Grant Writer

ORGANIZATIONAL & POSITION OVERVIEW

United Way of Denton County (UWDC) is a high energy, fast-paced, thriving organization mobilizing people and community resources to create opportunities for all of Denton County to thrive. This exciting work has been made possible by our dedicated UWDC staff team including our part-time Grant Writer. This position on the UWDC team increases our capacity to impact lives across Denton County by generating diverse revenue streams that complement our traditional United Way workplace campaign fundraising model.

This Grant Writer position, under the direction of the Chief Programs Officer, is responsible for researching, prospecting, and developing grant proposals in partnership with UWDC staff and community leaders that will enable UWDC to significantly expand and diversify revenue for collective impact backbone support and program services across Denton County. Denton County continues to be one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. with a growing ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) household population which creates an immediate need for nonprofit sector program service growth and services delivery infrastructure improvements.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

• Research and identify grant funding opportunities for UWDC.
• Partner with key UWDC staff to develop strategies to expand UWDC grant revenue opportunities.
• Develop grant proposals to successfully achieve revenue diversification objectives.
• Achieve annual revenue goals for grant development including securing funds for collective impact backbone support and program services.
• Maintain accurate and detailed grant funder and fundraising information in Andar and other UWDC systems.
• Cultivate and manage foundation relationships to generate grant proposal opportunities for UWDC.