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Fundraisers

$61.19K Median Salary 12K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 16% Job Growth

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About This Career

Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.

Reported Job Titles

Contract Grant Writer, Development Associate, Development Officer, Direct Response Consultant, Fundraising Consultant, Grant Coordinator, Philanthropy Officer, Principal Gifts Officer

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Abilities

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Oral Comprehension

Speech Recognition

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Inductive Reasoning

Deductive Reasoning

Fluency of Ideas

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Information Ordering

Originality

Category Flexibility

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Sales and Marketing

Administration and Management

Communications and Media

Economics and Accounting

Computers and Electronics

Administrative

Skills

Speaking

Active Listening

Persuasion

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Critical Thinking

Negotiation

Coordination

Social Perceptiveness

Service Orientation

Judgment and Decision Making

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Instructing

Management of Financial Resources

Mathematics

Time Management

Technology Skills

Customer relationship management CRM software

Presentation software

Data base user interface and query software

Electronic mail software

Desktop publishing software

Office suite software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Spreadsheet software

Web page creation and editing software

Instant messaging software

Data base reporting software

Internet browser software

Word processing software

Tools

Photocopiers

Automobiles or cars

Notebook computers

Laser printers

Laser fax machine

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Instant messaging software: GroupMe
Data base reporting software: SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Automobiles or cars: Passenger vehicles
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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