Grant Writer

Kids In Crisis • Greenwich, CT

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About The Position

Kids In Crisis is a Connecticut child and family service organization providing free, around-the-clock crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, and community education. The Grant Writer secures and renews funding that sustains agency programs. Working with the Managing Director of Development and Marketing, this full-time role researches funding opportunities, writes proposals and applications, prepares reports, and manages the grants calendar to ensure submissions and reports are complete and on time.

The Grant Writer works across the agency to gather program information, outcome data, and budget details for funders, and builds relationships with funders to support renewed and expanded giving. The position also serves as a writing resource for the Development team, partnering with the Director of Corporate Giving and the Director of Individual Giving to prepare proposals for their donors and prospects. The role manages the full grant cycle, including compliance, records, budgets, applications, awards, declines, and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Nonprofit Management, or a related field.
• Three or more years of grant writing experience.
• A record of securing foundation, corporate, or government grants.
• Strong writing and editing skills, including the ability to explain programs and results clearly and accurately to funders.
• Comfort working with budgets, program data, and outcome measures.
• Experience with a donor CRM such as Salsa Engage, EveryAction, Bloomerang, Blackbaud, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, or similar, and grant research tools such as Candid or Foundation Directory Online.
• Highly organized, able to manage multiple deadlines and work independently.
• Discretion and good judgment when handling confidential client and agency information.
• Comfort using AI tools to accelerate research and first drafts, with human review of all submitted content.

Nice To Haves

• Grant writing experience in nonprofit human services.

Responsibilities

• Write persuasive proposals and applications for foundations, corporations, civic organizations, and local, state, and federal funders, tailored to each funder's interests and priorities.
• Prepare and submit accurate grant reports on time.
• Research and identify funding prospects; track eligibility requirements, giving history, deadlines, and funder priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with program officers, foundation staff, corporate giving contacts, and municipal decision makers through calls, meetings, site visits, and updates.
• Collaborate with Program staff, Finance, and agency leadership to gather program descriptions, outcome data, and budget details, and ensure requests align with agency priorities.
• Prepare proposals for donors and prospects in partnership with the Director of Corporate Giving and the Director of Individual Giving.
• Manage the full grant cycle from application through closeout, track compliance requirements and deadlines, and maintain records of submissions, awards, declines, and reports in Salsa and the Grant Action Sheet.
• Partner with Finance to develop program and project budgets that support funding requests and meet funder format and reporting requirements.
• Maintain the annual grants calendar so renewals, new submissions, and reports are planned in advance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time