Madison, Wisconsin8 days ago
These positions also provide field leadership through significant thought partnership, facilitating connections among grantees, partner organizations, and peer funders, hosting/facilitating conference sessions and strategic convenings, engaging in aligned funder networks and professional associations, and writing thought pieces to share Ascendium’s learning and perspective with key audiences. Work across the lifecycle of grant funding, including developing portfolio objectives, sourcing ideas and partners, assessing strategic alignment in response to ideas that emerge from the field, shepherding applicants through the grant proposal process, developing appropriate reporting and payment structures, and drafting succinct, clear, and analytic New Funding Proposals for board of directors’ review.