The Role

JKG is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and warm professional to join our team as a Development Associate. This role is a strong fit for someone starting a career in nonprofit development or an experienced professional looking to bring transferable skills to mission-focused fundraising. Prior development experience is welcome but not required.

The Development Associate will support the day-to-day operations of JKG’s Atlanta fundraising program, including donor stewardship, gift processing, database management, grant administration, campaign execution, and development coordination. After training, this person will take ownership of recurring responsibilities and help ensure that deadlines, follow-up, and stewardship details are handled consistently and thoughtfully.

JKG’s fundraising approach is rooted in relationship-based philanthropy. We want every supporter to feel known, appreciated, and connected to the impact of their giving. The Development Associate will help make that possible by maintaining accurate donor information, coordinating campaigns and communications, creating reliable workflows, and proactively identifying what needs attention.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants to help build something bigger. JKG is changing what Jewish education can look like, and the Development Associate will help create the strong fundraising systems needed to sustain and expand that impact. This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in excellent follow-through, communicates clearly, and wants their work to contribute to meaningful growth and change.

Core Responsibilities

Development Operations:

• Process gifts, pledges, recurring donations, and acknowledgments accurately and on time.

• Maintain accurate donor and prospect records in DonorPerfect, including contact information, notes, and updates.

• Assist with donor database cleanup, data standardization, and reporting.

• Maintain recurring stewardship systems, templates, calendars, and workflows.

• Prepare donor lists, portfolio updates, campaign tracking, and development reports.

• Coordinate scheduling, meeting preparation, follow-up tracking, and other day-to-day development needs.

Donor Stewardship and Campaign Support

• Help coordinate annual giving, stewardship, parent, and grandparent campaigns.

• Prepare mailings, email lists, digital giving links, campaign materials, and donor acknowledgments.

• Coordinate handwritten notes, donor touches, mail house projects, and other stewardship details.

• Track deadlines, next steps, and follow-up to help ensure donors receive timely and thoughtful communication.

• Prepare materials and background information for donor meetings, tours, and cultivation opportunities.

Grant and Institutional Support

• Maintain the grant calendar and track proposal deadlines, reports, payments, and required deliverables.

• Assist with organizing grant files, supporting materials, and submissions.

• Coordinate with colleagues to gather the data, stories, financial information, and documents needed for proposals and reports.

• Assist with grant submissions, reporting, compliance tracking, and funder follow-up.

Events, Tours, And External Engagement Support

• Coordinate logistics for donor visits, tours, meetings, and selected development events.

• Support scheduling, confirmations, materials preparation, and follow-up.

• Prepare stewardship and engagement materials for donors, funders, and community partners.

• Provide occasional evening or weekend support for donor events with advance notice.

Communications and Materials Support

• Help prepare templates, presentations, impact materials, campaign assets, and stewardship resources.

• Coordinate pre-planned and batch-produced communications for lower-touch donor audiences.

• Work with colleagues and outside vendors on printing, mailing, design, and production needs.

• Help ensure development materials are accurate, polished, on brand, and completed on schedule.

What You’ll Bring

You may be beginning a career in nonprofit development or bringing transferable experience from another field. Prior fundraising experience is welcome, but not required.

The strongest candidate will be:

• Highly organized, dependable, and attentive to detail

• A warm, clear, and professional communicator

• Comfortable managing multiple deadlines and recurring responsibilities

• Confident working with spreadsheets, databases, and tracking systems

• Eager to learn, ask thoughtful questions, and take on greater ownership over time

• Someone who takes pride in accurate work and excellent follow-through

Experience in nonprofit development, administration, operations, customer service, education, campaigns, events, or grant administration is a plus. Familiarity with DonorPerfect, another CRM, or Atlanta’s Jewish community is helpful but not required.

Role Details & Compensation

• Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

• Job Type: Full-Time (40 hours/week)

• Work Requirements: This hybrid position requires at least one in-office day per week, with additional in-person meetings and events as needed.

• Reports to: Director of Atlanta Development and Engagement

• Salary: Starting at $55,000, commensurate with experience.

• Benefits include: Health insurance, paid time off, holidays, retirement benefits, professional development, hybrid work arrangements, discounted enrollment in JKG programs, and working with an amazing team. Note: There are also external scholarship opportunities available for school-aged children of employees. Contact us to learn more!

Why Join JKG

This is an opportunity to learn the many parts of nonprofit fundraising while making a visible contribution to a growing organization. You will help strengthen donor relationships, expand JKG’s fundraising capacity, and build the systems that allow more children and families to experience joyful Jewish life.