Major Gift Officer

Position: Major Gifts Officer

About Youth INC

For 30 years, Youth INC has strengthened the organizations that help young people thrive. Through coaching, connections, and capital, we equip youth-serving nonprofits to grow, adapt, and sustain their impact.

Today, 90 nonprofit partners across education, the arts, sports, community-building, leadership, and wellness reach 375,000 young people each year. To date, we've invested in more than 230 organizations that have expanded access to opportunities for more than 1 million young people across New York City.

For more information, please visit www.youthinc-usa.org.

The Opportunity

The Major Gift Officer will manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors and prospects in support of Youth INC’s mission to strengthen youth-serving nonprofits across New York City. This role will focus on identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects, building a sustainable pipeline of philanthropic support that advances Youth INC’s strategic priorities and deepens investment in the organizations and young people it serves.

The Major Gift Officer will work closely with the Chief Development Officer, Development team, executive leadership, board members, program staff, and external partners to engage donors in Youth INC’s work across coaching, connections, and capital for youth-serving nonprofits.

Primary Responsibilities:

Major Gift Fundraising & Relationship Management

· Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of individual major gift donors and prospects, with an emphasis on building long-term philanthropic partnerships for Youth INC.

· Develop and manage a portfolio of approximately 100–125 donors and prospects, creating individualized strategies that move supporters through the donor pipeline and increase giving over time.

· Leverage events, site visits, briefings, and other engagement opportunities to deepen donor relationships and introduce prospects to Youth INC’s work.

Strategy and Leadership

· Partner with the Chief Development Officer and Development team to set annual goals, build solicitation strategies, prepare donor briefings, and support leadership and board engagement with key prospects.

· Collaborate across teams to understand program priorities, funding needs, organizational impact, and opportunities for donor investment.

· Represent Youth INC externally with professionalism, warmth, and enthusiasm for its mission and the youth-serving nonprofit sector.

· Contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive Development team culture focused on sustainable revenue growth and strong donor experience.

Donor Communication, Portfolio Management, and CRM Administration

· Create compelling donor communications, proposals, impact updates, and stewardship materials that connect supporters to Youth INC’s mission, programs, nonprofit partners, and citywide impact.

· Conduct regular portfolio review and pipeline analysis to identify opportunities for upgrades, renewals, and new major gift solicitations.

· Maintain accurate donor records, contact reports, moves management plans, gift projections, and next steps in the CRM to support data-informed fundraising.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree or commensurate professional experience.

· 4–7 years of relevant fundraising, nonprofit development, donor relations, or relationship-management experience, including at least two years of frontline fundraising experience.

·  Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors or prospects, preferably at the major gift level.

·  Experience working with high-net-worth individuals, board members, volunteers, or senior organizational leaders preferred.

·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate programmatic impact into compelling donor-centered messages.

·  Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to engage donors, prospects, board members, volunteers, colleagues, and nonprofit partners with professionalism and discretion.

·  Strategic, organized, and goal-oriented approach to portfolio management, moves management, and donor follow-up.

·  Comfort using CRM systems, donor databases, and fundraising metrics to track progress and inform strategy.

·  Experience in youth development, education, nonprofit capacity building, philanthropy, or New York City’s nonprofit sector is a plus.

·  Collaborative and inclusive working style, with a commitment to equity, belonging, and Youth INC’s mission.

·  Entrepreneurial mindset, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

·  Ability to attend donor meetings, events, and occasional evening or early morning engagements; local travel within the New York City area may be required.

Compensation, Benefits and Location

·  Salary Range: $115,000-$125,000, depending on experience, annual merit, and bonus eligible.

·  Generous benefits package including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, vision),

· 11 organizational holidays, 5 sick days, Summer Fridays and 22 PTO days holiday per year, with an additional 5 PTO days upon your 3^rd anniversary.

· Retirement savings option, including an automatic 3% contribution

To Apply

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your experience in nonprofit development or related roles to recruitment@youthinc-usa.org. Please include "Major Gifts Officer" in the subject line of your email. To ensure equitable consideration, only applications received through this inbox will be reviewed as part of the hiring process. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from candidates who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other communities of color, as well as LGBTQ , persons with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.