The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women.

We envision a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability.

Our mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy.

Founded in 1978, DWC was the first permanent supportive housing provider for women in the U.S.

#EveryWomanHoused

Industry: Non-profit Organizations
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Downtown Women's Center

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**Summary**

Help discover, secure, and track institutional funding opportunities that will ensure DWC’s financial sustainability and future success! DWC’s Grant Writer will manage a portfolio of foundation, corporate, and/or government funders. Reporting to the Manager - Grants, you will be responsible for identifying new funding prospects and opportunities, drafting and reviewing proposals and reports, and coordinating with programs and finance teams to identify organizational needs.

Please submit a resume and cover letter through DWC’s application portal. Candidates invited to interview will be required to submit a writing sample. This role will require a combination of remote and on-site work at DWC’s Downtown LA office.

**Essential Functions**

- Identify and solicit corporate, foundation, and government grant opportunities matched to DWC programs and activities and determine which opportunities strategically align with DWC’s organizational priorities and capacity. Contribute to the fundraising goal for Grants revenue.

- Work across departments to develop and submit grant proposals and reports, including identifying measurable goals and objectives for program development; compiling program outlines, materials, and data to write a compelling narrative; developing grant budgets and financial reports in partnership with program directors and the finance team; and working with Finance, Operations, and Program staff to ensure compliance with all public and private grant requirements.

- Effectively manage grant deliverables aligned with an assigned portfolio, including crafting proposals, reports, and other grant deliverables that reflect DWC’s values and mission. Leverage project management tools to steward deliverables and grant opportunities and effectively coordinate between all constituents from prospecting through closeout.

- Develop engagement strategies and donor cultivation plans to grow DWC’s revenue from a portfolio of corporate, foundation, and/or government donors. Meet with donors regularly, virtually and in person.

- Possess a strong understanding of the measures and metrics used to evaluate DWC programs and identify measurable goals and objectives for use in proposals. Work with Program Directors and Measurement and Evaluation staff to monitor grant outcomes and prepare accurate and timely reports.

- Weekly, maintain and update proposal and award information in systems and databases, creating and maintaining files, and coordinating/tracking proposal submission, award set-up, compliance, tracking, and reporting. Ensure that all deadlines are met and work is prioritized effectively.

- Work across Development team to engage new and existing foundation and institutional partners and enhance relationships through grants, event sponsorships, volunteer opportunities, and in-kind donations.

- Assist with additional activities in support of our annual Fund Development Plan, including annual and planned giving, capital campaigns, fundraising events, tours and presentations, and reporting.

- Other duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Competencies

- Time Management

- Project Management

- Writing & Editing

- Coordination & Facilitation

- Multitasking & Problem Solving

- Detail Oriented & Highly Organized

- Relationship Building

- Frontline Fundraising

- Understanding of Proposal and Budget Development Process

- Systems & Data Management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position would also require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, non-exempt position. Days and hours of work are Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm with the ability to work evenings and weekends when necessary.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position.

Ability to Work Remotely

Hybrid – This role is expected to work on-site at minimum 1 day per week, or more as needed and requested by Supervisor.

**Required Education, Experience, And Qualifications**

- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.

- 1-3 years of previous grant writing, development, and/or fundraising experience for a nonprofit organization required.

- Knowledge of foundation and corporate funding landscape for homeless/social service agencies in Los Angeles and beyond.

- Ability to meet deadlines and follow rigorous, systematic, and disciplined approach to grant research, coordination, tracking, and reporting.

- Exceptional skill in comprehension, analysis, and technical writing, including the ability to articulate and explain complex funding and financial issues in a clear, non-technical manner.

- Fundamental understanding of the grants process, including prospect research, cultivation, proposal and budget development, and reporting.

- Demonstrated success as a team player, including the ability to develop and maintain a goal-oriented, positive attitude throughout the organization.

- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to comfortably interface with Board Members, Leadership, donors, and general DWC community.

- Self-starter capable of working independently.

- Compassion and understanding of DWC’s unique approach to service provision.

- Cultural humility.

- Must be a CA resident and live no more than 80 miles from DWC; must be available for in-person meetings at DWC.

- Must provide documentation of a negative TB test result within the last twelve months, on first day of hire.

Pay Range

$31-36/hourly

Work Authorization

Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. DWC does not sponsor employment visas, such as H-1B.

Fair Chance Act Statement

Downtown Women’s Center will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Downtown Women’s Center is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right’s Department Fair Chance Act webpage.

Downtown Women’s Center provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants and actively seeks candidates who reflect the rich diversity of the communities that we serve. We are committed to a work environment that embraces and promotes individuality and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion of varied perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences are essential to our organization’s effectiveness, and allow us to serve our clients in the respectful, responsive, and understanding way that they deserve. We define diversity in broad terms to include race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, mental or physical disability, marital status, pregnancy, military and veteran status, medical condition, geography, socio-economic status, and other unique attributes that make us who we are.

