Director of Annual Giving

Company: CASE
Location: New York
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Director of Annual Giving
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY (Open to Hybrid Employment)

A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt Institute (Pratt, the Institute) offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Pratt is a renowned artist community that connects a diverse, generous, and creative student body with faculty who serve as active practitioners in their respective fields, creating an educational experience that aligns pedagogy with practicality to ensure student success in creative fields and professional practice.
Pratt is at an inflection point as an institution. The Institute is in the planning and feasibility process of an anticipated nine-figure comprehensive campaign. In parallel, Pratt seeks to deepen its philanthropic sources of support in the coming years to ensure that the team can achieve its goal of increasing operating and endowment funds.
The Director of Annual Giving will report to the Assistant Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Jacob Korb. The successful candidate will lead a team of two direct reports, with the opportunity to consider hiring additional staff in the future. The Director will build and structure their team's portfolios of annual and leadership annual giving prospects.
Pratt Institute has retained Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC to facilitate this executive recruitment. Please send confidential inquiries and applications directly to Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC via e-mail at .
The ideal candidate for the Director of Annual Giving role is a creative and strategic professional responsible for overseeing and expanding a comprehensive annual giving program. This includes managing direct mail campaigns, e-philanthropy, student calling initiatives, annual campaigns, and active portfolio management of leadership annual giving prospects. The Director will develop and implement strategies to increase donor renewals and lead efforts to acquire new alumni, parent, family, and friend donors. They will focus on pipeline development and discovery to identify, secure, and retain prospects, while leading moves management to transition prospects to leadership annual and major gifts levels.
The successful candidate will manage the strategy and operations of the annual giving program, including the calendar of activities, giving days, giving societies, and special alumni giving programs. They should have proven ability to engage and solicit support from various constituencies. The role involves creating and managing a portfolio of alumni, families, and friends capable of making annual gifts between $10,000 and $25,000, while also structuring and supporting their team's portfolios.
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