Grant & Development Manager

Apricity; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Apricity in Wisconsin (Appleton) is seeking a self-motivated grant writer with at least 2 years of nonprofit fundraising experience to research funding opportunities, develop proposals, manage calendars, and prepare grant reports.

You will collaborate across teams to advance development goals, manage donor databases, write acknowledgements, and support newsletters and annual reports. Strong communication and detail orientation are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of demonstrated success in non-profit grant writing.
• Experience researching funding opportunities and developing compelling proposals.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with donor databases and donor stewardship activities.
• Ability to collaborate across teams to advance development goals.

Responsibilities

• Write grants and grant reports (these duties will be shared and/or split with other staff.)
• Collaborate with staff to develop, design, print and distribute marketing and relationship collateral.
• Promote organization/campaigns through social media and eblast platforms.
• Collaborate with development director/staff to solicit and manage sponsorship/match opportunities for fundraising campaigns.
• Develop materials and present at informal and planned organizational meetings.
• Work with staff as well as current and former clients and program participants to secure testimonials.
• Compile and analyze program outcome data for use in internal and external reporting.
• Strategize with staff to develop donor, volunteer, collaborative funding and program partnerships for the organization.
• Manage the donor database including gift entry, donor acknowledgement process and donor database maintenance/updates/reporting/eblasts/etc.
• Implement recently developed planned giving program and follow-up stewardship plan.
• Assist executive leadership, development director, development and other staff with other duties as assigned.
• Attend occasional board of director, donor/funder, organizational meetings to promote Apricity programs/services.

Skills

Grant writing

Non-profit fundraising

Relationship building

Social media marketing

Editing/proofreading

Donor databases

Organization skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Network for Good

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Apricity in Wisconsin (Appleton) is seeking a self-motivated grant writer with at least 2 years of nonprofit fundraising experience to research funding opportunities, develop proposals, manage calendars, and prepare grant reports.

You will collaborate across teams to advance development goals, manage donor databases, write acknowledgements, and support newsletters and annual reports. Strong communication and detail orientation are essential.