POSITION SUMMARY
Ramat Shalom Beth Israel (RSBI) seeks a highly organized, detail-oriented, and mission-driven Grants Manager (GM) to support the organization’s institutional fundraising and prospect development efforts. Reporting to the Executive Director, the GM will play a central role in identifying funding opportunities, developing compelling grant proposals and reports, conducting prospect research, managing grant deadlines and deliverables, and supporting foundation and donor stewardship efforts.
The GM will work closely with the Executive Director to strengthen fundraising systems, support donor cultivation efforts, and advance institutional fundraising strategies, particularly at the intersection of family foundations and individual donors. This position is ideal for a strong writer and project manager who enjoys collaborating across departments, translating programmatic work into compelling fundraising materials, and helping secure resources that advance RSBI’s mission.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES
Grant writing and Reporting
- Draft compelling letters of inquiry, grant proposals, renewal requests and reports for private, family, and institutional foundations.
- Collaborate with program staff to gather information, metrics, budgets, and impact data for fundraising materials.
- Translate complex policy, educational and leadership-development initiatives into clear, persuasive narratives.
- Ensure all submissions are accurate, timely, and aligned with organizational priorities and funder requirements.
- Develop foundation briefing materials and funding analyses for senior staff and lay leadership.
Grants Management
- Maintain and manage a comprehensive grants calendar in Salesforce and Todoist, including proposal deadlines, reporting requirements, stewardship activities, and renewal schedules.
- Track grant deliverables and ensure compliance with funder expectations.
- Maintain accurate grant files, proposal archives, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate closely with program and finance staff to ensure timely reporting and accurate budget information.
- Support institutional fundraising planning through grant tracking, revenue forecasting, and pipeline management.
Prospect Research and Pipeline Development
- Identify and qualify new prospects whose philanthropic interests align with RSBI’s programs and priorities.
- Monitor philanthropic trends and identify new funding opportunities aligned with RSBI’s mission and strategic priorities.
- Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective institutional and individual funding opportunities.
- Prepare foundation updates, impact summaries, stewardship reports, and donor communications and support foundation meetings, donor briefings, and cultivation events.
- Support major-donor strategy through prospect research, briefing materials, tracking, and stewardship.Primary relationship management and solicitation of major individual donors will remain with the Executive Director, clergy, and appropriate lay leadership.
- Work with the Executive Director to maintain accurate fundraising data and meaningful fundraising reports.
- Support prospect tracking, moves management, and donor engagement strategies.
Collaborate with RSBI staff to identify programs, initiatives, and organizational priorities with fundraising potential.
FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS METRICS
- Establish and manage a comprehensive grants and institutional fundraising calendar and tracking system.
- Build a measurable pipeline of $500,000 in qualified foundation, corporate, institutional and individual funding prospects.
- Develop prospect profiles and research materials that expand IPF's pipeline of foundation and individual funding opportunities.
- Produce high-quality proposals, reports, donor communications, and stewardship templates and materials.
- Establish baseline metrics for proposals submitted, dollars requested, dollars awarded, renewal rates, and new funders secured.
- Demonstrate meaningful growth in RSBI’s institutional fundraising pipeline and position the organization for year-over-year growth in contributed revenue.
- Strengthen collaboration among development, finance, programs, clergy and organizational leadership.
DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Required
- A minimum of 3–5 years of experience in grant writing, institutional fundraising, nonprofit development, prospect research, or a related field.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
- Strong project management and organizational abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- Experience conducting donor and foundation prospect research.
- Experience working with CRM systems; Shulcloud experience preferred.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Familiarity with Jewish communal landscape in North America.
- Comfort using AI-assisted research and drafting tools responsibly, with strong independent review for accuracy, confidentiality and appropriate attribution.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred
- Familiarity with the Jewish communal, public policy, or nonprofit sectors.
- Experience supporting foundation fundraising, institutional giving, major gifts, or donor research initiatives.
- Experience using AI tools to support research, writing, and workflow management
About Ramat Shalom Beth Israel
Ramat Shalom Beth Israel is a dynamic Jewish community serving individuals and families throughout western Broward County. Our congregation is committed to meaningful Jewish life, lifelong learning, worship, community, social responsibility, and creating a place where people feel known, valued, and connected.
As RSBI looks toward its next chapter, we are investing in the development infrastructure necessary to sustain and grow our community for years to come. The Director of Development will have the opportunity to help build that program — identifying new sources of support, strengthening existing relationships, and creating a thoughtful and reliable approach to fundraising.
Reports to: Executive Director
Position: Full-time
Location: Plantation, Florida
Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience.
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter describing their development and fundraising experience and their interest in joining the RSBI community.