The Director of Grants and Strategic Funding leads the organization’s institutional fundraising strategy, grants management systems, and funding infrastructure. This role oversees the full grant lifecycle – from prospect research and proposal development through award management, compliance, reporting, and renewal – while ensuring operational excellence, data integrity, and sustainable revenue growth. As the central project manager for the institutional fundraising portfolio, this role coordinates funding opportunities, stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables across the organization. The Director works collaboratively across executive leadership, program leadership and finance to align funding opportunities with strategic priorities, program needs, and organizational capacity while cultivating and strengthening relationships with government agencies, foundations, corporations, and other institutional funders.

Funding Opportunities:

• Foundation and Corporate Grants
• United Way
• Government Grants

Benefits:  

• Professional membership dues in AFP paid by organization
• Vacation and Holiday
• Medical, Dental, Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in public administration, Nonprofit Management, Communications, Business Administration, English, or a related field required. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience/Personal Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in grant development, institutional fundraising, or nonprofit resource development.
• Demonstrated success securing, managing, and stewarding government, foundation, and corporate grants.

Specific Requirements of Position:

• Grant Writing
• Computer - Database
• Computer - Spreadsheets

Position Reports to:

Send Correspondence to:

Netsi Gebregzibher
VP of People & Culture
[email protected]