Senior Philanthropy Officer

The Opportunity

The Foundation is seeking a driven individual for this newly established role to support the Translational Research Institute at Phoenix Children’s. This individual will partner closely with the Director, Phoenix Children’s Research Institute, and the Senior Vice President, Research, Department Chair, Child Health to work together to educate physicians, donors and community partners on the importance of building a world class pediatric translational research Institute. The Research Institute is top fundraising priority for Phoenix Children’s and the Foundation. This newly created position is testament to the tremendous growth of Phoenix Children’s.

Reporting to the VP of Individual Giving, The Senior Philanthropy Officer is a seasoned major gift officer responsible for managing a portfolio, and securing gifts of $100,000 and above. The SPO must be comfortable working a portfolio that is in heavy discovery. Success will be achieved by building long term donor partnerships and demonstrating that all levels of philanthropic support are leveraged to realize maximum impact for Phoenix Children’s mission.

The Organization

Phoenix Children's

Phoenix Children’s
1919 E Thomas Lane
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Duties and Responsibilities

The Foundation is seeking a driven individual for this newly established role to support the Translational Research Institute at Phoenix Children’s. This individual will partner closely with the Director, Phoenix Children’s Research Institute, and the Senior Vice President, Research, Department Chair, Child Health to work together to educate physicians, donors and community partners on the importance of building a world class pediatric translational research Institute. The Research Institute is top fundraising priority for Phoenix Children’s and the Foundation. This newly created position is testament to the tremendous growth of Phoenix Children’s.

Reporting to the VP of Individual Giving, The Senior Philanthropy Officer is a seasoned major gift officer responsible for managing a portfolio, and securing gifts of $100,000 and above. The SPO must be comfortable working a portfolio that is in heavy discovery. Success will be achieved by building long term donor partnerships and demonstrating that all levels of philanthropic support are leveraged to realize maximum impact for Phoenix Children’s mission.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education

Minimum of 7 years fundraising/advancement, or a related field in non-profit environment • Experience in medical fundraising strongly preferred • Bachelor’s degree or master’s in business, philanthropy, or related field • Candidate must be energetic, enthusiastic and comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Experience

The Ideal Candidate

Excited to work with executive leadership, and physician leaders to build a strategic fundraising plan for the Translational Research Institute ▪ A clear communicator who is comfortable working with physicians, leaders, and administrators to develop messaging focused on translational research and its importance to PCH and the research community as a whole. Consistently work with and develop leadership to educate and coach them effectively on delivering the message and vision to donors. ▪ An entrepreneurial self-starter who is comfortable working in a start-up environment, and working in the grey while the Institute is developing. ▪ Passionate about children’s healthcare and excited to be part of Phoenix Children’s Vision to become a Top 10 Children’s Hospital. ▪ Facts and metrics driven with intrinsic motivation to seek out new information and research. Strong ability to translate complex research to multiple audiences, including individual donors, foundations and corporate partners.

More About the Organization

Phoenix Children's

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has provided hope, healing, and the best healthcare for children since it was established in 1983, growing to become one of the leading pediatric healthcare systems in the country. With a medical staff of nearly 1,000 pediatric specialists, Phoenix Children’s provides inpatient, outpatient, trauma, and emergency care across more than 75 pediatric subspecialties, the most comprehensive pediatric care available in the state. The Hospital’s Centers of Excellence have grown in size and expertise to place them on par with some of the most prestigious of their kind in the United States.

Since it’s founding in 1983, it has grown into one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems. In 2022, Phoenix Children’s was names one of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital’s for the 12th consecutive year. The health system also earned recognition as the top children’s hospital in Arizona for the second consecutive year.

Over the next five years, Phoenix Children’s will build on its achievements and accelerate its investments in the people, research, technologies, and programs that will solidify its position as a world-class hospital for decades to come. That means recruiting physician-scientists who will change the shape of medicine from right here in Phoenix; fostering discoveries that will improve the quality and length of children’s lives; establishing groundbreaking, destination programs that will attract young patients from around the world; and driving innovations that will give ill and injured children hope beyond their wildest dreams.

To meet the needs of its growing community, Phoenix Children’s also has continued to expand its facilities. Specialty and urgent care centers in high-growth areas of the Valley and across the state serve the needs of patients and families in their own neighborhoods. Today, the most visible evidence of growth is the 11story tower on the Hospital’s main campus, which offers a comprehensive, family-centered hospital that allows doctors and nurses to deliver expert care and healing to the communities’ youngest patients.

Phoenix Children‘s Hospital Foundation As Phoenix Children’s continues to build capacity as a world-class hospital, the Foundation is positioning itself for accelerated growth. The Foundation team is currently 90 people and will continue to grow over the next several years.

With a goal to double philanthropy, in 2016, a strategic plan and reorganization were completed that targeted revenue expansion from $40 million annually to 60 million by 2021. Starting in 2017, the hospital embarked upon a five-year, $250M campaign, Within Reach. The Foundation exceeded the campaign goal at the end of 2021, raising over $300M.

In 2022, The Foundation launched the largest and most significant venture in our history—a new comprehensive campaign that is focused on highlighting the urgency and need of the children in Arizona for exceptional care. Because when it comes to children’s health- moments count. The goal is to raise $500M million over the next seven years, between 2022-2028, to enable Phoenix Children’s continued growth to best meet the needs in Arizona and our region at a pace consistent with the growing population. Phoenix alone is the 5th largest city in the country. At this pace it is critical we invest now to be ready for the future

Leadership

Kelley Morris

Vice President, Individual Giving

Kelley Morris joined Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation in 2019. In her role as Vice President of Individual Giving, Kelley provides leadership and strategic oversight of a team responsible for Major and Principal Gifts, Annual Giving, Planned and Legacy Giving and Foundations. She also serves as a member of the hospital’s senior leadership team. Kelley brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare philanthropy. Prior to joining Phoenix Children’s, Kelley held senior fundraising positions at City of Hope Medical Center, University of Southern California-Doheny Eye Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine.

Kelley has a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from Texas Woman’s University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch.