Grants Manager, Foundation Relations

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview :

The Grants Manager is a key member of the National Park Foundation (NPF)’s Foundation Relations team. The team is responsible for raising funds annually from primarily institutional foundations to advance NPF’s four priorities of The Campaign for National Parks including 1) conserving and preserving threatened parks and wildlife; 2) ensuring a world-class visitor experience; 3) telling the story of America; and 4) inspiring the next generation of park stewards.

The Grants Manager reports to the Senior Director, Foundation Relations and will lead in identifying, cultivating, and supporting solicitations of new funding sources, and providing primary overall assistance to, and organization of, the Foundation Relations team. The Manager will help steward current foundation funders, and be responsible for grant management, report writing, proposals, and other functions. In support of NPF’s Strategic Plan and Campaign, this position will work closely with the Foundation Relations team members to develop and manage a pipeline of high-value prospects, create research profiles and prospect strategy notes, and support the team with cultivation and solicitation. The ideal candidate will employ fundraising best practices, act as key player to provide overall writing and general support to the Foundation Relations team and be eager to work with a small portfolio of five-to-six-figure prospects over time.

WORKING AT NPF

The National Park Foundation works to protect wildlife and parklands, preserve history and culture, educate and engage youth, and connect people everywhere to the wonder of parks. We do it in collaboration with the National Park Service, the park partner community, and with the generous support of donors, without whom our work would not be possible.

Today, the National Park Foundation is the only national charitable nonprofit whose mission is to directly support America's 420 national park units. As the National Park Service's official nonprofit partner, the National Park Foundation supports projects and programs across the system. We protect our natural, cultural, and historical heritage and connect people to all that the parks have to offer through our work.

For more information on the full range of programs and projects supported by the National Park Foundation, please review our website at www.nationalparks.org.

Essential Functions / Duties / Tasks :

• Prepare letters of inquiry, proposals, grant reports and other cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship materials for foundation prospects and current funders, with an emphasis on stewardship for a growing portfolio.
• Participate in 10 initial discovery calls and visits with foundation staff annually to drive pipeline growth / secure new funders.
• Draft and disseminate donor fundraising documents in collaboration with NPF’s Programs and Partnerships team for use by the larger NPF Philanthropy department.
• Track and coordinate post-award deliverables of all grants under stewardship by the Foundation Relations team, including overseeing grant agreements, acknowledgements, preparing incoming gift notifications, and tracking pledge payments.
• Serve as a liaison between the Foundation Relations team and NPF’s Programs and Partnerships department to ensure grant deliverables are on track for accurate and timely stewardship.
• Oversee collection of information from NPF’s Finance department, Programs and Partnerships, and other NPF staff, as well as from the National Park Service and park partners, to ensure proper recording and budgeting of grant agreements, and to inform the drafting of grant reports and other stewardship materials for institutional funders to communicate impact.
• Prepare consistently excellent prospect research profiles, collaborating with the Prospect Research team, to build the pipeline of foundation prospects, including bringing at least four prospects a month to team meetings for discovery and strategy.
• Support the production of formal briefing materials and PowerPoint presentations for meetings with institutional foundations.
• Maintain rigorous adherence to donor database protocols to enhance data integrity and transparency, including the timely integration of donor strategies, opportunities, and actions.
• Oversee the maintenance and updating of the Foundation Relations team’s SharePoint site.
• Support the overall team annual fundraising goal and monitor and track institutional foundation revenue for weekly and monthly updates to the team and organizational leadership.
• Support and improve upon a foundation donor pipeline program consisting of new formal processes and systems to surface new opportunities, regularly explore prospects for fundraising priorities, create a mechanism to efficiently vet possible donors, and track the team’s moves management.
• Opportunity to grow a small portfolio of donors.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Qualifications :

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The National Park Foundation offers a competitive salary, commensurate with relevant experience to the role, and robust benefits.

TO APPLY

This is a hybrid-based role in our newly designed Washington, D.C office. If you are located in the DMV and think you could be the perfect candidate for this position, we want to hear from you! There is no relocation package for this role should applicants wish to relocate to the DC area. The starting salary for this position is $74k. Please submit your resume and cover letter to be considered and note that candidates will be asked to complete a writing exercise during the interview process and should be prepared to provide examples of past writing experiences.

Salary : $74,000