Grants Manager

About This Role

This Grants Manager role involves coordinating with various teams to create compelling grant proposals, manage the grant calendar, and support institutional donor cultivation. The position suits a professional with a deep passion for and knowledge of the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, who is comfortable with complex, shifting contexts and committed to learning.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate program, finance, and development staff to create compelling grant proposals, funding requests, and grant reports, taking the lead on larger grant opportunities
• Assemble most or all sections of each grant proposal, with key input from program, development, and finance staff
• Coordinate with relevant staff to solicit timely and appropriate input/review of grant proposals prior to submission deadlines
• Review guidelines for all foundation proposals and reports to ensure all submissions are accurately formatted and include all required information, including budgets and materials
• Manage the grant proposal calendar, proposed grants pipeline, and grants submission calendar to reflect all grant activity
• Work with the Director of Strategic Initiatives to manage institutional donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategy for grants
• Track current grant cycles and renewal processes and ensure stewardship to guarantee continued funding
• Coordinate scheduling, logistics, materials, set-up, and follow-up for internal and external meetings (including note taking)
• Support budget creation, budget projections, and analysis of expenses as needed
• Assist with ad-hoc internal finance, grants, and development reporting
• Manage the development database (Salesforce CRM) and work with the Development and Program teams to ensure that data is up-to-date and accurate
• Work with the Development, Finance, and Programs teams to maintain records of all corporate/foundation interactions (e.g., grant agreements, report requirements, or documentation of calls and meetings)

Requirements

• Centering diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of your work
• Time management
• Multi-tasking
• Prioritizing work
• Project Management
• Problem solving
• Communicating (verbally and in writing)
• Working with diverse groups
• Paying attention to detail

Nice to have:

• Developed and implemented systems for planning, project management, and execution of grant writing or reporting functions
• Assisted in determining organizational risks associated with starting new publicly or privately funded programs
• Facilitated the resolution of disallowed costs