Also called: Donor Researcher
Researches wealthy people and companies to figure out who might donate to a nonprofit and how much.
You dig through public records, real estate data and news to estimate a potential donor's wealth and write a one-page profile for the gift officer.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in any field; research skills.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: History, Information Science, Communications.
Growing slowly. Steady at universities and hospitals.
High risk for 10 years. AI research tools now compile donor wealth profiles from public records in minutes, which is most of this job.
Classes: AP US History, English Language Arts, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1131.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.