Grant and Impact Manager

The Mockingbird Society

Grants & Impact Manager overseeing institutional funding lifecycle for The Mockingbird Society. Responsible for data management, reporting, and collaborative storytelling to impact youth leadership.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $26 - $36 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in grant writing, institutional fundraising, and impact reporting, with a strong focus on data management and cross-department collaboration. Proficient in developing compelling narratives and managing multiple projects while ensuring alignment with organizational values and equity commitments.

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Grant WritingInstitutional FundraisingData ManagementProject ManagementSalesforce CRM

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Hard Skills

Grant ProposalsImpact ReportingRevenue TrackingProposal DevelopmentData AnalysisDashboard CreationQualitative OutcomesQuantitative OutcomesEvaluation ToolsStorytelling

Soft Skills

Excellent WritingCollaborationCoachingRelationship BuildingSystems Thinking

Tools & Technologies

SalesforceCRM SystemsTracking SystemsFundraising ResourcesGrant Templates

Industry Keywords

Nonprofit OperationsRacial EquitySocial JusticeYouth LeadershipCommunity-Centered Approaches

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the full institutional giving lifecycle, including prospect research, letters of inquiry, grant proposals, reports, renewals, stewardship, and revenue tracking.
Develop compelling grant narratives that accurately communicate organizational impact and align with funder priorities.
Manage the organization’s grants calendar, proposal pipeline, reporting deadlines, and revenue projections.
Coordinate cross-functional proposal development and reporting with Programs, Finance, Communications, Operations, and Leadership.
Ensure all submissions are timely, accurate, and reflect organizational values, priorities, and equity commitments.
Maintain grant templates, institutional fundraising resources, and funder stewardship materials.
Serve as a thought partner to Operations, ensuring data integrity, usability, governance, and reliable reporting.
Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and tracking systems that support fundraising, grants management, leadership, board reporting, and organizational learning.
Collaborate with program teams to collect, analyze, and communicate meaningful qualitative and quantitative outcomes.
Co-design program surveys, evaluation tools, and data collection processes that strengthen learning, accountability, youth-centered impact measurement, and storytelling.
Translate complex data into clear insights and compelling narratives for funders, leadership, board members, and external stakeholders.
Support fundraising campaigns and organizational events through sponsorship tracking, invitation management, revenue monitoring, and reporting.
Coordinate event registrations, attendance tracking, sponsorship fulfillment, and donor engagement data.
Develop post-event analyses measuring fundraising outcomes, participation, and community engagement.
Support annual fundraising planning through revenue forecasting, prospect research, pipeline analysis, and stewardship tracking.
Provide direct supervision, coaching, and ongoing professional development to the Development Coordinator.
Identify opportunities to improve grants management, fundraising operations, reporting workflows, and cross-department coordination.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Three (3) or more years of experience in grant writing, institutional fundraising, impact reporting, data management, nonprofit operations, or related work.
Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex program, financial, and outcome information into compelling narratives.
Experience using Salesforce or a comparable CRM/database system to maintain data quality, manage information, and generate reports.
Strong project management, analytical, and systems-thinking skills.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and collaborate effectively across teams.
Demonstrated commitment to racial equity, social justice, youth leadership, and community-centered approaches to fundraising, storytelling, and evaluation.
Ability to build collaborative relationships and work effectively across departments and with diverse stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous medical, dental and vision insurance plans
Two (2) weeks of paid vacation during the first year of employment, with vacation accrual increasing based on years of service through year five
Two (2) weeks of paid sick leave annually
Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year
Two (2) floating holidays annually for full-time employees
Paid office closure between Christmas and New Year's Day
401(k) retirement plan with employer match with a 4% employer match
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible hybrid work environment
Professional development opportunities