Philanthropic Giving Manager
American College of Cardiology, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Job Description
The Philanthropic Giving Manager plays a pivotal role in advancing the ACC Foundation’s mission by helping to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable culture of philanthropy across ACC members and the broader cardiovascular community. This position leads annual fundraising campaigns and new donor acquisition efforts, while building and stewarding meaningful relationships with a portfolio of mid‑level donors who are essential to the Foundation’s long‑term growth.
Beyond frontline fundraising, the Philanthropic Giving Manager strengthens the Foundation’s internal infrastructure by contributing to operational excellence through designing, documenting, and implementing clear systems, workflows, and standard operating procedures that elevate donor management, reporting, stewardship, and program scalability.
In close partnership with the Director of Philanthropy and support staff, this role helps shape donor engagement strategies and collaborates across the ACC ecosystem—including members, volunteer leaders, state chapters, sections, and ACC leadership—to foster a coordinated, donor‑centered approach to philanthropy that fuels the Foundation’s impact.
Responsibilities Fundraising, Donor Engagement and Stewardship
Working in close collaboration with the membership, marketing and communication, website, and IT teams to create strategies and manage plans for comprehensive and sustainable annual giving campaigns with a focus on new donor acquisition and retention of current annual fund donors.
Support and maintain stewardship activities across all donor levels (donor recognition, printed donor lists, personalized impact reports, impact stories, etc.).
Work with programming teams to create proposals and stewardship impact reports.
Coordinate across the College to develop a comprehensive solicitation calendar that takes advantage of other activities, programs, meetings, and communications while avoiding conflicts with other campaigns.
Generate and maintain donor reports, donor lists, and dashboards (for annual report and other reporting purposes).
Track and analyze giving trends and data to develop insights to inform plans and strategies for annual giving and to identify potential donors for mid‑level and major giving.
Manage a small portfolio of mid‑level giving donors, moving them through the pipeline and donor cycle to qualify and identify donors’ passions and create customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship experiences for each donor in the portfolio.
Engage donors through consistent and active communication using phone, email, and face‑to‑face meetings. This includes leveraging events and meetings to cultivate and steward donor relationships.
Oversee gift acknowledgment processes and gift agreements across all philanthropic giving.
Operational And Fundraising Infrastructure
Set‑up and maintain processes to track donor communications/interactions in Salesforce and develop reports to track and report on progress.
Set‑up and maintain processes and oversee donor stewardship efforts including acknowledgments and donor recognition.
Working with teams across the ACC to set‑up and manage campaigns and tracking (Salesforce, finance, web team, MarCom, etc.).
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 4 years of experience with a focus on operational support and front‑line fundraising.
Understanding of fundraising strategies and trends, donor lifecycle, and fundraising best practices.
Demonstrated experience in relationship building and solicitation of gifts at varying levels.
Demonstrated experience in growing annual fund campaigns and new donor acquisition.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience in writing fundraising solicitations and communications.
Strong organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with matrixed teams on fundraising activities.
Commitment to ACCF mission and ability to authentically engage and inspire others in the College’s mission.
Ability to travel.
Desired
Experience with Salesforce for managing donor data and reporting.
About Us At the American College of Cardiology, we bring our hearts to work. We are a 500‑person organization dedicated to transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health for all for more than 75 years. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that envisions a world where science, innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes.
Every day, we are committed to supporting our more than 60,000 members and their patients around the globe and in doing so, ensure our staff have a positive environment of teamwork, collaboration, professionalism and excellence. To learn more about why ACC has been recognized as a great place to work, please visit our site, www.acc.org/jobs.
What We Offer ACC values all members of our College family, including ACC staff. As the foundation of the organization, ACC staff enjoy world‑class benefits and a culture of work‑life balance. Our benefit offerings include insurance (medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short‑ and long‑term disability, and supplemental options), generous paid time off (pre‑loaded vacation and sick, 12 holidays and an organizational shut‑down during the last week of the year, parental leave, 2 community service days, and half‑day summer Fridays), tuition assistance and a very competitive 10% retirement contribution after a year of service, and much more! You can visit our careers site for an overview of our full offerings. Please note that these offerings may change at any time.
ACC believes in fair and equitable pay. Multiple factors are taken into consideration when we determine what salary to offer a selected candidate. These factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations. Our salary ranges differ based on the cost of labor in the local market where the job will be performed.
