Fundraising consultant vs director, customer relations

The differences between fundraising consultants 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 consultant and a director, customer relations. Additionally, a director, customer relations has an average salary of $134,672, which is higher than the $81,853 average annual salary of a fundraising consultant.

The top three skills for a fundraising consultant include capital campaign, non-profit organization and database management. The most important skills for a director, customer relations are customer relations, leveraged, and government relations.

Fundraising consultant vs director, customer relations overview

	Fundraising Consultant	Director, Customer Relations
Yearly salary	$81,853	$134,672
Hourly rate	$39.35	$64.75
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	5,207	26,470
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Fundraising consultant vs director, customer relations salary

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

	Fundraising Consultant	Director, Customer Relations
Average salary	$81,853	$134,672
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $140,000	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 consultant and director, customer relations education

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

	Fundraising Consultant	Director, Customer Relations
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Fundraising consultant vs director, customer relations demographics

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

	Fundraising Consultant	Director, Customer Relations
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 42.4% Female, 57.6%	Male, 46.1% Female, 53.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 5.1% White, 74.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	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	16%	16%

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

Fundraising consultant example responsibilities.

Manage and monitor donor tracking system via Salesforce to ensure the integrity of organization's donor base.
Develop and implement a new governance infrastructure for an alumni association to include both national and international graduates.
Job include daily maintenance of NGP database which include; entering disbursements, contributions and balancing the database in-house.
Compose email blasts for various campaigns using MailChimp, NationBuilder, and NGP, including HTML and CSS coding.
Work with both candidates on successful major-gift solicitation practices, high-dollar events, and PAC solicitations.

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 consultant vs director, customer relations skills

Common fundraising consultant skills

Capital Campaign, 17%
Non-Profit Organization, 13%
Database Management, 9%
Event Planning, 7%
Fundraising Campaigns, 6%
Alumni, 6%

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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