Director, Grant Development

Position Summary The Director, Grant Development is responsible for researching, writing, coordinating, and submitting compelling grant proposals, reports, and stewardship communications that support United Way of Greater Atlanta's fundraising and community impact priorities. This position serves as a key member of the Office of Development team, partnering closely with Corporate Relations, Individual Giving, Community Impact, Finance, and Executive Leadership to secure philanthropic support from private foundations, family foundations, corporate foundations, government agencies, and other grant-making organizations.

The Director, Grant Development manages the full grant lifecycle, including prospect research, proposal development, submission management, grant tracking, reporting, and compliance. The role ensures that grant opportunities are pursued strategically, deadlines are met, funder requirements are fulfilled, and funding outcomes are accurately documented and reported.

Essential Responsibilities Grant Strategy, Development, Management, and Reporting

• Research, identify, and evaluate grant opportunities that align with United Way of Greater Atlanta’s strategic priorities, community impact goals, and annual fundraising needs.
• Develop, write, edit, and submit compelling grant proposals, letters of inquiry, applications, sponsorship requests, reports, and stewardship communications that clearly communicate organizational impact and funding priorities.
• Manage the full grant lifecycle, including prospect research, proposal development, submission coordination, compliance tracking, reporting deadlines, funder stewardship, and accurate documentation within donor and grants management systems.
• Collaborate with Community Impact, Finance, Development, Corporate Relations, Individual Giving, and Executive Leadership to gather programmatic, financial, and impact data needed for proposals, reports, dashboards, and funder updates.
• Monitor philanthropic trends, maintain funder profiles and briefing materials, and provide strategic recommendations to support cultivation, solicitation, renewal, and institutional partnership growth.
• Track and report proposal activity, grant revenue secured, pipeline performance, funder deliverables, and outcomes to support departmental planning, forecasting, data integrity, and annual fundraising goals.