Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) values staff diversity and actively encourages people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, perspectives, skills, and stories to apply in order to advance our nonprofit mission and enrich our organizational culture. All staff will work with others throughout the organization to implement and exemplify policies as part of TPAC’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, access, and equity. TPAC is a nonprofit performing arts organization and cultural anchor providing enriching arts experiences for all ages, empowering lifelong arts education programs, artistic expression reflective of our community, arts connections that support the local economy, and sustainable support for professional resident companies and local artist
OBJECTIVE
The Donor Relations Manager is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive stewardship campaign for all levels of capital campaign donors. This role will support the promotion, management, and day-to-day operations of Be Bold. Build TPAC Capital Campaign.
This position will work collaboratively with Development, Finance, Marketing, and Operations to contribute to the campaign’s success.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as the main point of contact for prospective and current donors involved in the capital campaign.
Manage Tessitura database records, including capturing donor preferences, entering daily gifts, sending acknowledgements, setting up payment plans, creating gift agreements, developing strategies, and generating reports.
Create a detailed donor relations strategy aimed at fostering long-term engagement and improving connections with donors.
Personalize donor interactions based on campaign milestones, which may include private receptions, tours, groundbreaking ceremonies, ribbon cuttings, dedications, behind-the-scenes experiences, and performance opportunities
Maintain marketing and communications calendar for all capital campaign communication needs.
Coordinate meetings, events, and activities related to the campaign.
Track and administer department graphic design needs in Asana.
Prepare campaign materials such as proposals, letters, gift agreements, and presentations.
Coordinate scheduling, logistics, notes, and follow-ups for capital campaign steering committee meetings, departmental meetings, and events.
Assist in maintaining the campaign budget and tracking expenses.
Collaborate with other departments to promote campaign initiatives.
Complete other assigned administrative projects related to the capital campaign.
The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive. Other related duties may be assigned.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Required: Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years experience or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team. Attention to detail and strong organizational and time management skills required. Confidentiality and discretion with individual or company details is a must.
SOFTWARE AND SERVICES USED
Microsoft Office Suite, Tessitura, Zoom, Asana, Docusign, Adobe
FREQUENT FUNCTIONS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
Frequent Functions: Working in an office environment, with public events, and virtual meetings/events.
Occasional Functions: Lifting 30 pounds or less.
TPAC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All aspects of the employment process will be merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship or other protected characteristic. Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) values staff diversity and actively encourages people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, perspectives, skills, and stories to advance our nonprofit mission and enrich our organizational culture
Founded in 1980, TPAC serves several hundred thousand audience members each year. Performances include the HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC series; purposefully-curated series in Dance, Theatre, and Family programming; a wide variety of special engagements, and the productions of three resident artistic companies – Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, and Nashville Repertory Theatre.
In addition, TPAC administers one of the largest and most comprehensive arts education programs in the United States, serving students from pre-school to high school, educators, and adults.
Over more than four decades, TPAC has welcomed more than 14 million audience members and served more than 2 million students, educators, and adults with performances, teacher resources, professional development opportunities, classroom residencies, and enrichment programs.
TPAC manages four performance venues, including Andrew Jackson Hall, James K. Polk Theater, and Andrew Johnson Theater, and War Memorial Auditorium, a historic concert hall located across the street from the center.
Dreaming of opportunities in the arts and a well-rounded education for their children and grandchildren, priv...ate citizens led by Martha Ingram proposed an arts center for the citizens of Tennessee to the state legislature in 1972.
After a private fundraising effort established an endowment, the state approved funding for the center, built in conjunction with the James K. Polk State Office Building and the Tennessee State Museum.
Prior to the September 1980 dedication, the legislature created the TPAC Management Corporation to oversee the public-private partnership. It charged the unique nonprofit organization with providing affordable performance spaces for resident artistic companies and offering educational experiences in the arts for Tennessee school children.
During that first 1980-81 season, TPAC presented 119 performances for a total attendance of 84,000. The center was strengthened by the traditions of TPAC’s first two resident companies: Nashville Symphony, founded in 1946, and Circle Players, a community theater founded in 1949.
Three professional companies took residence at TPAC within the next five seasons: Nashville Opera, Nashville Repertory Theatre, and Nashville Ballet.
TPAC established Humanities Outreach in Tennessee (HOT) in 1983, receiving the Governor’s Award for Artistic Excellence the next year. Now called TPAC’s Season for Young People, this nationwide model for arts education programming has served children from the state’s 95 counties. Following an operational merger with the Nashville Institute for the Arts in 2000 and decades of expansion, TPAC currently provides several signature arts education programs, including Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts (which engages pre-school children), TPAC InsideOut (which enriches the theatre-going experience for adults), Disney Musicals in Schools (which creates sustainable theatre programs in disadvantaged schools, and Spotlight Awards (which honors the talents of high school theatre students). In addition, TPAC offers a variety of professional development opportunities for teachers.