Director, Scholarships & Grants Strategy

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive benefits package

403(b) plan with employer contribution

Job summary

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta seeks an Associate Director, Scholarships & Grants Management to lead the scholarship portfolio and discretionary grantmaking. You will supervise staff, steward donor relationships, and guide end-to-end administration with a focus on equity and impact.

You’ll partner with Finance, IT, and program leadership to implement systems, monitor budgets around roughly $12M in scholarships and $10M in discretionary grants, and advance strategies for scholar

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of professional experience relevant to the responsibilities, including people leadership.
• Experience managing donor, funder, or client relationships at a senior level.
• Experience setting due-diligence, compliance, or grantmaking standards and managing systems and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead approximately 30 scholarship funds and donor relationships, guiding fund design and impact.
• Oversee end-to-end scholarship and discretionary grant administration with a focus on equity and donor intent.
• Set portfolio dashboards, monitor budgets, and drive process improvements across the portfolio.
• Collaborate with Finance, Shared Services, and IT to ensure accurate transactions and system configurations.

Skills

Donor relations

Leadership

Budgeting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Foundant/GLM/Asana

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta seeks an Associate Director, Scholarships & Grants Management to lead the scholarship portfolio and discretionary grantmaking. You will supervise staff, steward donor relationships, and guide end-to-end administration with a focus on equity and impact.

You’ll partner with Finance, IT, and program leadership to implement systems, monitor budgets around roughly $12M in scholarships and $10M in discretionary grants, and advance strategies for scholar