About Rewiring America:

Rewiring America is a growing nonprofit working to launch a movement to electrify everything, starting with our 121 million households. We are motivated by the fact that 90 percent of all emissions in the U.S. are energy-related and 42 percent of those energy emissions come from the decisions we make in our homes: how we heat our air and water, cook our food, and dry our clothes and what kind of cars we drive. Through accurate, accessible and actionable data and storytelling tools that power smart, inclusive advocacy and market-transforming partnerships, Rewiring America aims to achieve national emissions goals, improve our health, lower monthly bills and create millions of clean energy jobs. Our firm belief is that the electrification of the economy -- starting with understanding the American household as the keystone of our infrastructure -- is the most equity-centered way to address the climate crisis. We are focused on transforming the market, with the urgency required to meet the moment we are in and to take advantage of the vast opportunity in front of us.

The Opportunity and Position Summary:

With a clear and inspiring vision, smart strategies, and significant and sustained financial support, we are seeking an entrepreneurial Grants and Prospect Research Manager to join our growing Fundraising Team. This position reports to the Director of Investment.

In this newly created position, this candidate will help develop and act as the prospect research and grant writing backbone of Rewiring America’s rapidly growing fundraising team. Tasks include but are not limited to identifying, researching, and analyzing prospects and data for the cultivation and solicitation of major donors and funders. The Grants and Prospect Research Manager will also be responsible for scoping, writing, and submitting proposals and reports for funders, individual donors, companies, and corporate partners.

As the third hire on this small, but mighty, and expanding team, this position will play a pivotal role in shaping our donor voice and narrative strategy, and identifying new support, as part of a collective effort to deliver on Rewiring America’s mission to electrify everything.

What You’ll Do:

With the potential for adjustments as our team grows, we are envisioning that 50% of your time will be spent on grant writing and reporting, and 50% of your time will be spent on prospect researching.

Grants Management:

• Works closely with the Director of Investment to identify funding needs across the organization, and maintains an understanding of current and prospective funding sources
• Develops a thorough understanding of Rewiring America’s key issue areas, objectives, and programs. Crafts content and reports on these key objectives.
• Stays informed on Rewiring America’s program developments and captures content to share with funders and prospects through reports, proposals, and updates
• Serves as the primary lead being responsible for maintaining grant portfolios by creating, writing, editing, submitting, securing, tracking, and reporting
• Writes and prepares fundraising materials, with letters of intent, requests for proposals (RFPs), proposals, and reports.
• Manages and tracks all grant deadlines and deliverables within Salesforce
• Completes and develops other investment-related writing projects as needed

Prospect Research:

• Conducts and provides prospect research on donors, institutional foundations, family offices, corporations, and all other partners related to fundraising for the Investment team, Leadership team, and other fundraisers in the organization
• Utilizes tools to conduct deep and comprehensive research on prospective donors and funders with direction from the Director of Investment and CEO
• Analyzes and synthesizes financial, philanthropic, and relationship data on individuals, institutional funders, family offices, and corporate prospective partners to assess trends. These trends include potential giving and capacity, propensity to give, connections to Rewiring America, and other philanthropic tendencies.
• Produces reports on trends and prepares briefings for all members of the team engaged in frontline fundraising as needed.
• Maintain strong skills and knowledge of the key resources, technology, and methodology to utilize in research.

Requirements:

Who You Are

The incoming Grants and Prospect Research Manager will be driven by their belief in and commitment to Rewiring America’s values, vision, and mission. You have a genuine passion for prospect research and understand how to synthesize Rewiring America’s mission, ambitious goals, and objectives, and turn them into a selling proposal. You are committed to supporting the team's broader efforts around raising revenue and growing the organization. You are highly organized, a skilled verbal and written communicator, and have a natural curiosity to learn about the Rewiring America investor landscape. You are creative in your approach to identifying tools for research and will have existing knowledge of where to look for key information. This role is well suited for someone with an interest in professional growth in grants management, fundraising, and or non-profit operations or leadership.

The selected candidate will possess the following Core and Preferred qualifications:

Core

• Strong commitment to the mission, policies and goals of Rewiring America
• Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills, and exquisite attention to detail
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
• Ability to capture information about donors, as well as the ongoing work and objectives of Rewiring America. Ability to track trends in the philanthropic landscape and report/share with the investment team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely and collaboratively with an array of team members, including staff, executive leadership, and donors.
• Self-starter with, a keen ability to take direction, and manage deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. Ability to take ownership of individual components as a part of larger team projects.
• Ability to identify new grants and funding opportunities and to synthesize those opportunities for action
• At least three years of relevant professional work experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Background working in non-profit fundraising or administration, grant writing, research, business development, sales, customer service
• Proficient knowledge of Salesforce CRM systems
• Institutional knowledge in climate, environmental advocacy, economic revitalization, policy, renewable energy, and/or building electrification is ideal

Benefits:

Commitment to Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Rewiring America values diversity in all its forms and is committed to inclusive and transparent recruitment, hiring and promotion processes. Candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Hiring Statement

Rewiring America is a project of Windward Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Windward Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Windward Fund ‘s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is $75,000-100,000 USD, commensurate with experience. Rewiring America also offers a very generous and competitive benefits package, including health coverage, retirement benefits, paid vacation, sick time and holidays and access to professional development resources.

Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). Employees are able to enroll in 401k retirement plans and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions. Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits. Employees will receive 160 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually. Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year (15 days during Presidential and Congressional elections). We have an office closure between Christmas and New Year. Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment. Regular, full-time employees and part-time employees are eligible to take up to sixteen weeks of parental leave, in all cases related to birth, adoption, or foster care starting from the first day of employment. We offer access to professional development resources.

Application Procedure:

To apply or nominate a candidate, please submit an application via Workable. This position is open until filled, and we are moving quickly to fill this position -- apply as soon as possible. Candidate review and phone screens begin immediately and will be conducted throughout the search period.

COVID-19 Policy

To center the safety and well-being of its employees, Windward Fund requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within four weeks of their start date. This position may require candidates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations may be sought and approved in accordance with the law by contacting human resources at [email protected]