Director of Principal Gifts for Texas Law
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Job overview
The Director of Principal Gifts for Texas Law builds and manages a portfolio of 40–80 prospective donors, cultivating major gifts of $1,000,000 or more. The role is expected to produce $3,000,000–$5,000,000 annually within 18 months of starting. It works with faculty, academic leaders, and development staff to develop funding opportunities, advance campaign goals, and steward donors.
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Full job description
Build and carry an active portfolio of 40 80 prospective donors.Engage in qualification, strategy development, relationship building and closing of major gift(s) at $1,000,000+.Within 18 months of start date, consistently produce $3,000,000 - $5,000,000 per year.Participate in goal setting, proposal preparation, strategy development, and stewardship as required for donors in the portfolio.Successfully and consistently deliver funding proposals to prospective and current donors.Effectively work with, communicate with, and collaborate with faculty, academic leaders, and other development staff to develop campus-wide funding opportunities and reach campaign goals.Maintain appropriate electronic documentation on a timely basis, including engagement activities, proposal tracking, contact reports, donor strategies, and forecasting in VIP.Record timely reports, letters, proposals, or gift agreements following a donor contact.Work collaboratively, proactively, and in a professional, service-oriented manner with all University Development Officers to further the development goals of the university.Additional duties as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 727 open Fundraising jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$77–101K/yr320 salary ranges
- US median$21–24/hr100 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 77 open Fundraising jobs in Texas and 727 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)41 open
- American Heart Association9 open
- American Red Cross4 open
- Experience
- Fundraising postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (488 postings).
- Education
- 267 of the 727 open Fundraising jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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