Senior Director, Principal Gifts
- Employer
- PBS Foundation
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Jul 15, 2021
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Fundraising Administration, Major Gifts, Other Fundraising
- Fields
- Arts, Education, Public Broadcasting, Youth
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the PBS
Foundation in the search for a Senior Director, Principal
Gifts.
Reporting to the Senior Director, Individual Giving, the Senior
Director, Principal Gifts will seek private funds primarily from
individuals for priority initiatives and will manage a robust
portfolio of principal gift prospects with the capacity and
inclination to make gifts of $1M+ in support of PBS.
PBS is a private, non-profit corporation, founded in 1969, whose
members are America’s public TV stations, noncommercial,
educational licensees that operate more than 330 PBS member
stations and serve all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, and American Samoa. PBS creates content that educates,
informs, and inspires. To do this, PBS offers programming that
expands the minds of children, documentaries that open up new
worlds, non-commercialized news programs that keep citizens
informed on world events and cultures, and programs that
expose America to the worlds of music, theater, dance, and
art. PBS has transformed itself from a solely broadcast
organization to a multi-platform leader that serves Americans
through television, mobile TV, the Web, interactive
whiteboards in the classroom, and more.
Over the course of a year, 80% of all U.S. television households –
over 206 million people – watch PBS via traditional television.
Each month, Americans watch an average of 375 million videos across
all of PBS’s web, mobile, and connected device platforms. PBS
stations reach more children, and more caretakers of young
children, than any of the children’s TV networks. PBS and its
member stations are America's undisputed home for documentary
storytelling. During the 2019-2020 season, PBS offered 202 hours of
new documentary content, seen by over 77 million people, and is
helping to keep the arts alive today and for generations to come,
featuring over 200 hours of new arts and cultural programming, seen
by 83 million people. During the COVID crisis, PBS cemented
its role as America's educational media resource. In the first
eight weeks of the shutdown, PBS TV stations reached over 23
million children and parents during at-home learning hours. More
than 21 million children, parents and educators engaged with
digital content.
Established in 2004 as the national fundraising arm for PBS, the
PBS Foundation helps donors realize their philanthropic goals by
offering opportunities to make outsized impact. The PBS Foundation
is both a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a 509(a)(3)
supporting organization to PBS. Its purpose is to seek, cultivate,
and receive philanthropic gifts and grants at the national level
for PBS. The Foundation administers these gifts and grants on
behalf of PBS.
PBS’s audience mirrors the diversity of the United States with
respect to race, ethnicity, income, and geography and it is core to
its mission that PBS content reflects this diversity. In addition,
PBS is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and
high-performing culture, so that every staff member can bring their
best work forward.
A bachelor's degree is required for this position as is at least
five years of experience in development working with high-net-worth
individuals. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter
and résumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of
PBS and the responsibilities and qualifications presented in the
position prospectus.
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