Grants & Impact Reporting Manager

YMCA of the Black Hills•Rapid City, SD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the YMCA of the Black Hills as a Grants & Impact Reporting Manager to use your writing, organizational, and analytical skills to help advance a mission that strengthens local communities. This role is a key partner to YMCA leadership and program teams, assisting in identifying and securing funding, managing grants from application through award, and communicating the impact of the Y's work. The position involves leading the full grant lifecycle, including researching funding opportunities, developing proposals, managing compliance, tracking budgets, coordinating reporting, and identifying renewal opportunities. You will collaborate with program directors, branch leaders, finance, marketing, and administration to align funding with programs and strategic priorities. The role requires understanding funder priorities, program strengths, and effectively communicating the value of the YMCA's work through program outcomes, participant data, success stories, and financial information. A strategic and detail-oriented approach is needed for maintaining a grants calendar and database, monitoring deadlines, supporting compliance, tracking budgets, and coordinating outcome data collection. Building strong relationships is crucial, serving as an internal resource on grant development, compliance, and impact reporting, and collaborating with staff to gather necessary information. This involves connecting people, information, and opportunity to secure resources and demonstrate meaningful results.

Requirements

Highly organized
Self-directed
Exceptional writer
Comfortable working with both people and data
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
Critical thinking skills
Clear communication skills
Ability to turn complex information into compelling narratives
Proficiency with CRM systems
Proficiency with spreadsheets
Proficiency with reporting tools

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, public administration, communications, business, education, social sciences, or a related field
3–5 years of experience in grant writing, grants management, nonprofit development, program evaluation, or a related field
Experience securing foundation, corporate, government, or community grants
Experience with government grants
Experience with grant compliance
Experience with outcome measurement
Experience with nonprofit financial management
Experience with YMCA-related program areas

Responsibilities

Researching funding opportunities
Developing compelling proposals
Managing grants from application through award
Managing compliance
Tracking budgets
Coordinating reporting
Identifying opportunities for renewal
Maintaining a comprehensive grants calendar and database
Monitoring reporting deadlines
Supporting grant compliance
Tracking budgets and allowable expenses
Coordinating the collection of outcome data across YMCA programs
Serving as an internal resource on grant development, compliance, and impact reporting
Collaborating with staff across the organization to gather information for applications and reports