Grants Manager and Writer

About the Organization

The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of K-12 instruction and instructional materials on Jews, Judaism, and Jewish history in the United States. We do this by working with publishers and content developers, and by providing professional development to classroom teachers.

Overview

ICS seeks an organized, detail-oriented, relationship-driven, and mission-aligned professional with exceptional communications skills to join our team. The Grants Manager and Writer will play a critical role in increasing ICS’s revenue and supporting its growth as a national nonprofit organization.

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Build out and maintain fundraising pipeline: from donor prospecting, to preparing letters of inquiry/grant proposals, to tracking grant deadlines, and crafting interim/final reports
• Write compelling, informed, informative, and on-brand grant proposals and reports
• Ensure all gifts are tracked and appropriate thank you letters are sent in a timely manner
• Collaborate across ICS departments to stay current ICS impact, and to obtain data, metrics, and stories to bring ICS’s impact and work to life for ICS funders
• Organize special donor events and briefings to ensure funders are kept informed of ICS’s work throughout the year.
• Create and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to track fundraising success, and support the build out and implementation of a new donor CRM.
• Contribute to successful implementation of ICS’s overall fundraising strategy

Qualifications and Requirements

About You:

• Passionate about ICS’s mission
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, and able to juggle multiple projects while meeting deadlines with excellence
• Reliable and a self-starter
• Excited about doing donor research and nurturing and stewarding potential funding opportunities
• An excellent writer (for various audiences) and compelling storyteller
• Collaborative, relationship-focused, and are committed to your learning and growth

You Have:

• At least two years of experience as a grants writer manager/writer at a nonprofit organization
• Bachelor’s degree or beyond in English Literature, Writing, Communication, Nonprofit Studies, or a related field
• Understanding of the philanthropic space
• Strong organizational skills with experience developing/managing grant tracking systems
• Donor CRM experience (strongly preferred)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-discipline and commitment needed to work and build relationships effectively and efficiently in a remote environment

We Are:

• Passionate about the mission and the work that we do
• A collaborative team that is intellectually curious, warm, and upbeat
• Dedicated to learning and growing
• Proactive problem solvers

We celebrate and appreciate the contributions of all of our team members, encourage professional development, and seek talented and personable individuals to be a part of our team.