Grant Writer (minimum 3 month commitment) Job at Minds Beyond Measure, New York, NY

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  • Minds Beyond Measure
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Mission Statement

Minds Beyond Measure (MBM) , a nonprofit, strives to inspire purpose and passion, to empower and cultivate great minds in children, youth and teachers to improve educational outcomes in New York and developing countries.

Background of Our Organization

Minds Beyond Measure (MBM) is a nonprofit established in 2019, inspired by the founder's experiences traveling and living abroad across Asia. Witnessing a lack of educational resources and access to education in impoverished communities sparked a passion to provide access to quality education for both teachers and students. MBM focuses on delivering transformative teacher coaching, professional development, and mentorship programs through Creative Arts, serving underserved communities in New York, the Phillipines, and South Africa, and Kenya.

Job Description

What if you could go to your place of employment with a renewed sense of purpose and direction, confident in the knowledge that the work you do contributes to a great cause? When you work with us in the role of Grant/Proposal Writer , this could be your life, while ensuring we bring in diverse, committed talent to help us drive real impact across underserved communities in New York and globally.

The Grant Writer develops proposals, identifies prospective funders, and manages grant cycle reporting for both foundation and government funding sources. They will research trends in the field, support stewardship of existing foundation donors, identify and strategize around new private funding sources, and help to cultivate prospective donors. Writing and relationship building skills is vital to this role as is the ability to effectively engage, communicate and partner with future donors.

Grow to understand our prospective pool of funders and eligible grants/proposals that are available, and you will hold a vital role in helping us move toward our goal of inspiring and empowering students and teachers.

A commitment to our organizational values and vision is key. You will work closely with the CEO/Founder, to assign, meet and exceed grant/proposal goals, and in turn, grow and improve your communication and leadership skills and organizational capabilities in this pivotal role. A recommendation/reference letter will be provided for you.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Researches and identifies both prospective government and private foundation grant makers, and researches whether and how their funding interests relate to Minds Beyond Measure’s programs;
  • Monitors online and print publications for government RFP’s (Requests for Proposals), evaluates them for relevance to Minds Beyond Measure’s mission and programs;
  • Determines proposal concept for MBM, by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, and studying requests for proposal (RFPs);
  • Prepares proposals: writes, reviews, edits draft copy and submits final proposals ;
  • Develops a grant/proposal program plan, which includes goals, proposals & submission deadlines, and creates a development process for the application of foundation/government proposals from start to finish;
  • Tracks and manages report and renewal process, key dates relating to prospective donor relationships
  • Stays abreast of industry trends, needs, innovations, and opportunities

Note: At this time, this Remote opportunity is open to only applicants based in the United States. We are unable to filter by country for Remote positions on VolunteerMatch. Thank you for your understanding.

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