Director, Foundation Grants Strategy

Central Health•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Director, Foundation Grants Strategy leads the Central Health Foundation’s institutional funding and grants strategy and coordinates Foundation-led and collaborative grant opportunities across the Central Health Enterprise. The Director identifies and evaluates funding opportunities, develops and coordinates proposals, cultivates institutional funder relationships, and supports administration of grants and subgrants held or issued by the Foundation. The role partners with Foundation leadership, Central Health, CommUnityCare, Sendero, and existing enterprise grants functions to align funding opportunities with organizational priorities and clarify responsibilities across the grant lifecycle. The Director serves as the Foundation’s grants subject-matter expert and supports coordinated enterprise visibility into funding opportunities, submissions, awards, requirements, and risks. The position does not replace or directly supervise grants-management functions within Central Health, CommUnityCare, or Sendero. The Director develops and evaluates the Foundation’s grants portfolio and strategy; coordinates opportunity review, proposal development, submissions, and institutional funder relationships; and oversees post-award coordination for Foundation-held grants. The role also coordinates grants and subgrants issued by the Foundation, supports restricted-fund and compliance coordination, maintains portfolio reporting, and improves grants processes. Work is carried out with relevant enterprise teams and Foundation partners, with responsibilities for entity-specific grants assigned through the approved grants-governance process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public health, business administration, nonprofit management, communications, finance, or a related field; a higher degree is accepted. Required.
At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in grant strategy, grant writing, grant management, institutional giving, nonprofit fundraising, public-sector grants, healthcare grants, or a related field. Required.
Experience managing work across the grant lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, proposal development, budgets, agreements, reporting, compliance, and closeout. Required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in public administration, public health, business administration, nonprofit management, communications, finance, healthcare administration, or a related field. Preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and regularly evaluate the Foundation’s institutional funding and grants strategy in alignment with Central Health’s mission, strategic priorities, health-equity goals, and approved philanthropic initiatives.
Partner with Foundation and enterprise leaders and program stakeholders to identify institutional funding priorities and maintain a coordinated portfolio of prospective, pending, awarded, active, and closed Foundation grant opportunities.
Establish portfolio goals, performance indicators, reporting expectations, and review processes; monitor funder priorities, solicitations, policy developments, and funding trends.
Evaluate opportunities for strategic alignment, eligibility, readiness, administrative burden, financial impact, match requirements, compliance risk, sustainability, and anticipated community benefit.
Prepare opportunity summaries, portfolio recommendations, risk assessments, and performance updates; maintain a Foundation grants calendar and support enterprise visibility into significant opportunities and deadlines.
Lead a structured intake and review process for Foundation-led and collaborative opportunities, coordinating across Central Health, CommUnityCare, Sendero, and other grants teams to prevent duplicate or conflicting submissions and unclear accountability.
Facilitate decisions about which entity should pursue an opportunity, document decisions and responsibilities, coordinate cross-entity planning, and support grants governance without assuming supervisory authority over employees outside the Foundation.
Lead and coordinate proposal development for Foundation-led and collaborative opportunities, including letters of inquiry, concept papers, applications, and supporting materials.
Translate organizational priorities, community needs, program design, expected outcomes, and implementation capacity into persuasive proposal narratives; coordinate timelines, assignments, review cycles, approvals, and submission requirements.
Partner with Finance and program leaders to develop grant budgets, narratives, cost allocations, match documentation, and sustainability plans; ensure submissions are complete, accurate, reviewed, and approved.
Maintain proposal, funder, and submission records in the designated grants or donor-management system.
Develop and maintain relationships with institutional funders; serve as relationship owner for assigned funders and coordinate communications with relevant Foundation and enterprise stakeholders.
Prepare leaders for funder meetings, briefings, site visits, and due diligence; represent the Foundation in funder discussions and appropriate external forums within delegated authority.
Maintain accurate records of funder priorities, communications, proposals, agreements, reporting requirements, and relationship activity; identify opportunities to strengthen partnerships and support for Central Health priorities.
Oversee post-award coordination for Foundation-held grants, establishing responsibilities for implementation, financial management, reporting, compliance, communications, and stewardship.
Coordinate the review, routing, execution, maintenance, and renewal of Foundation grant agreements and partner with relevant teams to interpret and document award requirements.
Maintain systems and calendars for award terms, deliverables, reporting deadlines, spending periods, match requirements, amendments, and closeout; coordinate collection and review of information required for funder reports.
Monitor compliance with grant agreements, donor restrictions, approved budgets, and reporting obligations; identify and escalate compliance, spending, deadline, performance, and other portfolio risks.
Coordinate requests for amendments, extensions, budget revisions, scope changes, and other funder approvals; support audits, monitoring reviews, due diligence, and corrective actions for Foundation-held awards.
Coordinate grants and subgrants issued by the Foundation to enterprise entities, community partners, and other approved recipients; partner with relevant teams to develop and administer agreements.
Establish and monitor subgrant requirements for use of funds, deliverables, financial documentation, program reporting, audit rights, monitoring, and corrective action.
Coordinate due diligence, risk review, agreement routing, and approvals; monitor recipient compliance and review or coordinate review of programmatic and financial reports.
Maintain visibility into subgrant activity, restricted-fund balances, reporting status, performance, and risks; coordinate amendments, corrective actions, closeout, and follow-up, and prepare regular portfolio reports.
Partner with Foundation Operations and Finance to maintain visibility into grant-related restricted funds, award balances, spending, and reporting requirements; communicate grant requirements and restrictions to responsible owners.
Coordinate compliance activities with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Internal Audit, and other subject-matter experts; support grant policies, procedures, controls, documentation, audits, reviews, and closeout.
Escalate material financial, legal, compliance, or stewardship concerns and maintain complete and accurate grant, agreement, reporting, and compliance records.
Develop and maintain dashboards and reports on opportunities, proposals, awards, portfolio value, reporting, restricted-fund activity, risks, funder engagement, and Foundation-issued grants and subgrants.
Provide regular portfolio updates, evaluate grants-process timeliness, quality, compliance, and effectiveness, and improve policies, procedures, templates, calendars, intake tools, decision records, and reference materials.
Maintain current knowledge of grants management, healthcare philanthropy, institutional giving, public-sector funding, and funder requirements.
Lead assigned grants-related projects and coordinate consultants, vendors, or temporary resources within delegated authority, as applicable.