Grant Writer Volunteer - EXPERIENCED

About Us

Our goal EMPTY CAGES. FOREVER HOMES. Fur & Feather Animal Sanctuary (FFAS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting and caring for homeless and unwanted animals by providing medical care, rehabilitation, and adoption within a safe, no‑kill environment.

We are committed to fighting animal cruelty, educating the public on responsible pet ownership, spay/neuter, and basic animal care, and supporting the rehabilitation of wildlife.

We have only just begun — and we need your support.

Our vision is bold: to build California’s first fully solar‑powered, 65‑acre no‑kill sanctuary, serving as overflow for city and county shelters while assisting traditional rescues with critical medical care and foster programs.

Together, we can turn empty cages into forever homes.

FFAS partners with city, county and local residences to take in cats with severe special needs, disabilities or facing homelessness on the streets and house them in our facility.

Once they are at our sanctuary, our staff and fosters care for the cats and kittens, working with them the best medical care, rehab and love. Some are not adoptable, but many are and so we get them ready for adoption. They stay with us until they find their forever homes and as our cats are adopted, we reach out to our partners to bring us more cats and kittens thus being a part of the solution to saving our community cats.

Volunteers are vital to our operations here at FFAS. We continually seek to expand our programs with volunteer support. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on donations and volunteer efforts to help us achieve our goals and saving our communities at risk cats.

Grant Writer Volunteer - Must be Experienced

Development Department

• Researching potential funding opportunities and collecting/summarizing pertinent information
• Helping to ready grant submissions including but not limited to
  • Preparing letters of intent
  • Reviewing literature
  • Writing narratives
  • Working with key staff to obtain information
  • Submitting applications
  • Assisting to complete program requirements (post‑award)
• Other related duties as assigned

• Can be a current student working toward a degree
• Some grant writing or classroom experience in grant writing; superior writing skills
• On the job or classroom knowledge of diverse grant application procedures and best practice in the nonprofit sector
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Computer literate
• Excellent analytical and research skills
• Highly organized, able to multi‑task, and work with deadlines
• Ability to explain the organization’s message to a broad range of people
• Strong commitment and passion for the organization’s mission
• Open minded with excellent interpersonal and active listening skills
• Strong ethics and integrity

• Volunteer Orientation
• Familiarity with FFAS’s current business and goals
• Comprehensive knowledge of FFAS’s Volunteer Manual
• On the job training; working with other volunteers and/or personnel.

Open

This support is critical to the sanctuary’s financial stability as much of our money comes from grants.

This position requires the following skills:

• Budgeting
• Community Outreach
• Donor Management
• Grant Writing / Research

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by Volunteer Match, in partnership with Linked In for Good.