The salary ranges for will vary based on the local labor market; ACC’s Recruitment Team will be able to provide more information to candidates during initial discussions.
Eeoc ACC is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and veterans. ACC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact Katie Sarreal, HR Business Partner at ksarreal@acc.org or (202)375-6351.
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Beyond frontline fundraising, the Philanthropic Giving Manager strengthens the Foundation’s internal infrastructure by contributing to operational excellence through designing, documenting, and implementing clear systems, workflows, and standard operating procedures that elevate donor management, reporting, stewardship, and program scalability.
In close partnership with the Director of Philanthropy and support staff, this role helps shape donor engagement strategies and collaborates across the ACC ecosystem—including members, volunteer leaders, state chapters, sections, and ACC leadership—to foster a coordinated, donor‑centered approach to philanthropy that fuels the Foundation’s impact.
Responsibilities Fundraising, Donor Engagement and Stewardship
Working in close collaboration with the membership, marketing and communication, website, and IT teams to create strategies and manage plans for comprehensive and sustainable annual giving campaigns with a focus on new donor acquisition and retention of current annual fund donors.
Support and maintain stewardship activities across all donor levels (donor recognition, printed donor lists, personalized impact reports, impact stories, etc.).
Work with programming teams to create proposals and stewardship impact reports.
Coordinate across the College to develop a comprehensive solicitation calendar that takes advantage of other activities, programs, meetings, and communications while avoiding conflicts with other campaigns.
Generate and maintain donor reports, donor lists, and dashboards (for annual report and other reporting purposes).
Track and analyze giving trends and data to develop insights to inform plans and strategies for annual giving and to identify potential donors for mid‑level and major giving.
Manage a small portfolio of mid‑level giving donors, moving them through the pipeline and donor cycle to qualify and identify donors’ passions and create customized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship experiences for each donor in the portfolio.
Engage donors through consistent and active communication using phone, email, and face‑to‑face meetings. This includes leveraging events and meetings to cultivate and steward donor relationships.
Oversee gift acknowledgment processes and gift agreements across all philanthropic giving.
Operational And Fundraising Infrastructure
Set‑up and maintain processes to track donor communications/interactions in Salesforce and develop reports to track and report on progress.
Set‑up and maintain processes and oversee donor stewardship efforts including acknowledgments and donor recognition.
Working with teams across the ACC to set‑up and manage campaigns and tracking (Salesforce, finance, web team, MarCom, etc.).
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 4 years of experience with a focus on operational support and front‑line fundraising.
Understanding of fundraising strategies and trends, donor lifecycle, and fundraising best practices.
Demonstrated experience in relationship building and solicitation of gifts at varying levels.
Demonstrated experience in growing annual fund campaigns and new donor acquisition.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience in writing fundraising solicitations and communications.
Strong organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with matrixed teams on fundraising activities.
Commitment to ACCF mission and ability to authentically engage and inspire others in the College’s mission.
Ability to travel.
Desired
Experience with Salesforce for managing donor data and reporting.
About Us At the American College of Cardiology, we bring our hearts to work. We are a 500‑person organization dedicated to transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health for all for more than 75 years. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that envisions a world where science, innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes.
Every day, we are committed to supporting our more than 60,000 members and their patients around the globe and in doing so, ensure our staff have a positive environment of teamwork, collaboration, professionalism and excellence. To learn more about why ACC has been recognized as a great place to work, please visit our site, www.acc.org/jobs.
What We Offer ACC values all members of our College family, including ACC staff. As the foundation of the organization, ACC staff enjoy world‑class benefits and a culture of work‑life balance. Our benefit offerings include insurance (medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short‑ and long‑term disability, and supplemental options), generous paid time off (pre‑loaded vacation and sick, 12 holidays and an organizational shut‑down during the last week of the year, parental leave, 2 community service days, and half‑day summer Fridays), tuition assistance and a very competitive 10% retirement contribution after a year of service, and much more! You can visit our careers site for an overview of our full offerings. Please note that these offerings may change at any time.
ACC believes in fair and equitable pay. Multiple factors are taken into consideration when we determine what salary to offer a selected candidate. These factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations. Our salary ranges differ based on the cost of labor in the local market where the job will be performed.
The salary ranges for will vary based on the local labor market; ACC’s Recruitment Team will be able to provide more information to candidates during initial discussions.
Eeoc ACC is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and veterans. ACC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact Katie Sarreal, HR Business Partner at ksarreal@acc.org or (202)375-6351.
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