Regional Gift Planner (Michigan)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaFully Remote
Posted November 6, 2025
78021 - 97531 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 3 million members in more than 8,600 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region.
Job Description
The Regional Gift Planner is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and securing planned and current gifts from individuals in support of churchwide ministries, congregations, synods, and other ELCA-related ministries.
Requirements
- Meet with prospective donors to conduct discoveries, present gift plan proposals and secure planned and current gifts through estate plans, CRTs, CGAs, named endowments, QCDs, cash, properties, and other gifts.
- Steward and strengthen the relationship between the ELCA Foundation, synods, and organizational partners.
- Cultivate and solicit ELCA affiliated institutions to invest funds in the Endowment Fund Pool Trust and provide ongoing stewardship of these institutions.
- Support congregations and ELCA related ministries in the development and promotion of planned giving programs.
- Manage ongoing donor/organizational relationships and gift planning activities in CRM software, having regular reviews with the Director of Gift Planning.
Benefits
- Employer paid health premiums for employees
- Health and dependent care FSA's
- Health savings account (HSA) with an employer contribution
- Life insurance
- 403b retirement plan with employer contribution
- 17 paid holidays