Grant Writer

POSITION SUMMARY

At Fountain House, we believe in the power of community to transform the lives of individuals with serious mental illness. Every day, thousands of members choose to come to Fountain House to contribute their talents, learn new skills, access opportunities, and form friendships. Members and staff operate successful employment, education, wellness programs and work as partners to perform all the functions that keep our community going.

The Fountain House model has been replicated in more than 300 locations in 30 countries and 32 states and currently serves more than 100,000 people with mental illness worldwide. As originators of this approach, we provide leadership by constantly advancing the practice and by leading the conversation around mental health recovery. As a result, Fountain House has created a comprehensive Community System of Care.

This includes Clubhouses in Manhattan, the Bronx, Hollywood, California and Care Management, Home and Community-Based Services and a large housing program ranging from 24 hour supervised residences to scattered site supported apartments. We are committed to reducing social isolation, advocating for mental health policy change, and driving solutions that empower our members.

• Your Impact

The overall role of the Grant Writer is to work closely with the Director of Institutional Giving to identify, secure, and steward grant and contract opportunities for Fountain House from new public funding opportunities and to strengthen current public funding relationships.

This position will support the activities of Fountain House's dynamic development team! The Grant Writer will author concept papers, grant proposals, grant progress reports, and will also play a role in research prospecting for public funding opportunities. You will have proven expertise in applying to government funding sources related to service innovation, demonstration projects, evaluation, cost-benefit studies, and research, as well as ensuring compliance with such grants.

Salary: $65k - $75k

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospecting, Cultivation, Stewardship

• Work closely with the Director of Public Funding to maintain an existing portfolio of more than $22M in local and city government funding, while researching and responding to new and emerging local funding opportunities that align with the agency's mission, goals, and existing programs.
• In coordination with the Director of Public Funding, ensure that the production and submission of all external funder communications (Grant proposals, grant reports, etc.) are of exceptional quality and persuasive to funders. (This position will require an individual with exceptional writing skills.)
• Collaborate internally within the Development team and externally across departments to strategically plan how to approach prospects and opportunities.
• Analyze and assess qualified prospects to determine which opportunities to pursue. This includes creating a funding profile of RFPs that provides a high-level summary of the funding opportunity to be shared with external Fountain House departments actively involved in determining whether to move forward with the application process.
• Identifies, researches, and recommends new potential public funding sources and other funding prospects that align with the Fountain House organizational vision, mission, and strategy.
• Maintains prospect databases and robust pipelines of new potential funders.
• Supports strategy meetings and implements action items for the Director of Public Funding as they research different program offerings and determine proposal concepts.
• Authors proposal drafts and will collaborate across teams to gather and include relevant inputs and necessary data into each proposal.
• Assembles all relevant components of proposals and ensures that a Fountain House proposal submission complies with all proposal parameters and detailed requirements for each funder
• Meets proposal deadlines by adhering to systems and timelines for the different phases of proposal creation including information gathering, writing, review, approval, and transmittal.
• Supports grant management activities for secured…