Strategic Philanthropy & Grants Manager

Inside Philanthropy; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharpen Recovery seeks a Philanthropy Manager to support grants, donor stewardship, reporting, research, communications, and other strategic priorities. The role works with the Chief Philanthropy Officer and partners across the organization to advance fundraising goals.

You will manage grant materials, craft donor communications, and help scale philanthropy initiatives through data-driven reporting and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Some experience in nonprofit development, fundraising, grant writing, or communications.
• Strong writing, editing, research, and organizational skills.
• Ability to create polished presentations and donor-facing materials.
• Strong technology aptitude with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and Canva.
• Experience with Bloomerang or a similar CRM is a plus, but not required.
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools to improve research, writing, and productivity.
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
• Ability to sign the Statement of Faith and support the organization's Christ-centered mission.

Responsibilities

• Grant Writing: Develop and manage compelling grant proposals, reports, supporting documentation, and funding submissions throughout the grant lifecycle.
• Communications: Create donor newsletters, presentations, donor correspondence, impact reports, and other fundraising communications.
• Stewardship: Coordinate donor communications, site visits, stewardship activities, and philanthropy events.
• Research: Identify prospective foundations, corporations, and individual donors and monitor funding opportunities.
• Project Management: Manage grant calendars, deadlines, and cross-functional projects to ensure timely delivery.
• Fundraising Assets: Maintain philanthropy sourcebook, messaging, statistics, stories, outcomes, and collateral.
• Data & Reporting: Maintain donor records, spreadsheets, CRM data, dashboards, and outcome reporting.
• Collaboration: Partner across departments and with external stakeholders to support fundraising initiatives.
• Systems: Build templates, workflows, and processes to scale the philanthropy function.
• Executive Support: Assist the Chief Philanthropy Officer with priorities, materials, and follow-up.
• Other Duties: Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Grant writing

Fundraising

Communications

Writing

Editing

Research

Organizational skills

Discretion with confidential info

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Canva

CRM (Bloomerang)

AI tools

Job description

Sharpen Recovery seeks a Philanthropy Manager to support grants, donor stewardship, reporting, research, communications, and other strategic priorities. The role works with the Chief Philanthropy Officer and partners across the organization to advance fundraising goals.

You will manage grant materials, craft donor communications, and help scale philanthropy initiatives through data-driven reporting and stakeholder engagement.