Grants & Development Manager

The Road Home Dane County is committed to ending the issue of family homelessness in our community. We do this by developing long-term relationships with homeless families with children that change lives. We work with families, not only to relieve the immediate crisis of homelessness, but also to build skills, resources and relationships that set the stage for long-term success. To accomplish our mission, we rely on the help and support of individuals, congregations and businesses throughout Madison and beyond.

We believe that for the greater good of our city and for human kind, we can and should join together to make a difference because every child deserves a home.

The Road Home Dane County seeks a Grants & Development Manager to lead and grow key resource development activities that support life-changing programs serving families and kids experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in the greater Madison, WI community.

The Road Home is fortunate to count numerous businesses, foundations, congregations, and groups of other kinds as supporters of our work. As a key part of a four-person Development & Communications team, the Grants & Development Manager will be responsible for cultivating and stewarding involvement from this wide portfolio of supporter entities — fostering diverse, reliable streams of resources and empowering supporters of all types and levels to have a real impact toward ending family homelessness in our community.

The role will be attractive to the nonprofit professional who seeks variety in their work and, ideally, a blend between grants program management and fundraising from corporate and other institutional entities.

A passion for helping others and the issues surrounding homelessness, affordable housing, and racial and economic justice are essential for this position. With The Road Home, you’ll find a team that will match and foster growth in those passions.

Evening and weekend work a few times per month may be necessary to host or attend events, presentations, or meetings with stakeholders.

This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position with a full benefits package available.

• Health and dental benefits
• Paid holidays and generous PTO policy
• Two days per week remote work allowed
• Free office parking
• Laptop for office use

The Grants & Development Manager will lead The Road Home’s grants program (annually totaling $250,000–400,000) in collaboration with the Development Director, Executive Director, and Programs leadership. This role will focus primarily on private grant funders while also supporting The Road Home’s work with government and United Way funding sources.

• Devise and execute an annual strategy to pursue and secure private grant funding from various sources, including private foundations, corporate foundations, community foundations, family foundations, and others.
• Act as the agency’s primary grant writer, including drafting, reviewing, and editing all aspects of grant applications.
• Grow and sustain the grants portfolio by securing new funders and renewing current funders.
• Establish and grow professional relationships with key contacts at current and prospective grant funder entities.
• Partner with the Executive Director and Program leadership to identify fundable opportunities and collaborate with the Development Director and Program staff throughout the grant‑writing process.
• Lead all reporting and compliance for private grants, and support government/United Way reporting as needed.
• Maintain a reliable and effective grants management system that promotes effective project management and visibility by the Development Director.

In partnership with the Development Director, this role will execute a broad engagement program for various donor/supporter entities, including as financial donors, in‑kind donors, and volunteers. The list of these entities overlaps with the grants portfolio (above).

• Maintain and grow a portfolio of business donor relationships.
  • Promote and secure sponsor ships for the agency’s annual Breakfast fundraiser.
  • Coordinate with the Communications…