ICS seeks an organized, detail-oriented, and mission driven professional to join our team. The Grants Manager and Writer will play a critical role in increasing ICS’s revenue and support its growth as a national nonprofit organization.
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
- 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.
About You:
- Passionate about ICS’s mission
- Highly organized and can juggle multiple projects while meeting deadlines
- Enjoy doing donor research and nurturing potential funding opportunities
- Compelling writer and storyteller, who understands different audiences and demonstrates excellent attention to detail
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
ICS seeks an organized, detail-oriented, and mission driven professional to join our team. The Grants Manager and Writer will play a critical role in increasing ICS’s revenue and support its growth as a national nonprofit organization.
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
- 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.
About You…