Director of Grants and Foundations

All Hands and Hearts

Director of Grants and Foundations leading institutional fundraising for All Hands & Hearts. Responsible for managing relationships and proposals across foundations and state funders.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $73,500 - $87,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the day-to-day delivery of AH&H’s institutional fundraising plan across foundations, state government funders, and NGO intermediaries and re-granters.
Personally lead the end-to-end proposal lifecycle — from concept notes and letters of inquiry through full proposals, applications, and post-submission follow-up.
Maintain rigorous compliance, reporting, and stewardship discipline across the portfolio.
Lead relationship management for current and prospective institutional funders through highly personalized engagement strategies.
Build the operational backbone of an institutional fundraising function ready to scale alongside AH&H.
Manage and develop one direct report (Grant Manager).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
5+ years of progressive experience in institutional fundraising, grants management, foundation relations, or proposal writing — ideally within the humanitarian, international NGO, disaster response, or broader social impact sector.
Demonstrated experience personally writing and submitting successful five-, six-, and (ideally) seven-figure grant proposals to US foundations.
The right person for this role is a do’er — independent, proactive, structured, and tech-savvy.
Excellent written communication skills in US English.
Genuinely tech-savvy and curious about new tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working hours
Unlimited PTO
Opportunity to travel to program
Medical, vision, and dental insurance plans (US Employees)
Flex Spending Account (US Employees)
401K with safe harbor match for U.S. staff (US Employees)

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Hard Skills & Tools

institutional fundraisinggrants managementproposal writingcompliancereportingstewardshipgrant proposalsfundraising planrelationship managementengagement strategies

Soft Skills

independentproactivestructuredtech-savvywritten communication

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree