Overview

Description: Strongward is a long-term disaster recovery organization. We exist to transform disaster from tragedy to strength, equipping the hardest-hit homeowners and communities with the capacity to emerge stronger than before.Disasters are more frequent and more costly, and the support communities count on has grown less certain. Families are being asked to recover with less help, not more. Two decades of field-tested recovery operations mean Strongward has a proven model ready to scale to meet that need.We partner with homeowners with the greatest unmet needs after a disaster to rebuild homes and help them find stability again through our recovery services. To do this, we use an innovative approach that draws on our expertise in navigating federal disaster funding, operational efficiencies informed by the Toyota Production System, and our increasing focus on rebuilding to FORTIFIED Home standards.We also believe that effective community recovery begins with preparedness. Through our advisory services, we help smaller communities build local capacity before and after disaster. We provide training and hands-on consulting, so local leaders can build knowledge and recovery systems that stay in place long after outside support ends.Strongward has helped rebuild or repair more than 6,000 homes after disasters and helped communities secure $100 million in recovery and resilience funding in the past four years. That track record is what makes Strongward a place worth joining.Here, you become part of one of the few disaster recovery organizations built for what comes after the cameras leave and the immediate response winds down. We help communities prepare for and recover from disaster, so they emerge stronger than before. Position SummaryThe Major Gifts Officer, Corporate Giving is a frontline fundraising role responsible for building, growing, and stewarding corporate partnerships that advance Strongward's disaster recovery and resilience mission. Reporting to the Director of Institutional Giving, this position manages a portfolio of corporate donors and prospects, develops mission-aligned partnership opportunities, and helps drive revenue growth through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.This role requires a strategic, relationship-centered fundraiser who can engage corporate leaders, CSR teams, employee engagement programs, and corporate foundations with professionalism and credibility. The Major Gifts Officer develops compelling proposals, sponsorship packages, and engagement strategies; collaborates across teams to align partnership commitments with organizational priorities; and represents Strongward externally to expand visibility, trust, and philanthropic support. Requirements: Key Responsibilities and DutiesCorporate Fundraising and Relationship ManagementManage and grow a portfolio of corporate donors and prospects to achieve annual fundraising goals and strengthen long-term philanthropic partnerships.Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate partners through all stages of the donor lifecycle.Develop customized engagement, sponsorship, employee giving, and volunteer opportunities that align corporate philanthropic priorities with Strongward's mission and strategic initiatives.Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate leaders, CSR teams, employee engagement programs, and corporate foundations.Support the development of multi-year and transformational corporate partnerships that expand revenue, visibility, and mission impact.Strategy, Proposals, and Cross-Functional CollaborationPartner with the Director of Institutional Giving to execute Strongward's corporate and institutional fundraising strategy.Prepare compelling proposals, sponsorship packages, presentations, reports, and stewardship materials tailored to corporate audiences.Collaborate with programs, finance, marketing and communications, and executive leadership to identify partnership opportunities and develop donor-center