Founding VP, Grants & Strategic Funding

SWGA Homecare; Albany (GA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

SWGA Homecare is seeking a Founding VP, Grants & Strategic Funding to own and build the company’s non-dilutive funding strategy. This remote, US-based role focuses on identifying federal, state, and foundation opportunities and moving them from discovery to award, while coordinating deadlines and reporting with leadership.

The role demands a track record in grant development or fundraising, strong writing and budgeting skills, and the ability to manage a funding pipeline with minimal resources.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated grant development, fundraising, or business development experience.
• Familiarity with healthcare, health tech, home care, rural/community programs, workforce initiatives, or economic development is valuable.
• Strong research, writing, budgeting, relationship-building, and project-management skills.
• Ability to independently manage a funding pipeline and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a grants and strategic funding pipeline, prioritizing qualified, high-probability opportunities.
• Research federal, state, local, healthcare, rural health, workforce development, technology, entrepreneurship, foundation, and corporate funding opportunities.
• Assess eligibility and fit for each opportunity.
• Develop grant calendars and submission plans.
• Coordinate proposals, budgets, supporting documentation, and narratives with leadership.
• Build relationships with economic-development organizations, foundations, healthcare institutions, universities, corporate partners, and public-sector funding organizations.
• Track submissions, decisions, awards, reporting requirements, and renewal opportunities.
• Establish repeatable funding processes and an executive funding dashboard.
• Identify strategic partnerships that can unlock grants or other non-dilutive resources.

Skills

Grant development

Fundraising

Business development

Research

Writing

Budgeting

Relationship-building

Project management

Strategic planning

Communication

Job description

# Founding VP, Grants & Strategic FundingSWGA Homecare is a growing healthcare technology and home-care company building its funding infrastructure. This is an entrepreneurial founding-stage opportunity to build a non-dilutive and strategic funding pipeline before lending becomes a major capital strategy.All open positions**Employment type:** Part-time, Contractor (strategic executive), with potential to expand as funding and company operations grow.**Location:** Remote (US), with occasional travel to Southwest Georgia as appropriate.## The missionOwn the company’s grants and strategic funding strategy, identify qualified non-dilutive capital opportunities, build institutional relationships, and move opportunities from discovery through submission, award, compliance, and reporting.## What you'll do* Build and maintain a grants and strategic funding pipeline, prioritizing qualified, high-probability opportunities.* Research federal, state, local, healthcare, rural health, workforce development, technology, entrepreneurship, foundation, and corporate funding opportunities.* Assess eligibility and fit for each opportunity.* Develop grant calendars and submission plans.* Coordinate proposals, budgets, supporting documentation, and narratives with leadership.* Build relationships with economic-development organizations, foundations, healthcare institutions, universities, corporate partners, and public-sector funding organizations.* Track submissions, decisions, awards, reporting requirements, and renewal opportunities.* Establish repeatable funding processes and an executive funding dashboard.* Identify strategic partnerships that can unlock grants or other non-dilutive resources.## Bootstrap orientationWe are looking for an entrepreneurial operator, not someone who simply fills out grant applications. The person should be comfortable creating a funding function from the ground up, working with limited resources, prioritizing high-probability opportunities, and communicating directly with the founder/executive leadership team.## Preferred backgroundDemonstrated grant development, fundraising, or business development experience. Familiarity with healthcare, health tech, home care, rural/community programs, workforce initiatives, or economic development is valuable.* Strong research, writing, budgeting, relationship-building, and project-management skills.* Ability to independently manage a funding pipeline and deadlines.## Success measures* Qualified funding pipeline created* Applications submitted* Strategic funding relationships developed* Awards secured* Total non-dilutive funding generated* Reporting and compliance completed on time* Repeatable funding process establishedApply now