major Gifts Officer, National Review Institute

Location: Remote

Reports to: Chief Development Officer

Job Type: Full-Time

BACKGROUND

National Review Institute (NRI) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) that advances ordered liberty by promoting the understanding and embrace of its principles through advocacy journalism. Guided by our enterprise’s core values—constitutional government, free enterprise, moral bedrocks, a strong defense, love of country, and defending Western civilization—we invest in top conservative voices. NRI nurtures both established National Review journalists and emerging talents who report the truth and advocate for these principles with conviction. The Institute reaches new audiences through curated programs, educates and engages conservatives, and strengthens our movement.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding charitable relationships with some of the most influential business and civic leaders in the country.
  • Elevating and fortifying National Review Institute’s positioning to our generous donors so that their partnership becomes a priority of their philanthropic legacy.
  • Crafting and executing strategic donor cultivation and solicitation plans.
  • Preparing and presenting major gift proposals.
  • Moving potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure.
  • Prospecting and recruiting new donor partners to the organization and growing your fundraising portfolio. Creatively identifying new and expanded paths to partnership for current partners to upgrade their giving.
  • Working across the National Review enterprise to leverage editorial talent, NR contributors, and writers to advance relationships with donors.
  • Recruiting current and prospective partners to NRI’s tentpole events, the Ideas Summit and the WFB Prize dinner.

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of fundraising experience with high-capacity donors.
  • Proven track record of soliciting major gifts, as well as upgrading lower-dollar donors to higher giving levels.
  • Ability to think creatively and adapt quickly to donors’ feedback and input.
  • Previous experience in utilizing a complex centralized database to meet fundraising goals.
  • Previous experience in working with volunteer-based support groups.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills are necessary, with a philosophy of teamwork and hands on implementation.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required and the ability to interact with all types of individuals.
  • Knowledge of the philanthropic aspects of tax law.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills.
  • High sense of urgency and an entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Ability to travel 30% of your time within the United States.
  • Understand and support National Review’s mission and vision.
  • Strong personal beliefs in the principles of limited government, free markets, individual rights, and the freedom of expression.

Interested candidates should submit their resumes and a cover letter to erapa@nationalreview.com