Community Grant Writer & Impact Builder

Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine is seeking a Grant Writer who will align funding opportunities with community priorities and craft compelling grant applications to support Muscatine County initiatives. You will build collaborative relationships with funders and local partners, ensuring timely and persuasive submissions.

You will manage the grant development pipeline, gather project information, and forecast workload while maintaining records and communicating with partners.

Qualifications

• Experience crafting grant proposals and narratives.
• Ability to translate community needs into fundable stories.
• Knowledge of funder guidelines and reporting expectations.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with funders, local partners, and community leaders ensuring timely and professional communication.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of community priorities, data, projects, and programs.
• Research and identify funding opportunities and match them with community projects and priorities.
• Lead the writing, editing, submission, and management of compelling grant proposals, ensuring clarity, accuracy, timely completion, and adherence to funder guidelines.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to gather project information, data, and supporting materials; communicate expectations and deadlines; and follow up to keep proposals moving forward.
• Manage a pipeline of current and prospective grant opportunities, using appropriate systems and tools to track status, deadlines, next steps, responsibilities, and anticipated funding.
• Anticipate workload and resource needs and support forecasting and prioritization across multiple grant opportunities and community projects.
• Develop persuasive narratives that highlight project impact, outcomes, and organizational strengths.
• Facilitate the Muscatine County Grant Writers’ Network, including planning periodic meetings.
• Maintain appropriate grant records and provide periodic updates to the City of Muscatine, Muscatine County, and other partners, as appropriate.
• Ensure timely and professional communication with internal and external partners.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor that support community priorities and the successful development and administration of grant-funded initiatives.
• Work closely with the Grant Collaborative and other community leaders on shared projects.

Skills

Grant writing

Research and data interpretation

Stakeholder coordination

Proposal development

Strong writing

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English/Marketing/Comm

Tools

Microsoft Office

Asana

Grant platforms

Mapping data platforms

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine is seeking a Grant Writer who will align funding opportunities with community priorities and craft compelling grant applications to support Muscatine County initiatives. You will build collaborative relationships with funders and local partners, ensuring timely and persuasive submissions.

You will manage the grant development pipeline, gather project information, and forecast workload while maintaining records and communicating with partners.