Fundraisers
Also called: Direct Response Consultant,
What they do:
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.On the job, you would:
- Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
- Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
- Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
Business
Arts and Humanities
Communications
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Basic Skills
Social
Problem Solving
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Customer relationship management CRM software
Presentation software
Data base user interface and query software
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![]() $57,970
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$100,410
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What they do:
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.On the job, you would:
- Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
- Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
- Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
KNOWLEDGE
Business
- customer service
- management
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Communications
- multimedia
SKILLS
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- writing things for co-workers or customers
Social
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
PERSONALITY
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Initiative
- Persistence
TECHNOLOGY
You might use software like this on the job:
Customer relationship management CRM software
- Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
- Microsoft Dynamics
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Structured query language SQL
EDUCATION

- bachelor's degree
JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

$57,970

$33,530
$100,410