[Foundation-l] [Fundraising] Fundraising Promotion and Job Opening

[Rand Montoya]

Fellow Wikimedians--

In July of 2008, the WMF fundraising team was hired and established with 
a planned team of four: Head of Major Gifts (Rebecca Handler), Head of 
Partnerships and Foundation Relations (Sara Crouse), Head of Community 
Giving (Rand Montoya), and a Development Associate (Anya Shyrokova, 
hired in October 2008).

We have successfully grown our fundraising infrastructure and process 
over the last year and we've certainly seen some very nice results (last 
year's Annual Fundraiser, Omidiyar Network, Ford, Stanton, and other 
large grants, several large individual major gifts).

As we move towards the next fundraiser and even bigger goals, we are 
extending our capacity and reach by creating the new position of 
Stewardship Associate (job duties below). The fundraising team feels 
that there is tremendous opportunity for growth within the $500 to 
$10,000 gift range and we have seen the need for more cultivation of 
those gifts. This hire was approved by the Board and is reflected in the 
2009-10 Annual Plan 
(http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2009-2010_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answers). 


After crafting the job description for the Stewardship Associate, we 
realized that we already had the ideal candidate in-house: Anya 
Shyrokova. Over the last year, Anya has been an integral part of our 
fundraising team dealing with all sorts of donor requests, gift entry, 
and database needs. Even more so, words from Rebecca Handler: "Anya has 
become a master donor cultivator during her time here. She is a 
wonderful ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation in the way that she is 
open to new ideas, respectful of others, and can communicate our vision 
to a diverse group of donors. I am extremely proud to work with her."

With that, I am pleased to announce that Anya Shyrokova has been 
promoted to the new position of Stewardship Associate effective October 
1, 2009. This is especially poignant because we are such a small 
organization there are few opportunities for advancement; that Anya's 
growth and this position meshed nicely in fitting the need with a solution.

We are in the process of hiring a new Development Associate 
(http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Development_Associate) 
to replace Anya. We encourage all interested and qualified parties to 
apply.

Congratulations Anya!

-Rand


Brief Job Overview of Stewardship Associate

* Assist in stewardship of current $500 to $10K donors
* Research and test cultivation techniques to find the best approach to 
engage our Middle Donors
* Work with Head of Community Giving and Head of Major Gifts to create, 
design, and run stewardship and cultivation events for Middle Donors
* Work with Public Relations and Project staff to develop media for 
distribution to Middle Donor
* Work with Development Associate to develop proper processes for 
organizing Middle Donor information in our donor database, CiviCRM
* Assist in finding and training of Volunteer Solicitors
* Perform Major Gift Prospecting/Research as needed
* Basic donation entry, gift processing, and thank-you letter writing as 
needed
* Assist with day to day donor relations, recurring donor management, & 
other fundraising tasks as required
* Support general data integrity in CiviCRM

-- 
Rand Montoya  
Head of Community Giving
Wikimedia Foundation
www.wikimedia.org
Email: rand at wikimedia.org
Phone: 415.839.6885 x615
Fax: 415.882.0495
Cell: 510.685.7030

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