Global Paint for Charity is a top-rated 501(c)(3) that recovers, recycles, and redistributes surplus paint to underserved communities. Since 2010 we have provided more than 5 million gallons across 44 countries, improving living, learning, and healing spaces while diverting waste from landfills. Join a mission where sustainability, public health, and community dignity meet measurable results.
Role Overview
The Grant Writer will lead and grow GPC’s grant portfolio. You will plan, research, write, budget, submit, and track competitive proposals to foundations, corporations, and public agencies. You will also help nurture funder relationships and build repeatable systems that raise our win rate and reporting quality.
We are inclusive. If you are early in your career but eager to learn, apply and note your interest.
Key Responsibilities
- Grant pipeline management: Own the full lifecycle from prospecting to submission and award set-up. Maintain an up-to-date grants calendar with deadlines, statuses, and next actions.
- Prospect research: Identify at least 10 new aligned opportunities per month using databases and open calls. Produce fit summaries that include eligibility, ranges, and deadlines.
- Proposal development: Draft letters of inquiry, narratives, budgets, logic models, and appendices. Tailor cases for support to programs like paint recovery, community beautification, workforce development, AI-enabled operations, and education.
- Budgets and compliance: Build simple, accurate proposal budgets and budget narratives. Coordinate with finance on cost allocations and ensure adherence to funder guidelines.
- Data and impact: Partner with the Data Analyst Manager to source verified metrics for outputs and outcomes. Incorporate ESG and SDG alignment, CO2 avoidance estimates, gallons recovered and reused, and community well-being indicators.
- Reporting and stewardship: Prepare interim and final reports, renewal requests, and amendment letters. Track deliverables and outcomes, document lessons learned, and support funder communications and thank-you touchpoints.
- Systems and documentation: Keep clean records of submissions, awards, and reports in shared drives or a light CRM. Create reusable boilerplate for mission, programs, and impact.
Qualifications
- Strong writing, editing, and persuasive communication skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to synthesize data, stories, and program details into clear cases for support.
- Comfortable with Google Workspace. Familiarity with tools like Foundation Directory Online, Grants.gov, Instrumentl, Airtable, Asana, or similar is a plus.
- Experience in fundraising, grant writing, research, or technical writing is preferred, but motivated learners are welcome.
- Professionalism, reliability, and a collaborative mindset. Passion for sustainability and community impact