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$ 65000 - 75000
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Job Description
Position
Grant Writer
About ACE Scholarships
ACE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2000 in Denver Colorado to provide lowincome children with equal access to quality K12 private schools through partial scholarship support. Over the past 24 years ACE has provided more than 80000 scholarships worth over $212 million. This school year ACE is serving approximately 14000 children in Arkansas Colorado Delaware Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana New Mexico Texas Utah and Wyoming and is actively pursuing other expansion opportunities with the support of a national funding partner. In 2023 ACE Scholarships has expanded its program offerings by administrating Educational Savings Account programs for state governments. For more information visit the ACE website at .
Our Mission is to advance K12 educational freedom with a focus on securing financial support for families so they may access the quality education of their choice.
Our Values:
ACE Founding Principles: Our founding principles are the foundation of ACE and our North Star. We honor ACEs founders by remaining committed to these principles and we passionately advocate for the Mission and Vision these principles support.
Accountability: We embrace personal responsibility by taking ownership of our work and focusing on results. We expect both to give and to receive honest feedback.
Innovation: We know ideas matter. We prefer the risks and rewards the come with creativity to the certainty that attends stagnation.
Adaptability: We position ourselves to take advantage of opportunities embracing strategic and operational change when it makes our work more impactful.
Optimism: We believe our best days are ahead and we embrace a forwardthinking mindset. We will make mistakes but we will remain cheerful in the face of adversity and give people the benefit of the doubt.
Kindness: We value everyone on our team respect differences and trust one another. This requires courage and strength as it involves celebrating and giving our undivided attention to others.
Our Founding Principles:
1) The American public education system is flawed
2) Free enterprise and democracy work
3) Parents know the best education environment for their kids
4) Private schools offer great value and have open seats
5) All people are created equal and deserve an equal chance to pursue the American Dream
Position Overview
The Grant Writer will support the National Foundations Manager in the fundraising and management of ACEs foundation program. This role involves foundation research grant writing and development of strategies that increase foundation revenue across our twelvestate region.
Primary Job Responsibilities
1. Support National Foundation Program Development
- Assist in developing annual foundation fundraising goals for the twelvemarket region.
- Collaborate with local market fundraisers to research and build a pipeline of foundation funding prospects including private corporate family and community foundations.
- Support the foundation funding process including writing LOIs proposals grants final reports documentation acknowledgments and thank you correspondence.
2. Relationship Management
- Work with the National Foundations Manager and local market fundraisers to develop and implement meaningful stewardship strategies that align with overall market fundraising strategies.
- Help grow a portfolio of existing foundation relationships.
3. Research Data and Reporting
- Ensure proposals utilize current and accurate data to demonstrate the social and economic impact of the ACE program.
- Study the K12 education space including public education reform efforts and school choice initiatives to enhance grant proposals.
- Assist National Foundation Manager with tracking grant deadlines LOI and proposal submissions foundation responses and reporting requirements using the Foundation internal tracking system and Raisers Edge.
- Contribute to creating a rich information database to ensure cohesive messaging for all grant opportunities.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Unwavering belief in the mission of ACE Scholarships
- Transparent and high integrity leadership
- Strong time management and organizational abilities including planning and task facilitation
- Ability to convey the mission and vision of ACE Scholarships to foundations staff volunteers and donors
- Strong communication skills (written and oral) and an excellent professional appearance and presentation
- Selfmotivated individual with strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to set priorities and achieve goals
- Highly organized detail oriented and able to manage simultaneous priorities under pressure
- Ability to understand complex statical data and produce clear concise communications based on data
Minimum Requirements
- Education: Bachelors degree in Communications English Marketing or other related field desired; or equivalent related experience
- Experience: 3 years of experience in grant writing preferred experience in a nonprofit development department with clear fundraising revenue goals
- Personal and professional integrity
- Strong writing skills ability to produce eloquent grammatically correct content on deadlines
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; Raisers Edge experience or other CRM systems preferred
Location Travel and Reporting
- This a hybrid role in Colorado or remote position ideally in Texas Louisiana Kansas or Montana
- Reports to the National Foundation Manager remote out of Texas
- 15% travel throughout the year
FLSA Status
Fulltime Exempt
Compensation
A competitive annual salary of $65000 $75000 and eligible for annual performance bonuses plus benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- Medical Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
- Dental Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
- Vision Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- HSA FSA Limited FSA and Dependent Care FSA pretax spending accounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free Employerpaid Shortterm Longterm and AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) with 6% employer match with immediate vesting
- Monthly cellphone stipend
- Scholarships for employees whose children are actively enrolled in a K12 private school ($2500/child up to $5000/year).
- Onsite amenities in Colorado Home Office: Employer paid parking community gym caf and building security inoffice coffee snack bar and walking treadmill (inoffice)
To Apply
To apply qualified individuals should submit the following application materials in one PDF document:
- Cover letter including:
- An introductory paragraph describing three distinct reasons you are drawn to ACE Scholarships mission and how you came to those beliefs.
- Salary requirements
- Resume
Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: can be directed to Bailey Drouant Outreach Manager at Talent Market who is managing the search:
There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.
While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls please.
Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping freemarket nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom free enterprise free trade free speech property rights rule of law and limited regulation.
Employment Type
Grant
