A professional who contacts individuals and firms to solicit donations for charity or other causes. Respnsibilities include:

• Confers with supervisor, or reads potential donor list, to determine which individuals or firms to approach.
• Contacts individuals and firms by telephone, in person, or by mail to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind.
• Takes pledges for amounts or gifts-in-kind to be contributed, or accepts immediate cash payments.
• May sell emblems or other tokens of organization represented.
• May write letter to express appreciation for donation.
• May arrange for pick-up of gifts-in-kind.