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Grants Manager
Food Bank Inc.
Indio, California
About Food Bank Inc.
Position Description
The Grants Manager reports to the CEO and focuses on developing and implementing grant-writing strategies that support the short- and long-term fundraising goals of the FIND Food Bank.
The Grants Manager manages the grants process from start to finish with current and prospective grant makers. This management process includes but is not limited to researching prospective funders; collecting, managing and synthesizing grant-related information; writing inquiries, proposals, and reports; and maintaining all foundation records. She or he oversees various grants systems to ensure that the grants fundraising and stewardship is properly tracked and recorded.
Job Responsibilities
Research
- Identifies new prospects by researching potential foundation and corporate grant makers and monitors various sources to identify potential grant opportunities.
- Manages and oversees a portfolio of prospective grant makers.
- Analyzes and recommends funding opportunities to pursue from pool of prospective grant makers.
Grants' Systems & Administration
- Maintains the monthly grants calendar.
- Strategically coordinates and prioritizes work assignments to support the grants work plan.
- Grant writing and administration of projects in collaboration with other staff or independently when appropriate.
- Develops, implements, and innovates systems to carry out, organize, and monitor grants fundraising efforts.
- Tracks ongoing changes to organizational data from various departments within the organization and works with the CEO to ensure the timely updating of internal development database and corresponding documents.
- Oversees the processing of all incoming grants and their paperwork and scheduling of all appropriate corresponding actions in Donor Perfect.
- Prepares all outgoing letters, proposals, reports and other grant documents.
- Produces grant tracking reports from database for monthly and annual tracking, strategic planning and budget management purposes.
- Ensures that all data on funders is up to date in hard files, electronic files in Donor Perfect and Quicken Books.
Grant Writing & Stewardship
- Works with the CEO and Director of Programs to set strategy for prospective and current grant makers.
- Builds and stewards sustainable relationships with foundation, corporate, and government funders. Develops contact with and facilitates meetings between grant makers and FIND Food Bank leadership as needed.
- Develops language, goals and other materials for new programs and/or capital priorities and needs identified by CEO and Director of Programs.
- Plans and coordinates grant development including research, data collection, writing, budget, and supporting materials. Writes letters of intent, follow up letters, and other grant-related documents as needed.
- Writes grant proposals to solicit, retain, and maximize financial support according to grant makers’ guidelines and deadlines.
- Tracks the status of funded projects and coordinates reports to funders. Works with Programs, Operations and Finance & Administration staff as needed to collect program outcome data and evaluate performance. Writes and submits reports according to grant makers’ guidelines and deadlines.
Other Funding Projects
- Assists with selected fundraising activities to achieve department and organization goals, which include but are not limited to, donor recognition/cultivation events and corporate partner/sponsor projects.
- Produces other written collateral to support broader development goals as needed.
Application Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Excellent professional writing and editing skills.
- 2-5 years of grant writing experience in the non-profit sector, preferably for a human services organization.
- Proven research, planning, conceptual, and strategic-thinking skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and responsibilities and meet deadlines.
- Must be able to work successfully in a collaborative team style.
- Must be extremely organized and detailed oriented.
- Experience in data management is a plus.
- Familiarity with both private and public fund sources.
- Ability to work independently, as well as cooperatively, with individuals (staff and volunteers) from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in a culturally diverse environment.
- Proficiency with Word, Excel, and web-based research; experience with Donor Perfect strongly preferred.
Deadline
Open