Interim Manager of Individual Giving (5-month contract, $72.60/hour, 40 hours/week)New$31K

Khan Academy
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The opportunity

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What you'll do

  • Portfolio & Donor Strategy (~10 hrs/wk, through EOY): Provide behind-the-scenes portfolio management for major individual giving, driving strategy to move relationships forward and secure gifts, including recommending and confirming appropriate next steps.

  • Leadership Preparation: Prepare C-suite executives and other philanthropic leadership for individual major donor meetings with briefings, pre-read decks, suggested strategies, and follow-up on next steps.

  • End-of-Year Outreach Management: Track and manage Chief of External Relation end-of-year donor outreach, including who has been contacted, follow-up status, and next steps.

  • Outreach Coordination: Coordinate donor outreach email by triaging messages, drafting responses for her review, and flagging donor replies that need attention.

  • CRM Management: Maintain accurate donor activities and updates in Salesforce (SFDC).

  • Philanthropic Writing & Reporting (~10–15 hrs/wk, ongoing): Adapt compelling concept notes, proposals, and donor reports for individual giving opportunities, drawing on existing materials, templates, and stated program priorities. Convey key strategic priorities and narrative consistent with Khan Academy’s voice, mission framing, and prior donor communications, and incorporate feedback from the Philanthropy team and leadership.

What they're looking for

  • Impact Metrics: Coordinate with key team members to pull, analyze, and present key performance metrics as part of preparing donor reports.
  • Review & Approvals: Submit donor reports, proposals, and related materials to Director of Philanthropy for initial review ahead of final approval by Chief of External Relations.
  • Prospect Research & Pipeline Expansion (~5–10 hrs/wk, until complete): Use prospecting tools and public information to research and identify likely major-gift and mid-level prospects, including from IPOs and liquidity events at OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies (Google, Meta, etc.).
  • Prospect List Development: Work with internal teams to cross-reference generated lists against Khan Academy’s existing donor, prospect, and email records to flag existing connections, and deliver a prioritized prospect list with supporting rationale that feeds directly into the wealth-wave strategy.