Grant Writer

Impact Justice•Washington, DC

6d•$75,927 - $75,927•Hybrid

About The Position

Impact Justice advances safety, justice, and opportunity through boundary-breaking work that honors and empowers people and is changing expectations about what we can accomplish together. We imagine, build, and scale innovations, leverage research and other knowledge to connect the desire for change with informed action, and work to shift the narrative so that decision-makers and the public understand what’s at stake and what’s possible. Our innovations portfolio includes a reentry housing program inspired by the sharing economy, an original AmeriCorps program for leaders impacted by the justice system, work to provide meaningful job training and fresh food access through vertical farms, efforts to improve menopause care and food in prisons, and much more. You are a confident, fast grant writer with real proposal-writing experience — someone who doesn’t need 100% of the information to start a strong draft. You write clear, persuasive language without inflating impact, and you know how to read an RFP or a funder’s strategy and write toward genuine alignment. You’re organized enough to run your own drafting timeline: sequencing input from program staff, building in review rounds, and tracking deadlines. You’re not precious about your drafts, take feedback well, and you bring the confidence to ask questions or flag gaps even as you lean on program staff as the experts in their work. You’re genuinely curious about criminal justice reform, and eager to build your writing and institutional fundraising skills. That said, we know there are great candidates who may not think they fit into what we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that is you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself! We welcome all applicants, including formerly incarcerated individuals, those with family members that have been incarcerated, and persons with direct criminal or juvenile legal system experience.

Requirements

1-3+ years of grant writing experience, including managing a real volume of proposals or a grants calendar (not just supporting one)
Exceptional, confident writing skills — able to draft clear, compelling, funder-aligned copy without needing complete information upfront
Strong organizational and project management skills — able to independently manage a drafting timeline across multiple concurrent proposals
Working knowledge of institutional fundraising practices (prospect research, proposal writing, funder relations) in a nonprofit environment
Demonstrated ability to work closely and collaboratively with subject-matter experts/program staff

Nice To Haves

Experience working in criminal justice/legal system reform or broader social justice issue areas
Experience with CRMs, grants-management, and prospect research tools such as Bloomerang, Instrumentl, iWave, or Kindora
Experience building or reviewing program and grant budgets
Interest in building and refining development team systems and processes

Responsibilities

Draft, edit, and submit the majority of Impact Justice’s grant proposals, letters of intent, and concept notes to foundation and government funders.
Manage the organization’s grants calendar, tracking deadlines across 5+ program teams, sequencing drafting and review timelines, coordinating required materials, and flagging risks.
Support grant reporting and institutional funder relationships on an as-needed basis.
Research and surface new institutional funding opportunities, including foundation grants, government RFPs, and other public funding.
Build working relationships with program teams to gather information for proposals.
Help refine how the Development team manages proposal workflows and its language library.
Maintain and update the library of proposal language and attachments.
Work thoughtfully with AI tools that align with the organization’s AI policy.
Bring forward ideas to make the writing and review process more efficient over time.