Grants Manager

Reason Foundation; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits: 6% 401(k) match

Meaningful career

Growth and development culture

Job summary

Stand Together seeks a Grants Manager to lead portfolio management for a diverse set of social-change grants within the Stand Together Trust. You will build relationships across internal teams and apply project management rigor to ensure data integrity and impactful investments.

The role focuses on education transformation partnerships, collaborating with Education Program Officers, Finance, and Compliance to align operations with strategy and drive measurable outcomes for Stand Together's

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in project management, coordination, and/or grant management.
• Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize effectively.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to define and communicate what is needed to advance processes.
• High degree of humility, integrity, and professionalism to collaborate with a wide variety of audiences and personalities.
• Database experience, ideally with Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Grant Portfolio Management and Tracking: Maintain tracking and gather progress insights for a portfolio of diverse partnerships and ensure data integrity.
• Internal Coordination: Partner with Education Program Officers and other teams to connect operations with strategy and report cross-functional progress.
• Operational Excellence: Build out processes for diverse grants and drive project management across organizations to support investment decisions.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Communication

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America's boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country's biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

As a Grants Manager on the Stand Together Trust team you will lead process improvements, build capabilities, and drive operational excellence on a portfolio of grants supporting social change entrepreneurs. In this role, you will build relationships and collaborate with diverse internal stakeholders within a growing team. You will apply a detail-oriented project management background to identify gaps and drive solutions that result in transformational change.

Within this new role on the Stand Together Trust team, you will support a portfolio of current and future partnerships focused on shifting education from a one-size-fits-all system to learning that’s tailored to each student's unique gifts, interests, and needs. This role is part of the operational engine that supports Stand Together's Education Paradigm and Programming.

This role is essential to our success in keeping pace with the demand for our support and will help build a team focused on operational and relationship excellence.

How You Will Contribute

Grant Portfolio Management and Tracking

• Maintain regular tracking and gather progress insights for a portfolio of diverse partnerships
• Coordinate required approvals and share information in a way that drives clarity
• Ensure a high degree of data integrity on all portfolio activities

Internal Coordination

• Partner with Education Program Officers, recognize strategic nuances, and serve as a strategic operational partner
• Serve as a connector between numerous teams, including Accounting and Finance, Development, Compliance, among others
• Relay tracking outputs for cross-functional reporting
• Collaborate to analyze grant funding opportunities and participate in the grant recommendation process

Operational Excellence

• Build out operational excellence for diverse and complex grants that span across organizations, to ensure we are the preferred partner in philanthropy
• Drive project management for robust grant portfolios, coordinating with multiple internal capabilities to support grant-making and advance our organization’s vision
• Use team best practices, and develop new ones, to facilitate program evaluation that supports effective investment decisions

What You Will Bring

• 3+ years of relevant experience in project management, coordination, and/or grant management
• Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize effectively
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to define and communicate what is needed to advance processes
• High degree of humility, integrity, and professionalism to collaborate with a wide variety of different audiences and personalities
• Database experience, ideally with Salesforce
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Standout Candidates Will Bring

• Knowledge of, and enthusiasm for education transformation focused on promoting a dynamic marketplace of education alternatives that empowers learners and families

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.

Our Values:

Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

80000 - 100000 USD a year

For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $80,000-$100,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Our Principles-Based Management™ (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors, including relevant experience, capabilities, demonstrated skills, role responsibilities, and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach, base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.