Director, Foundation Grants Strategy

Overview

The Director, Foundation Grants Strategy leads the Central Health Foundation’s institutional funding and grantsstrategy and coordinates Foundation-led and collaborative grant opportunities across the Central Health Enterprise.The Director identifies and evaluates funding opportunities, develops and coordinates competitive proposals,cultivates institutional funder relationships, and supports the effective administration of grants and subgrants heldor issued by the Foundation. The position works closely with Foundation leadership, Central Health,CommUnityCare, Sendero, and existing enterprise grants functions to ensure funding opportunities align withorganizational priorities and that responsibilities are clearly assigned throughout the grant lifecycle.The Director serves as the Foundation’s grants subject-matter expert and supports coordinated enterprise visibilityinto institutional funding opportunities, submissions, awards, requirements, and risks. The role does not replace ordirectly supervise existing grants-management functions within Central Health, CommUnityCare, or Sendero.

Responsibilities

Foundation Grants Strategy and Portfolio Planning:- Develop, implement, and regularly evaluate the Foundation’s institutional funding and grants strategy inalignment with Central Health’s mission, strategic priorities, health-equity goals, and approved philanthropicinitiatives.- Partner with the Foundation CEO, Vice President of Foundation Strategy, enterprise grants leaders, and programstakeholders to identify priorities appropriate for foundation, corporate, governmental, and other institutionalfunding.- Maintain a coordinated portfolio of prospective, pending, awarded, active, and closed Foundation grantopportunities.- Establish portfolio goals, performance indicators, reporting expectations, and review processes.- Monitor funder priorities, open solicitations, public-policy developments, and funding trends that may affectFoundation and enterprise opportunities.- Evaluate potential opportunities based on strategic alignment, eligibility, organizational readiness, administrativeburden, financial impact, match requirements, compliance risk, sustainability, and anticipated community benefit.- Prepare opportunity summaries, portfolio recommendations, risk assessments, and performance updates forFoundation leadership and applicable oversight groups.- Maintain a coordinated Foundation grants calendar and support enterprise visibility into significant fundingopportunities and deadlines.Opportunity Review and Enterprise Coordination:- Lead a structured intake and review process for Foundation-led and collaborative grant opportunities.- Coordinate with Central Health, CommUnityCare, Sendero, and other enterprise grants teams to avoid duplicatesubmissions, competing applications, conflicting funder outreach, or unclear accountability.- Facilitate decisions regarding whether an opportunity should be pursued by the Foundation, an enterprise entity,or through a collaborative submission.- Document decisions, roles, responsibilities, timelines, risks, dependencies, and escalation pathways.- Support the work of a grants oversight committee or other designated enterprise grants-governance structure.- Coordinate cross-entity planning for opportunities involving more than one Central Health Enterpriseorganization.- Facilitate enterprise coordination without assuming supervisory authority over employees outside the Foundation.Proposal Development and Submission:- Lead proposal development for opportunities for which the Foundation is the applicant or designated lead.- Coordinate collaborative proposals involving multiple Central Health Enterprise organizations.- Partner with entity grants teams when their organizations are the applicant or when they contributeprogrammatic, financial, clinical, operational, or technical content.- Develop or coordinate letters of inquiry, concept papers, grant applications, and supporting materials.- Translate organizational priorities, community needs, program design, expected outcomes, and implementationcapacity into clear and persuasive proposal narratives.- Coordinate proposal timelines, assignments, review cycles, approvals, and submission requirements.- Partner with Finance and program leaders to develop grant budgets, budget narratives, cost allocations, matchdocumentation, and sustainability plans.- Ensure submissions are accurate, complete, appropriately reviewed, and approved before submission.- Maintain proposal, funder, and submission records in the designated grants or donor-management system.- Responsibility for entity-specific proposals is assigned through the approved grants-governance process.Institutional Funder Relationships:- Develop and maintain professional relationships with foundation, corporate, and other institutional funders.- Serve as the Foundation relationship owner for assigned funders and opportunities.- Coordinate funder communication with the Foundation CEO, Strategy, enterprise grants teams, program leaders,and other designated relationship owners.- Prepare Foundation and Central Health leaders for funder meetings, briefings, site visits, and due-diligenceactivities.- Represent the Foundation in funder discussions, collaborative planning, and appropriate external forums withindelegated authority.- Maintain accurate records of funder priorities, communications, proposals, agreements, reporting requirements,and relationship activity.- Identify opportunities to strengthen institutional partnerships and expand support for Central Health priorities.- Coordinate relationship ownership when a funder engages both the Foundation and another Central HealthEnterprise organization.Foundation-Held Awards and Post-Award Coordination:- Oversee post-award coordination for grants held by the Foundation.- Establish clear responsibilities for program implementation, financial management, reporting, compliance,communications, and stewardship.- Coordinate the review, routing, execution, maintenance, and renewal of Foundation grant agreements.- Partner with Foundation Operations, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and program owners to interpret and documentaward requirements.- Maintain systems and calendars for award terms, deliverables, reporting deadlines, spending periods, matchrequirements, amendments, and closeout activities.- Coordinate the collection and review of programmatic and financial information required for funder reports.- Monitor compliance with grant agreements, donor restrictions, approved budgets, and reporting obligations.- Identify and escalate noncompliance, underspending, overspending, missed deadlines, performance concerns, orother portfolio risks.- Coordinate requests for amendments, extensions, budget revisions, scope changes, or other funder approvals.- Support audits, monitoring reviews, due diligence, and corrective-action activities associated with Foundationheldawards.- Responsibility for grants awarded directly to Central Health, CommUnityCare, Sendero, or another entity isdetermined through the grants governance process.Foundation Grants and Subgrants:- Coordinate grants and subgrants issued by the Foundation to Central Health, CommUnityCare, Sendero,community partners, or other approved recipients.- Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, Foundation Operations, and recipient organizations to develop andadminister appropriate agreements.- Establish clear requirements for use of funds, deliverables, financial documentation, program reporting, auditrights, monitoring, and corrective action.- Coordinate due diligence, risk review, agreement routing, and approval requirements.- Monitor recipient compliance with approved purposes, donor restrictions, grant terms, and reportingrequirements.- Review or coordinate review of programmatic and financial reports submitted by recipients.- Maintain visibility into award activity, restricted-fund balances, reporting status, performance, and identifiedrisks.- Coordinate amendments, corrective actions, closeout, and follow-up as needed.- Prepare regular subgrant portfolio reports for Foundation leadership and appropriate governance or oversightgroups.Restricted Funds, Compliance, and Financial Coordination:- Partner with Foundation Operations and Finance to maintain accurate visibility into grant-related restricted funds,award balances, spending activity, and reporting requirements.- Ensure grant requirements and restrictions are clearly communicated to program, financial, operational, andreporting owners.- Coordinate compliance activities with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Internal Audit, and other subject-matterexperts.- Support implementation of grant-related policies, procedures, controls, and documentation standards.- Coordinate supporting documentation for audits, funder reviews, regulatory reporting, and grant closeout.- Escalate material financial, legal, compliance, or stewardship concerns to the appropriate Foundation and CentralHealth leaders.- Maintain complete and accurate grant, agreement, reporting, and compliance records.- Foundation Operations and Finance retain responsibility for broader accounting, reconciliation, giftadministration, and financial-control processes.Portfolio Reporting and Continuous Improvement:- In partnership with Foundation Operations, develop and maintain dashboards and reports covering:Funding opportunitiesProposals submittedAwards and declinesPortfolio valueReporting statusRestricted-fund activitySpending and performance risksFunder engagementGrants and subgrants issued by the Foundation- Provide regular portfolio updates to Foundation leadership and applicable grants oversight groups.- Evaluate the timeliness, quality, compliance, and effectiveness of Foundation grants processes.- Develop and maintain grants policies, procedures, templates, calendars, intake tools, decision records, andreference materials.- Identify opportunities to improve enterprise coordination, strengthen proposal quality, reduce compliance risk,and streamline workflows.- Maintain current knowledge of grants management, healthcare philanthropy, institutional giving, public-sectorfunding, and funder requirements.- Lead assigned grants-related projects and coordinate consultants, vendors, or temporary resources withindelegated authority, as applicable.

Qualifications

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree (higher degree accepted) in public administration, public health, business administration, nonprofit management, communications, finance, - Required

- Master's Degree (higher degree accepted) in public administration, public health, business administration, nonprofit management, communications, finance, healthcare administration, or a related field. - Preferred

Experience:

- 7 years of progressively responsible experience in grant strategy, grant writing, grant management, institutional giving, nonprofit fundraising, public-sector grants, healthcare grants, or a related field. - Required

- Experience managing work across the grant lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, proposal development, budgets, agreements, reporting, compliance, and closeout. - Required

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