Grants Manager

The Beaver Institute (BI) envisions a future of ecological balance with beavers. BI works at the intersection of beaver coexistence and ecological restoration, training beaver coexistence professionals, providing technical and financial assistance to public and private landowners to mitigate and navigate human-beaver conflicts, supporting scientific research, and increasing public awareness and appreciation of the beaver’s critical role in creating climate resilient ecosystems. As the only national beaver non-profit, we work locally across North America through our programs, empowering individuals and organizations to succeed in nonlethal beaver management, communication, education, and scientific research.

Since our founding in 2017, we’ve experienced rapid growth. We seek to hire a full-time Grants Manager to support our continental-scale expansion. The Grants Manager will collaborate and work alongside the Executive Director in fundraising (private foundations, individual donors, corporate) and ensure timely and thorough completion of all stages of workflows from initial inquiry and application to award, payment, reporting, and closeout.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in grant management inclusive of grant writing, private foundation solicitation, funding research and prospecting, individual donor cultivation, corporate sponsorship, etc.
• 2+ years experience with CRMs (Beaver Institute currently uses Little Green Light and Stripe).

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong understanding of non-profit fundraising principles and best practices.
• Proven track record of successful non-profit fundraising.
• Able to work successfully with diverse constituencies and within a virtual team environment.
• Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project management and meeting deadlines, strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals; proactively address issues as they arise and mitigate risks associated with events.
• Proficient in one, or more, CRM software for donor tracking and management.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with timeliness as a driving force
• Persistent and curious; treats roadblocks and challenges as opportunities not deadends.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Executive Director in implementing a comprehensive fundraising plan.
• Research potential grantors, identify relevant grant opportunities, write compelling grant proposals, and manage the grant application process from request to reporting.
• Collaborate with program staff to gather data, program impact metrics, and necessary information for grant proposal
• Monitor fundraising progress, analyze donor data, tracking received funds and reporting requirements, and generate reports to track performance against goals.
• Oversee individual donor portfolios, tracking giving history, engagement levels, and cultivation activities.
• Alongside the Executive Director, plan and execute individual donor campaigns.
• Develop and enact sponsorship and fundraising strategy for BeaverCON 2026 in collaboration with Executive Director, BeaverCON Producer, and partners.
• Effectively and efficiently meet target deadlines in order to execute successful fundraising activities.

*Beaver Institute is an equal opportunity employer. The presence of beaver benefits an entire ecosystem, providing living creatures with safety and the opportunity to flourish. Beaver Institute emulates this interdependence in our relations, creating space where everyone is treated with compassion and respect. As beavers have been vilified, maligned, and nearly extirpated, we acknowledge the historical imbalance – with nature and with one another – and embrace a plural coalition who we collaborate with to protect beaver for the benefit of all. Looking to beaver, we intend that our activities and actions create dams of knowledge, serving as a bridge for those who need it, as well as creating intentional channelized networks of community, empowering and supporting each other toward the collective goal: the protection of beaver for the benefit of all living things. Accordingly, we arrive with an open heart and embrace all without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristics.