Los Angeles, California, United States · Hybrid
$125k–$138k/yr
Position: Director of Individual Giving Reports to: Senior Director of Mission Advancement Status: Full-time Exempt Start Date: August 31, 2026 Location: Primarily remote; requires limited scheduled in-person participati…
Skills: Major Gifts Growth, Donor Strategy, Fundraising Strategy, Moves Management, Donor Cultivation
Los Angeles, California, United States • Hybrid
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Lead the individual giving program with a focus on growing major gifts, designing donor pipelines, and managing high-capacity relationships. The role involves supervising a Senior Manager and partnering with executive leadership to foster a culture of philanthropy.
Requires at least six years of nonprofit fundraising experience with a proven track record in major gifts and donor pipeline development. A bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience is required.
Within MAT, the Individual Giving team raises and stewards flexible revenue that supports NHeLP's mission by building durable relationships with individual donors, volunteers, Board members, ambassadors, law firm networks, and mission-aligned prospects. The Director is responsible for the individual giving strategy, major gifts growth, donor engagement, and volunteer fundraising activation. The Senior Manager is responsible for development operations, annual fund execution, stewardship, and the mid-level donor pipeline. The Director oversees the Senior Manager. Together, the team is responsible for expanding the major donor pipeline, increasing retention and upgrade rates, strengthening donor systems, and growing the program. The Director also plays a key role in fostering a culture of philanthropy across NHeLP by helping staff, leadership, Board members, and volunteers understand and participate in donor engagement, stewardship, and fundraising efforts.
THE POSITIONMajor Gifts Portfolio & Pipeline Expansion (35%)
LOCATION
Primarily remote; requires limited scheduled in-person participation.
NHeLP advocates to advance the health rights of many populations that have traditionally lacked legal protection, such as women, people of color, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disabilities, and people with limited English proficiency. To promote social justice and best achieve our mission, NHeLP is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. We make our employment decisions based on merit. We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, and we do not discriminate based on race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
For more information, please visit: www.healthlaw.org.
Securing Health Rights for Those in Need
Founded in 1969, the National Health Law Program protects and advances the health rights of low income and underserved individuals. NHeLP advocates, educates and litigates at the federal and state level. Our lawyers and policy analysts stand up for the rights of the millions of people who struggle to access affordable, quality health care. We are guided by the belief—a challenge—that each generation should live better than the last. Health care reform offers the opportunity to substantially reduce the number of uninsured and improve access to care, including through the law’s expansion of the Medicaid program. Political and economic challenges, however, threaten these advances for millions of low-income and uninsured people. NHeLP defends the nation’s health care safety net for those most in need and those with the fewest resources. We fight to give at-risk populations a voice in federal policy making, promote the rights of consumers in emerging managed-care systems, and advocate for creative solutions that preserve the government’s responsibility as the provider of last resort. We are a force in the courtroom, working to ensure that low-income people and underserved communities can obtain the quality care to which they are legally entitled and holding state and federal Medicaid agencies accountable for their programs. The National Health Law Program, founded in 1969, protects and advances health rights of low-income and underserved individuals and families. We advocate, educate and litigate at the federal and state levels to advance health and civil rights in the U.S. Our lawyers and policy experts fight every day for the rights of the tens of millions of people struggling to access affordable, quality health care coverage free from discrimination. The National Health Law Program defends and fights to expand health and civil rights of those most in need and those with the fewest resources. We strive to give a voice to low-income individuals and famil
Offices: 1444 I Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, US · 3701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #750, Los Angeles, CA 90010, US · 1512 E Franklin St, Ste 110, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, US
Securing Health Rights for Those in Need
Founded in 1969, the National Health Law Program protects and advances the health rights of low income and underserved individuals. NHeLP advocates, educates and litigates at the federal and state level. Our lawyers and policy analysts stand up for the rights of the millions of people who struggle to access affordable, quality health care. We are guided by the belief—a challenge—that each generation should live better than the last. Health care reform offers the opportunity to substantially reduce the number of uninsured and improve access to care, including through the law’s expansion of the Medicaid program. Political and economic challenges, however, threaten these advances for millions of low-income and uninsured people. NHeLP defends the nation’s health care safety net for those most in need and those with the fewest resources. We fight to give at-risk populations a voice in federal policy making, promote the rights of consumers in emerging managed-care systems, and advocate for creative solutions that preserve the government’s responsibility as the provider of last resort. We are a force in the courtroom, working to ensure that low-income people and underserved communities can obtain the quality care to which they are legally entitled and holding state and federal Medicaid agencies accountable for their programs. The National Health Law Program, founded in 1969, protects and advances health rights of low-income and underserved individuals and families. We advocate, educate and litigate at the federal and state levels to advance health and civil rights in the U.S. Our lawyers and policy experts fight every day for the rights of the tens of millions of people struggling to access affordable, quality health care coverage free from discrimination. The National Health Law Program defends and fights to expand health and civil rights of those most in need and those with the fewest resources. We strive to give a voice to low-income individuals and famil
Offices: 1444 I Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, US · 3701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #750, Los Angeles, CA 90010, US · 1512 E Franklin St, Ste 110, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, US
