Grants Team Manager

Walton Family Foundation; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walton Family Foundation is seeking a Grants Team Manager to lead the Grants Management team on the Legal team. This role requires a skilled, entrepreneurial individual with at least 5 years of grants experience and knowledge of tax-exempt organizations rules, including private foundations.

You will oversee a team of 4-6 associates, refine grants processes, coordinate data reporting for grants and tax returns, and ensure policy documentation is current across departments.

Qualifications

• Grants management experience of 5+ years.
• Working knowledge of tax-exempt organizations rules, including private foundations.
• Experience leading a team of 4-6 associates.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and develop the WFF Grants Management team of 4-6 associates
• Play a key role in continuously improving grants management processes, resources, and capabilities to inform opportunities for greater efficiency and efficacy; ensure processes are documented and up to date
• Partner with colleagues and other departments to better collect and reflect grant data in reporting and tax returns
• Support WFF in maintaining up-to-date processes and policy and documentation
• Help train associates on WFF grant processes and policies as well as relevant IRS regulations relevant to private foundation grantmaking
• Maintain grantmaking templates (e.g., application, agreement letters, reporting); partner with Legal, Technology and other key stakeholders to update as needed.
• Inform and help to implement requirements for software systems to support grants management
• Serve as a resource on IRS regulations and other Federal and state laws applicable to grantmaking
• Serve on / coordinate WFF-wide Effective Grantmaking Group

Skills

Grants management

Leadership

IRS regulations

Data reporting

Training

Job description

The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses, work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Walton Family Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Walton Enterprises has an opening on the Walton Family Foundation Legal team seeking a skilled, highly motivated, and entrepreneurial individual to join the team as Grants Team Manager.

This position is for a grants management professional with at least 5 years of experience. Ideally, you will have a working knowledge of the legal rules that apply to tax-exempt organizations, specifically private foundations. This role manages the WFF Grants Management team.

• Oversee and develop the WFF Grants Management team of 4-6 associates
• Play a key role in continuously improving grants management processes, resources, and capabilities to inform opportunities for greater efficiency and efficacy; ensure processes are documented and up to date
• Partner with colleagues and other departments to better collect and reflect grant data in reporting and tax returns
• Support WFF in maintaining up-to-date processes and policy and documentation
• Help train associates on WFF grant processes and policies as well as relevant IRS regulations relevant to private foundation grantmaking
• Maintain grantmaking templates (e.g., application, agreement letters, reporting); partner with Legal, Technology and other key stakeholders to update as needed.
• Inform and help to implement requirements for software systems to support grants management
• Serve as a resource on IRS regulations and other Federal and state laws applicable to grantmaking
• Serve on / coordinate WFF-wide Effective Grantmaking Group

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: $110,000-$140,000

All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. In addition, you must provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your first day of work.