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Guided by the belief that everyone has the right to heal, our holistic model strengthens families, communities, and the country.\nPosition Summary\nThe Grant Manager is responsible for driving mission‑aligned institutional revenue that fuels Project Sanctuary’s growth and long‑term impact for military families. This role leads grant strategy, proposal development, and award management while ensuring compliance and strong funder relationships. By translating program outcomes and family‑centered impact into clear, data‑informed narratives, the Grant Manager supports sustainable expansion and organizational resilience.\nResponsibilities\nLead the full lifecycle of grant prospecting, writing, and compliance, including researching and qualifying opportunities, developing compelling LOIs and proposals, and ensuring all submissions and reports meet funder requirements and deadlines.\nExecute an aggressive grant‑driven fundraising strategy with the CDO and Development Team to increase annual revenue, diversify funding, and maintain a strong pipeline of national foundation and corporate prospects.\nTranslate program frameworks and organizational impact into persuasive narratives, producing high‑quality proposals, logic models, and supporting materials that clearly articulate mission, need, and outcomes.\nResearch, cultivate, and steward institutional and community funders, maintaining regular touchpoints, participating in meetings and events, and producing impact reports to strengthen long‑term relationships.\nMaintain accurate grant tracking systems and internal spreadsheets, monitoring deadlines, award status, and revenue projections to support budgeting and leadership decision‑making.\nDocument and refine grant processes and procedures, including prospect research, deadline tracking, prioritization, acknowledgements, and outcome reporting.\nPrepare timely, accurate grant reports aligned with funder cycles and audit standards, ensuring full compliance with award terms and internal policies.\nCollaborate with internal teams, including participating in staff meetings and working closely with the Marketing Director to develop narratives and materials that enhance funder engagement.\nProduce monthly executive grant reports for leadership and board review, summarizing progress, projections, and key activities.\nSupport the Chief Development & Marketing Officer by preparing proposals, briefs, data pulls, program summaries, and other materials as assigned.\nRepresent Project Sanctuary at funder meetings and community events to support visibility and stewardship.\nContribute to Development Team initiatives and perform additional duties as assigned.\nEducational Requirements\nMinimum: Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Business, Social Sciences, Communications, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.\nPreferred: Master’s degree or advanced training in grant writing, nonprofit leadership, or public administration\nPrior Experience\nExperience managing federal, state, local, and private grants, including interpreting NOFOs/RFPs and preparing compliant proposals and budgets.\nProven success writing competitive grants and managing the full grant lifecycle.\nExperience collaborating with program, finance, and development teams to align data and reporting.\nFamiliarity with CRM systems (Salesforce, DonorSnap), Microsoft Office Suite, and grant prospecting tools (Instrumentl).\nExperience working with or supporting military, veteran, or first-responder communities is valued\nSkills Requirements\nExceptional attention to detail and accuracy in both narrative and compliance work.\nStrong time‑management skills with the ability to meet multiple deadlines under pressure.\nExcellent interpersonal and collaborative skills; 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