About Angels for Angels
Angels for Angels is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit and fiscal sponsor with one mission: to help social entrepreneurs succeed in making a lasting difference. Since 2010, we have worked alongside community leaders to create and scale their own locally led, financially sustainable social projects.
Today we fiscally sponsor and support a portfolio of 40+ active nonprofit and social enterprise projects in the United States and around the world, including Uganda, Kenya, Peru, Ukraine, and Brazil. Our projects work across education, community development, health, environmental sustainability, housing, economic empowerment, arts and culture, disability services, youth development, and social justice. Beyond fiscal sponsorship, we give project leaders coaching, leadership development, an incubator program, and a community of changemakers to learn and grow with.
We value integrity, responsibility, authenticity, positivity, belief, and growth.
Why This Role Matters
This is a new position. Funders today expect outcome data, evaluation capacity, and sound financial systems before a strong narrative even matters, and competition for grant dollars is higher than ever. Our international projects, especially those in Africa, are also navigating a much smaller and more scrutinized funding pool following major cuts to U.S. foreign aid.
You will help our projects meet that bar: finding the right opportunities, getting projects grant-ready, and turning their work into clear, compelling, compliant proposals.
The Role
You are responsible for researching, writing, and managing grant proposals that secure funding for a portfolio of nonprofit and social enterprise projects operating across industries, sizes, and stages of growth around the world. You develop and execute funding strategies across private foundations, corporate funders, local and municipal funders, federal grants, and international funders, adapting your approach to the project and the funder in front of you.
You bring deep, generalist grant writing expertise rather than a single sector specialization, and you are equally comfortable moving between a first-time founder’s early-stage proposal and a large, complex institutional application.
Support is organized in tiers: you work proactively with our incubator projects, support other grant-ready projects on a scheduled basis, and help earlier-stage projects build the documentation they need to qualify. Projects own their own content; you own the research, structure, compliance, and craft.
What You’ll Do
Research and identify grant opportunities across government, foundation, corporate, and international funding sources using tools such as Candid and Instrumentl, including private foundation funding that is not publicly listed and requires a letter of inquiry or direct outreach.
Proactively research and compile opportunities for A4A’s incubator projects, and support other grant-ready projects on a scheduled or request basis.
Build and manage a grant calendar and pipeline across multiple projects at once, tracking deadlines, solicitation windows, and reporting obligations.
Help define and apply the documentation standard (mission, program details, metrics, past results, and budget basics) that projects need to meet before you pursue funding on their behalf.
Coach early-stage founders toward grant readiness, and contribute funding readiness content to A4A’s incubator curriculum.
Edit and strengthen first-draft responses that projects prepare, shaping them for brevity, structure, and RFP compliance, and bringing your own writing craft and voice to the final product.
Write and review grant budgets and budget narratives, confirming they comply with each funder’s requirements.
Respond to formal government and institutional RFPs, and write relationship-driven letters of inquiry to private foundations.
Help international projects diversify their funder base, and write proposals that speak directly to donor due diligence.
Build prospect and networking contact lists for the Executive Director and project leaders, and conduct outreach to foundation program staff.
Handle narrative reporting on awarded grants, coordinating with project and finance staff on financial and receipts-based reporting.
Use AI tools to support research, prospecting, and drafting, while verifying all program data and ensuring every final application reflects clear, original writing suited to the funder and the project.
How Success Is Measured
Because award outcomes depend heavily on a project’s readiness, not just writing quality, success in this role is measured by more than win rate:
Number of applications supported each month
Projects moved from “not yet ready” to grant-ready
A healthy, well-tracked pipeline with on-time submissions and reports
Funding secured across the portfolio
What We’re Looking For
A minimum of 5 years of professional grant writing experience, with demonstrated range across private foundation, local, federal, and international funding.
Experience writing or leading large, complex applications, ideally including opportunities of $1M or more that require rigorous, measurable outcomes.
Demonstrated experience with grant budgets and budget narratives, including RFP compliance.
Comfort with both formal RFP responses and relationship-driven letters of inquiry, and an understanding of how the two approaches differ.
Strong project management skills, including:
The ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of project leads.
Comfort managing a high volume of overlapping deadlines and competing priorities.
Sound judgment in advising and supporting project teams, and communicating effectively with organizational leadership.
Strong narrative storytelling ability, with the skill to translate program information into compelling, funder-ready proposals across very different industries and contexts.
A distinct, confident grant writing voice that can be adapted across industries and funder types.
Clear, effective communication skills, both in writing and in working directly with project teams to gather the information you need.
Tech-savvy, with hands-on experience using AI tools to support research and drafting, and a clear sense of where AI should not be trusted, such as program data accuracy and final voice and judgment.
Experience working with early-stage or under-resourced organizations, and patience coaching founders who are new to fundraising and still building their documentation.
Familiarity with grant prospecting tools and databases such as Candid and Instrumentl.
Nice to Have
Experience with fiscal sponsors or fiscally sponsored projects.
Experience with international development funders, particularly for Africa-facing programs.
Experience writing individual donor or major gift proposals.
Experience developing training or curriculum for nonprofit leaders.
Familiarity with Pacific Northwest funders and the regional grant writing community.
Experience with AI grant tools such as Grantable, Grantboost, or Vee.
Equal Opportunity
Angels for Angels is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every background and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know through Indeed or by contacting us directly.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Experience:
Grant Writing: 5 years (Required)
Location:
Washington State (Required)
Work Location: Remote