Downtown Women’s Center complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Grant Writer

With enough imagination, even the toughest problems have solutions.

Impact Justice is a group of researchers and innovators who think outside the box about scalable justice solutions. Join us at impactjustice.org.

Industry: Non-profit Organizations
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Impact Justice

**The Role**

The Senior Grant Writer leads proposal writing and grant reporting efforts for Impact Justice’s small-but-mighty Development team. You will work with and across program teams leading innovative projects in criminal justice reform–like a reentry housing innovation, an AmeriCorps program designed for formerly incarcerated leaders, and creative approaches to improving food in prison. You’ll craft and refine proposals for well-aligned funders and funding opportunities and manage a grants calendar of proposal and reporting deadlines.

Who You Are

You are a confident, fast writer who knows their way around a grants calendar. The opportunity to write about a wide range of innovative criminal justice reform programs is exciting to you, and you know how to ask the right questions in order to craft compelling, clear proposal language. You’re not too precious about your drafts; you appreciate edits, and your top priority is landing on the most engaging, compelling, effective narrative you can. You can juggle multiple balls without any dropping and maximize efficiency without sacrificing quality. You can anticipate problems or decision-points and elevate those rather than waiting to be told or asked, and you aren’t comfortable letting even small errors slide. You’re comfortable working with multiple different leaders and are at ease being flexible and adaptable.

What You Will Do

**Responsibilities**

The anticipated start date for this position is**May 2026. ** You will report to IJ’s Director of Development. Your core responsibilities will be:

- Proposal Writing – You will draft, edit, and submit grant proposals, letters of intent, and concept notes. This involves synthesizing past language, writing new content aligned with a funder’s goals, meeting with program leaders to gather information, and working through a review process to get the final language right. You will also help lead the development/review of proposal attachments, including budgets, budget narratives, financial documents, and supplemental organization or program-specific materials.

- Grant Reporting – You will draft, edit, and submit grant reports. You’ll also help build more efficient and effective grant reporting systems to test and refine across program teams at Impact Justice.

- Post-Award Grants Management – You will help manage Impact Justice’s portfolio of awarded grants. This involves careful review of award letters, reporting deadline tracking, and collaboration with finance and program departments on post-award grant compliance.

- Prospect Research – You will review Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and help identify and research potential funding sources, including public and private grant opportunities, contracting opportunities, and prizes.

- Institutional Fundraising Strategy – You will play a role in goal setting and strategic planning for Impact Justice’s overall institutional funding portfolio, in collaboration with the Director of Development and Senior Manager, Development and Donor Experience. This involves revenue forecasting and work to build a grants calendar that closes gaps in funding.

We are also committed to ethical, nuanced approaches to AI use in writing and fundraising and are currently exploring various options to support our development work. This will be an area of exploration and growth for Impact Justice’s Development team, led by the Director of Development. The successful candidate for this position will be comfortable with, or have experience with, large language models such as Claude and Chat GPT.

Applying

Successful candidates typically have 5+ years of professional experience, of which at least 3 years should have included a focus on nonprofit grant writing. Your previous experience managing the types of tasks and projects that drive fundraising success and are relevant to this role are more important to us than years of experience alone.

**That said, we know there are great candidates who may not think they fit into what we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that is you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself!**

**Required Qualifications**

- Exceptional writing and copyediting skills.

- Ability to synthesize program design, needs, and impact into clear, persuasive narrative.

- Effective project and people management skills – ability to work independently and across multiple program teams.

- Demonstrated time management skills, including the ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize deadlines.

- Strong research skills; navigate online directories and databases with ease.

- Meticulous attention to detail.

- Positive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving and receiving edits and feedback.

- Proficiency with standard office technology/software and web applications.

- Experience with or the capacity to learn AI tools

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with program design, program evaluation, and logic models

- Experience with CRMs (particularly Bloomerang)

- Experience building and enhancing systems for effective grant reporting and compliance

Consistent with our compensation philosophy, our starting salaries are established to represent strong compensation in the marketplace and to maintain internal equity. The starting salary for this position is fixed at**$82,002 **, with annual increases defined by the current collective bargaining agreement. This is a bargaining unit position with Impact Justice United represented by OPEIU International. The benefits that come with working at Impact Justice include medical, dental, and FSA plans, significant vacation and wellness leave, and immediate vesting in our 401K with a generous match. This is a full-time, salaried position.

This is a full-time, salaried position. The candidate should be located in one of our office locations: Oakland, CA; Washington, DC; or Los Angeles, CA. The Senior Grant Writer will work under a hybrid schedule with at least two in-office days per week. Periodic deviations to the regular hybrid schedule may be required due to program needs. We are not considering remote staff for this position.

If this all sounds like a good fit for you, please send your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining why you are particularly interested in the role and why we should be particularly interested in you!

We plan on making decisions on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply the better.

Senior Grant Writer

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