Philanthropy Officer - Foundation - Full Time Exempt (Non-Union)
University of Southern California
Arcadia, CAFull-time$110–182K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Philanthropy Officer reports to the President of the Foundation and serves as strategist for individual, major gift, planned giving, and institutional donor prospects, including foundations and corporations. The role supports the Foundation’s goals through direct fundraising. Candidates need an associate’s degree, 5–7 years of fundraising experience, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and proficient English communication; a master’s degree is preferred.
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This position will report to the President of the Foundation. The Philanthropy Officer will serve as the strategist for individual, major gift and planned giving prospects, as well as institutional donors and prospects, including foundations and corporations. This position will play a key role in meeting the goals for the Foundation through direct fundraising.
Minimum Education: Associate’s Degree college level education Minimum Experience: 5-7 years Fundraising experience Minimum Skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook). Must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read and write English proficiently. Preferred Education: Master’s degree Pay Transparency The annual salary range for this position is $110,240.00 - $181,896.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
How this job compares
Set against the 716 open Fundraising jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$110–182K/yr
- California median$104–136K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$82–105K/yr347 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $146K, is 26% above the California median midpoint ($116K) — in the middle half of Fundraising salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 57 open Fundraising jobs in California and 716 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Stanford University8 open
- The Salvation Army7 open
- University of Southern California (this employer)7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Fundraising postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (521 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 255 of the 716 open Fundraising jobs (36%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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