Board & Grant Specialist
Board & Grant Specialist
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Job Description
Established in 1958 Foundation For The Carolinas is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. Serving a 13-county region we help families nonprofits and businesses amplify the impact of giving offering a wide variety of charitable funds and best-in-class service to clients and donors.
The Foundation is headquartered within the Belk Place Civic Campus which includes the Luski-Gorelick Center for Philanthropy the Levine Conference Center 220 North Tryon event venues and the historic Carolina Theatre. The campus also houses our flagship program the Robinson Center for Civic Leadership which addresses our communitys most significant challenges and opportunities such as economic empowerment neighborhood revitalization and education.
Foundation For The Carolinas is deeply committed to fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone is welcomed valued respected and empowered. We actively encourage and seek candidates from all races ethnicities genders sexual orientations abilities and backgrounds to apply for our open positions. Join us in our mission to build a more inclusive and equitable future for all.
The Board & Grants Specialist will be responsible for overseeing and facilitating services provided to FFTCs affiliate grantmaking boards and the grant processes of select other programs as required. This position will directly support and staff FFTCs grantmaking boards and will provide general administrative support to such boards including grants databases data entry queries report preparation and other administrative functions.
Administrative Management:
Works with the Vice President & Program Officer and affiliate boards to:
- Determine annual board meetings and grant cycles schedules prepare for board meetings and conduct post-meeting follow-up tasks and perform other administrative functions related to affiliate boards.
Grantmaking Support:
Works with affiliate and other select grant programs to:
- Review and update grant cycle guidelines and dates each year.
- Monitor applications and answer questions from grant applicants regarding grant cycle guidelines and timelines;
- Initiate due diligence on organizations to ensure they are eligible grant recipients.
- Review evaluate summarize and prepare grant applications for boards and committees.
- Notify grant applicants of awards and declines and process grant payments.
- Analyze and evaluate grant performance and results.
- Maintain databases and reports to manage and report on grant awards for each program.
- Maintain a knowledge base of current trends community resources and programs consistent with board /committee investment areas.
Communications:
- Participates in board meetings communicates regularly with boards to prepare for meetings and leads boards through the grantmaking process.
- Communicates proactively with grant applicants responding to general inquiries about grant cycle guidelines and providing technical support with the online grant application process.
- Drafts news releases and email notifications to announce grant cycle openings and awards.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with other Board & Grants Specialists and FFTC staff as necessary;
College degree preferred
Minimum 4 years in a related field
Excellent communication skills both oral and written
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office with a particular strength in MS Word and MS Excel
Strong ability to learn new computer applications and assist others with troubleshooting
Ability to work effectively with donors volunteer committees community representatives and staff as well as the ability to work independently
Travel approximately 50% of the time across the 13-county regions we serve
General ability to perform the essential functions and overall physical and mental requirements of this position including stamina to perform tasks over extended periods and ability to occasionally move about to accomplish tasks or move from one worksite and/or workstation to another.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Grant
