The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Foundations Coordinator collaborates with the WWP Foundations team to pursue and secure grant funding from foundations, corporations, and other supporters through a grant vehicle.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Assist WWP Foundations team to research, identify, and track grantmakers and foundations.
- Collaborate and work effectively with WWP teammates to identify and develop additional opportunities.
- Navigate online grant applications and write grant proposals.
- Develop relationships with foundations by providing requested information and marketing materials, and by providing updates throughout the year.
- Ensure highest quality interaction with grantmakers.
- Process general requests for paperwork from prospective grantmakers and other donors via phone, email, and web requests.
- Provide administrative support to the Foundations team and assist with communications planning. Schedule meetings, provide information to interested grantmakers, compose correspondence, respond to emails.
- Prepare presentations.
- Collect data and information and assist to prepare reports.
- Input and track data via relationship management database,
- Assist Foundations team to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Support Foundations team with projects that drive foundation revenue.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, marketing, or related field. Equivalent combination of applicable education, training, certification, or experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Skills/Experience:
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete assignments and meet deadlines.
- Working understanding of foundations and grantmakers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated proofreading skills.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively research grants and write grants proposals.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with grantmakers.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal teammates and external
- High energy level, self-starter, and willing to take initiative.
- Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct.
- Mission-driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.
- Two years of experience working in a non-profit business development or fundraising environment.
Preferences
- Two years of experience researching and writing grant proposals.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Feb 28 2019
Active Until:
Mar 28 2019
Hiring Organization:
Wounded Warrior Project, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit