Grants & Partnership Manager

Our Mission: Since 1981, the Orangewood Foundation has passionately advocated young people facing foster care, homelessness, and trafficking. Our mission is to empower these individuals by supporting the futures they envision, providing dedicated one-on-one support to help them achieve their dreams and goals.

Our Programs & Services
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We provide programs and services in four essential areas:
Basic Needs & Support, Education, Life Skills & Employment, and Transitional Housing & Support.

A community where every young person thrives. This is our long-term goal for young people in Orange County. We embody this goal every time we talk to a young person, a volunteer, a community member, and to each other.

Equal Opportunity Employer, Flexible Scheduling, Powerful Teamwork, Personal Fulfillment, Thriving Community, Professional Development, Mental & Physical Wellness, Competitive Compensation

At Orangewood, recently ranked #27 in Best Places to Work 2025, we take pride in fostering a positive and supportive workplace culture. We ask all staff to uphold the following core values:
Trust, Respect, Empathy, Inclusion, and Advocacy

Grants & Partnerships Manager

Full Time / Salary / Exempt

Chief Development Officer

Development

The Development Team oversees fundraising, events, revenue-generating partnerships, and marketing for Orangewood Foundation, as well as supporting government contracts and grants.

The Grants & Partnerships Manager of Orangewood Foundation reports to the Chief Development Officer and works closely with the Development, Programs, and Finance teams to write and manage grants, develop and steward key grantmaking relationships with institutional funders (foundations, companies, and corporate foundations), assist with writing and submitting government grants, solicit event sponsor ships through proposal writing, support with major gift proposal writing and impact reporting, and conduct prospect research for new revenue-generating opportunities.

• Writes grants and manages a grant portfolio, which includes independently writing, project managing, and submitting grant requests to foundations, companies, corporate foundations, and government agencies. This includes writing grant applications, free-form proposals, letters of inquiry/interest, and reports.
• Develops and achieves the annual revenue goal for Foundation Grants for the organization
• Stewards and manages grantmaking relationships with a portfolio of institutional funders (e.g., foundations, companies, government agencies).
  Project manages applications for government contracts and grants, collaborating with internal and external partners to ensure timely and accurate submission and reporting.
• Supervises the activities and is responsible for the output of the Grants Coordinator. Delegates appropriate tasks to the Grants Coordinator and ensures they are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Conducts ongoing prospect research to identify, cultivate, and solicit new revenue-generating opportunities and grow the core grants portfolio. Works with
• Director to steward relationships with new funders and deepen their involvement with organization.
• Develops, implements, and maintains effective systems for grants management, portfolio management, budgeting, and revenue tracking, including use of Raisers Edge.
• Supports the Chief Development Officer in writing materials for Development Team, including major gift proposals, impact reports, marketing and communications collateral, and sponsorship requests.
• Independently collaborates with internal partners and stakeholders within the organization to gather and maintain accurate and updated data and information for grant submissions and reports, including staff from Programs, Finance, People & Culture, and Development teams.
• Additional duties as assigned by direct supervisor.

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, Education, Public Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of two years of experience in the human services field working with transitional age youth or similar populations
  
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-5 years of grant writing experience. The ideal candidate has a proven track-record of securing grant awards as the primary writer.
• 2+ years…