Grants Manager
New Classrooms Innovation Partners
WHO WE ARE
New Classrooms is a national non-profit organization focused on reimagining math education for all students. We are a fully remote team of educators, technologists, and advocates committed to the idea that all students deserve an educational pathway that meets them where they are and gets them to where they need to be. We partner with schools, districts, and states to support the implementation of our personalized, competency-based math solution, Teach to One Roadmaps, while also advocating for shifts across the K-12 landscape to create the conditions for more student-centered learning.
ABOUT THE ROLE
New Classrooms is seeking a skilled writer to serve as our Grants Manager. Reporting to the Vice President of Development, the Grants Manager will be responsible for writing and submitting grant proposals, renewals, reports, and other content to support the achievement of the Development team’s fundraising goals. This role will ensure the proper management of New Classrooms’ grants, including tracking key deadlines, facilitating strategic donor communications, and collaborating with Finance and Program staff as necessary. In addition to managing grants, this role will support the Development team in cultivating new and existing donor relationships. Finally, the Grants Manager will also serve as project manager for key initiatives supporting all facets of the Development team’s efforts, including certain fundraising events.
New Classrooms is supported through funding by the Gates Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation, among other leading foundations at the national, local, and federal level. Additionally, New Classrooms has secured support from prominent, high net worth individuals across the country. Click here to learn more about our supporters.
This is an exciting period for New Classrooms, and the Development team is instrumental in helping position the organization to achieve our targeted growth goals that align to our new strategic plan, which kicked off in July 2025, and includes a $30M fundraising goal. This is a fantastic position for someone who wants to be part of an organization that is changing K-12 education and to build relationships with high-caliber philanthropic partners within a collaborative and fast-paced organization.
WHAT THIS ROLE DOES
Grant Writing and Management
- Collaborate with the Vice President of Development and across other departments to refine proposal ideas and project budgets
- Prepare and submit high-quality grant proposals and reports, including compiling requested attachments, and proofreading content.
- Draft letters of inquiry and other materials for donor cultivation.
- Track the execution of all grant-related milestones, coordinating with various departments to ensure milestones are met
- Manage reporting process for current grants, including tracking deadlines, writing narrative reports, working with members of the Program team to report on project activities, and coordinating with the Finance team to track grant expenditures.
Prospect Identification and Cultivation
- Identify funding opportunities and institutional prospects at the national, local, and federal level, create succinct research summaries, and communicate your findings to the team.
- Track current and prospective funder touch points and develop and execute cultivation strategies to move these opportunities forward, including drafting strategic donor communications for a variety of audiences
- Keep track of the giving strategy for major institutions and continually assess for strategic alignment
Donor Communications
- Collaborate with the Vice President to prepare for and attend donor-facing meetings for current and prospective donors as needed
- Support the Vice President in managing the portfolio of current foundation support, especially in communications with grant officers
Team Operations and Project Management
- Manage gift processing, including entering information into Salesforce and facilitating timely donor acknowledgement.
- Support the Development team’s use of Salesforce, ensuring data is up-to-date and accurate, producing reportings, and helping to manage CEO’s funder relationships in the database.
- Compile organizational information to share with the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis
- Work with the Development team to plan and execute national and local events (open houses, strategy sessions, funder breakfasts, learning symposiums, etc.)
- Partner on special projects with the Development team and CEO
KEY COMPETENCIES OF THE ROLE
- Operates Effectively - this role handles a multitude of varying responsibilities simultaneously, and must be organized, able to plan work, schedule their time, to drive toward successful completion of all commitments and deadlines
- Oral & Written Communication - clear, effective communication is critical to the success of this role whether writing grant materials, communicating regularly with all stakeholders (colleagues, donors, board members, etc.), or preparing materials to support the department (slide decks, research briefs, etc)
- Information Sharing - as a key driver of fundraising activities, ensuring effective and timely information distribution is critical
- Emotional Intelligence - working in the fundraising space involves a lot of interaction with others; being able to put others at ease, to be friendly, sensitive and warm is important to being effective in this role
- Persistence / Tenacity - to meet the ambitious goals of this team requires persistence, especially when going for large and complicated grants
- Flexibility - our organization’s work is cutting edge, and requires constantly adapting to changing environment and circumstances; this role must be able and willing to change focus and direction smoothly and effectively
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- You embody our core values : Prioritize People, Initiate and Innovate, Lifelong Learning, Creative Collaboration, Purposeful Partnerships and Considered Confidence.
- 2+ years of professional experience in grants and proposal writing preferred. Candidates without a fundraising/development background but with extensive writing experience will be considered
- BA degree preferred
- Exceptional writing skills and high degree of intellectual curiosity
- Significant experience with project management
- Demonstrated passion for/commitment to education and fundraising
- Experience with Salesforce or other donor management software preferred
- Experience securing funding from national or local foundations is a plus
- Experience with federal grants is a plus
- Comfort working with numbers, and interpreting budgets and data analysis preferred
- A strong work ethic, supported by commitment and excellent follow up and follow through
- Willingness to “pitch in” and work as a team player on a spectrum of activities from supporting initiatives administratively to contributing to and executing strategy
WORK SAMPLE SUBMISSION (REQUIRED)
Along with your application, please submit one professional writing sample that demonstrates your ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with external audiences. This may include grant-related writing (such as a proposal, letter of inquiry, or report) or another relevant work product (e.g., a memo, brief, or stakeholder communication). Limit your writing sample to a single page using a 12-point font and standard one-inch margins. Confidential or identifying information may be redacted.
ROLE CLASSIFICATION AND BENEFITS
This role is remote, full-time, and includes benefits such as rich medical, dental, and vision insurance, 41 paid days off per year (prorated for the period in which you work), paid parental leave, a professional development budget and a quarterly cell phone subsidy.
The hiring salary range for this role is $63,000 - $68,000 and will be commensurate with experience. We have a hiring salary range of $70,000 - $75,000 for specific higher cost of labor locations, which include New York City, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco/Oakland, Los Angeles, Seattle and their metro areas.
New Classrooms is a fully remote organization. All employees work from home, and occasionally travel for in-person get-togethers and off-sites.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex.