Grant Writer – Private Foundations

POSITION SUMMARY

The overall role of the Grant Writer is to work closely with the Foundation Relations Director to identify, secure, and steward grant and contract opportunities for Fountain House from new private foundation opportunities and to strengthen current relationships.

This position will support the activities of Fountain House’s dynamic development team! The Grant Writer will author LOI’s, grant proposals, grant progress reports, and will also play a role in research prospecting for private foundation opportunities. The candidate should have proven expertise in applying to funding sources related to service innovation, demonstration projects, evaluation, cost-benefit studies, and research, as well as ensuring compliance with such grants.

Shift: Monday - Friday 9AM-5PM with some flexibility 

Salary: $65K-$70K 

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospecting, Cultivation, Stewardship

• Work closely with the Foundation Relations Director to maintain an existing portfolio, while researching and responding to new and emerging funding opportunities that align with the agency's mission, goals, and existing programs.
• In coordination with the Foundation Relations Director, ensure that the production and submission of all external funder communications (Grant proposals, grant reports, etc.) are of exceptional quality and persuasive to funders. (This position will require an individual with exceptional writing skills.)
• Collaborate internally within the Development team and externally across departments to strategically plan how to approach new prospects and steward current funders.
• Analyze and assess qualified prospects to determine which opportunities to pursue. This includes creating a funding profile that provides a high-level summary of the funding opportunity to be shared with external Fountain House departments actively involved in determining whether to move forward with the application process.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Identifies, researches, and recommends new potential private foundation sources and other funding prospects that align with the Fountain House organizational vision, mission, and strategy.
• Maintains prospect databases and robust pipelines of new potential funders.
• Supports strategy meetings and implements action items for the Foundations Relations Director as they research different program offerings and determine proposal concepts.
• Authors proposal drafts and collaborates across teams to gather and include relevant inputs and necessary data into each proposal.
• Assembles all relevant components of proposals and ensures that a Fountain House proposal submission complies with all proposal parameters and detailed requirements for each funder.
• Meets proposal deadlines by adhering to systems and timelines for the different phases of proposal creation including information gathering, writing, review, approval, and transmittal.
• Supports grant management activities for secured grants, including documenting and communicating reporting requirements, tracking correspondence with funders, producing grant progress reports, and keeping up with funder reporting requirements and action items.
• Collaborates with the Foundations Relations Director to create and maintain internal systems, structures, and processes to streamline and organize the Development team’s activities and workflow, particularly with regard to foundation grants.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.

REQUIRED AND PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Two years of working in fundraising or in a nonprofit setting highly preferred

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• To perform the essential job functions consistently safely and successfully with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.