Director of Philanthropy

Northern Light Health

Department:Foundation

Position is located:Northern Light Home Care & Hospice Offices, South Portland, Maine

Work Type:Full Time / 40 Hours per week

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10 years of progressive fundraising experience including a proven record of successfully securing major and principal gifts
• 5 years of leadership experience

Summary: The Director of Philanthropy serves as the senior fundraising leader for Northern Light Mercy Hospital, responsible for setting and executing a comprehensive philanthropy strategy that advances hospital and system-wide priorities. This role provides visible, strategic leadership and represents Mercy Hospital across the community with donors, volunteers, and key stakeholders.

The Director leads a high-performing, donor-centric philanthropy program and works closely with hospital executive leadership, clinicians, Northern Light Health Foundation colleagues, and volunteers to secure major and principal philanthropic investments. This position requires a proven track record of principal and major donor fundraising success, strong leadership skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships at the highest levels.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior philanthropy leader for Mercy Hospital, aligning philanthropic strategy with hospital and Northern Light Health priorities.
• Lead a culture of philanthropy engaging executive leaders, physicians, clinicians, and volunteers in donor strategy and relationship building.
• Manage, coach, and mentor philanthropy team members to achieve ambitious fundraising goals and support professional growth and accountability.
• Develop and implement annual and multi-year fundraising plans, establishing clear goals, metrics, and strategies for donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Manage a portfolio of principal and major donors with responsibility for securing transformational and leadership-level gifts.
• Partner closely with hospital executive leadership to advance short- and long-term philanthropy strategies, including major gifts, principal gifts, and grateful patient fundraising.
• Collaborate with prospect research, prospect management, and donor relations teams to ensure disciplined portfolio management, effective moves management, and personalized stewardship.
• Represent Mercy Hospital externally with donors, community leaders, civic partners, and volunteers serving as a senior ambassador for the organizations mission and philanthropic priorities.
• Manage an active portfolio of approximately 125150 donors and prospective donors and advance them strategically toward solicitation and stewardship.
• Achieve measurable, outcome-driven fundraising results based on mutually agreed-upon goals and performance metrics.

Northern Light Health

At Northern Light Health, were building a better approach to healthcare because we believe people deserve access to care that works for them. As an integrated health delivery system serving Maine, were raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Our nearly 10,000 team membersin hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, long-term and home healthcare, and ground and air medical transport and emergency careare committed to making healthcare work for our patients, communities, and employees.