Knowledge and Grants Manager (LF)

Libra Foundation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Libra Foundation is relocating its headquarters to San Francisco and seeks a Knowledge and Grants Manager to join its growing team. You will leverage your extensive experience with the grantmaking cycle and digital information systems to inform strategy and grantmaking across program areas.

You will report to the Executive Director and help translate grantee knowledge into actionable insights that advance the Foundation's social and economic justice goals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with the grantmaking cycle.
• Experience in design and implementation of digital information systems.
• Ability to translate grantee knowledge into strategic insights.

Responsibilities

• Oversee knowledge and grants processes across the foundation.
• Support reporting to the Executive Director and program leads.
• Coordinate knowledge capture from grantees to inform strategy.

Skills

Grantmaking cycle experience

Digital information systems

Knowledge management

Job description

Founded in 2002, The Libra Foundation is a family foundation that has been based in Chicago, and is now moving its headquarters to San Francisco. Over the past 14 years, The Libra Foundation has done significant grantmaking in progressive causes and movements, with a multi-generational family being closely involved with the Foundation, setting its strategy and interacting with many of the Foundation's grantee partners. The Libra Foundation funds social and economic justice organizations that integrate human rights into their work, supporting national organizations and local and regional groups on matters of national significance.

The Knowledge and Grants Manager will be a thoughtful, engaged contributor to The Libra Foundation's growing team, reporting to the Executive Director. Overall, the Knowledge and Grants Manager will possess extensive experience with the grantmaking cycle as well as design and implementation of digital information systems. One of the Foundation's key goals is to use knowledge from grantees to inform strategy and grantmaking to advance work on the Foundation's program areas.

The Libra Foundation has exclusively retained The 360 Group of San Francisco to assist with this search.