Grants Officer

About Kataly Foundation

Kataly Foundation, a family foundation based in the San Francisco Bay Area, supports restorative economics, environmental justice, mindfulness and healing justice, and racial justice. Founded in 2018 with the intention of spending out a $445 million endowment over a ten-year time horizon, this growing organization intends to support movements around these issues and serve as a progressive leader in philanthropy.

Kataly’s mission is to support and provide resources to communities and social movements that are exploring new solutions to persistent, systemic problems. Kataly does this while embracing its role and responsibility in changing systems that led to wealth extraction from these communities in the first place. Kataly moves resources to support the economic, political, and cultural power of Black and Indigenous communities and all communities of color. By transforming its own relationship to capital, the planet, and each other, the Kataly Foundation will redistribute and redefine wealth in a way that leads to transformation, abundance, and regeneration.

One important distinction of the Kataly Foundation is that its approach is meant to be inclusive of the communities it seeks to fund. Pursuing a “practitioner-funder” philosophy, the Foundation actively engages leaders in the fields it supports to help make grantmaking decisions. Kataly aims to center solutions where the problems are. In addition, the Foundation is committed to solidarity philanthropy practices: general operating support, creative use of capital, and a commitment to capacity building and network weaving.

The Opportunity

The Grants Officer will be a thoughtful and engaged contributor to Kataly's growing team, reporting to the Chief Financial and Operations Officer (CFOO) and work in collaboration with a fellow Grants Officer. The successful candidate will have experience with grants management processes, grant administration, database management, grantee communications, and a commitment to ensuring the highest quality experience for the Foundation's grantees. Overall, this position will facilitate cohesion across grant processes and practices at Kataly by working in close partnership with the Foundation's program teams and the CFOO.

Within this framework, Kataly Foundation seeks a Grant Officer with the following attributes:

• Significant experience working with information systems and database management software.

• 3+ years of operational experience in a nonprofit, philanthropic, or social impact organization.

• Theoretical and practical knowledge of grantmaking processes, workflows, and terminology.

• Experience designing and mapping processes and facilitating learning across a broad range of partners.

• Capacity to train other team members as needed.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• The ability to manage confidential or sensitive information with discretion.

• The ability to interact easily with a wide range of people/styles with a customer service approach.

• Strong internal and external service orientation background.

• Highly organized with an attention to detail and a commitment to rigor/excellent work product.

• Strong time management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong work ethic and the highest level of personal and professional integrity.

In addition, strong candidates will offer:

• Experience working with Salesforce or an applicable database solution.

• Familiarity and interest in philanthropic best practices and trust-based grantmaking.

• Project management experience and/or certification are a plus.

• Solid operational and implementation experience.

• Exposure, experience, or personal commitment to supporting racial and economic justice-oriented grantmaking.

The Kataly Foundation is deeply committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We seek to have a diverse and inclusive workforce to promote effective work in partnership with all communities and population groups. The Foundation seeks a professional with a commitment to the power of philanthropy, social justice, and the common good; a passion for Kataly's program areas and organizational values; a collegial work style; a sense of humor; and the dedication to work hard toward fulfilling the Foundation's mission of truly empowering communities and moving the needle on critical issues facing our nation. 

Even though this is currently a remote position, the successful candidate must live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The remote nature of the job may be changed at any time, in Kataly’s sole discretion, requiring the employee in the role to attend a Kataly-sponsored work location one or more days per workweek. Kataly may also increase the number of in-person meetings and events even if the job remains remote. A candidate’s location, therefore, is a meaningful consideration for Kataly. (Kataly does not provide paid relocation.)

This position is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Compensation

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The salary range for this role is $140,000 - $150,000. Kataly offers a comprehensive benefits package.

To apply and see full details, visit: https://apptrkr.com/5474243