Fundraising assistant vs director, customer relations

The differences between fundraising assistants and directors, customer relations can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a fundraising assistant and a director, customer relations. Additionally, a director, customer relations has an average salary of $134,672, which is higher than the $41,964 average annual salary of a fundraising assistant.

The top three skills for a fundraising assistant include database systems, financial reports and non-profit organization. The most important skills for a director, customer relations are customer relations, leveraged, and government relations.

Fundraising assistant vs director, customer relations overview

	Fundraising Assistant	Director, Customer Relations
Yearly salary	$41,964	$134,672
Hourly rate	$20.18	$64.75
Growth rate	11%	8%
Number of jobs	340	26,470
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	43	42
Years of experience	4	4

Fundraising assistant vs director, customer relations salary

Fundraising assistants and directors, customer relations have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Fundraising Assistant	Director, Customer Relations
Average salary	$41,964	$134,672
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $58,000	Between $91,000 And $197,000
Highest paying City	-	Carson City, NV
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	California Resources
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between fundraising assistant and director, customer relations education

There are a few differences between a fundraising assistant and a director, customer relations in terms of educational background:

	Fundraising Assistant	Director, Customer Relations
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Fundraising assistant vs director, customer relations demographics

Here are the differences between fundraising assistants' and directors, customer relations' demographics:

	Fundraising Assistant	Director, Customer Relations
Average age	43	42
Gender ratio	Male, 26.7% Female, 73.3%	Male, 46.1% Female, 53.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 5.1% White, 77.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 6.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 5.1% White, 74.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	19%	16%

Differences between fundraising assistant and director, customer relations duties and responsibilities

Fundraising assistant example responsibilities.

Provide courteous service to all alumni by responding efficiently and effectively to alumni concerns.
Publish blogs and editorials on organization's website.

Director, customer relations example responsibilities.

Manage medical billing and serve as liaison between patient and insurance including Medicaid and Medicare as required.
Attend morning meeting daily and attend Medicare meetings weekly.
Assist with payroll and create excel spreadsheets to document all sales status and quotas.
Alert all departments through creating and delivering reports for guest preferences and VIP's.
Recognize all VIP and repeat guests by sending an amenity or upgrading room type.
Experience with QuickBooks in accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and daily bank deposits.

Fundraising assistant vs director, customer relations skills

Common fundraising assistant skills

Database Systems, 29%
Financial Reports, 13%
Non-Profit Organization, 7%
Donor Database, 6%
Event Planning, 5%
Cold Calls, 4%

Common director, customer relations skills

Customer Relations, 16%
Leveraged, 11%
Government Relations, 5%
Press Releases, 5%
Payroll, 5%
Customer Complaints, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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