Information and Grants Manager, Richard King Mellon Foundation
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
The Organization
For more than 77 years, the Richard King Mellon Foundation (the Foundation) has invested in the competitive future and quality of life in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and in the protection, preservation, and restoration of America’s environmental heritage.
The Foundation was established in 1947 by Richard King Mellon (1899 – 1970), president and chairman of Mellon Bank, a conservationist and leading figure in the financial and civic life of Pennsylvania. Following his service in World War II, General Mellon had recently returned home to catalyze the nationally recognized Pittsburgh Renaissance, a groundbreaking public-private partnership for urban revitalization. As a banker and director of major corporations, he envisioned philanthropy as an investment and partnership to improve the city and region where he worked and lived. As a lifelong outdoorsman and sportsman, he, along with his wife, Constance Prosser Mellon, had an equally strong commitment to preserving wildlife habitat and the natural world. Mrs. Mellon served as chair of the Foundation from 1947 until her death in 1980.
With assets of approximately $3.1 billion and annual grants and social impact investments of $175 million, the Richard King Mellon Foundation embodies the vision of its founders – to serve primarily Southwestern Pennsylvania with a strategic interest in advancing regional economic development, conservation, economic mobility, and health and well-being improvements for those most at risk in society. The Richard King Mellon Foundation is also about to embark on an exciting new chapter in the Foundation’s distinguished history. In April, the Foundation moved into new offices in the historic Auction House in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Like the adjacent Terminal building, the renovated Auction House is LEED Silver certified. It is at the center of the Strip District, which was designated a Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The Foundation also has revamped its visual identity. The Foundation’s new logo, featured on the new website, was designed to honor the Foundation’s 75-year history, while also reflecting its contemporary philanthropic leadership. The new logo takes its inspiration from the logo of the former Mellon Bank. The new logo is accompanied by a new tagline: “Visionaries Wanted.”
In 2021, the Foundation completed a Strategic Plan to award more than $1.2 billion in grants and program-related investments from 2021-2030. It is a plan to focus the Foundation’s resources on most impactful pathways to stimulate opportunity and prosperity for the people of Southwestern Pennsylvania and to do even more to protect, steward and activate environmentally sensitive land in southwestern Pennsylvania and across the United States.
For more information, please visit: https://www.rkmf.org/
The Opportunity
The Foundation is seeking a dedicated, discreet, systems-oriented nonprofit professional as their new Information & Grants Manager. This position will support the Foundation by managing the influx of grant proposals, communicating with grantees and prospects, synthesizing, managing, and tracking grantee-related information, and assisting the Program Officers with grantee evaluation. The Information & Grants Manager will be expected to work closely with the current Senior Information & Grants Manager as well as support the work of the Foundation’s Program Officers, the Director, and the Program Coordinator.
The Information & Grants Manager will be primarily responsible for the following:
Grants Management
- Downloads online applications into the BBGM database.
- Ensures accuracy of data including organization address, contact information, and organization tax status verification.
- Assists with grant approval process.
- Inputs and tracks payment schedules and reporting requirements.
- Assists with creation of board meeting agenda and board reports.
- Produces grantee correspondence, including award letters and declinations.
- Assists Senior Information & Grants Manager with creation of templates for various applications, including RFPs.
- Sends report requirement reminders to grantees monthly.
- Creates, maintains, and updates dashboards for program staff.
- Assists with report creation and data searches, as requested.
- Assists nonprofit organizations with questions related to application process and troubleshoot/resolve technical issues relating to the online portal.
Website Management
- Posts approved grants onto the Foundation website accurately and in a timely manner.
- Assists Senior Information & Grants Manager with troubleshooting and website issues.
Office Administration
- Relieves the Program Coordinator during mail runs and breaks, directing incoming calls and greeting visitors.
- Assists the Program Coordinator with event planning and coordination.
The Candidate
The successful candidate will have personal and professional integrity beyond reproach and will manage both confidential and sensitive information appropriately. The Information & Grants Manager will need to be able to work collaboratively with staff in order to effectively shepherd grants from proposal to closure, demonstrating a deep understanding of the needs to grantees and other stakeholders. Detail-oriented and diligent, the successful candidate will have system expertise and can support leadership when called upon as well as manage up when necessary.
All candidates should possess a combination of the following skills and attributes:
- Demonstrated passion for and commitment to the Foundation’s mission and vision.
- Educational background that supports the required skills and competencies.
- Prior experience with evaluation of written reports, proposals, or grant submissions.
- Ability to work both as a valued team member and independently in carrying out the Foundation’s mission.
- Demonstrated dedication, integrity, honesty, and trust.
- Strong detail-orientation with the ability to synthesize, summarize, and analyze information.
- The ability to be proactive and to anticipate the needs of a diverse team.
- Solutions-oriented, with the ability to improve processes while respecting the confines of a system and the distinctiveness of the Foundation’s culture.
- A team-oriented attitude, willing to perform work that might not be part of the position’s primary duties.
Workplace Environment and Compensation
The Information & Grants Manager is full-time, in-office position. The Foundation is located in the Produce Terminal Auction House in the historic Strip District of Pittsburgh. This position offers a competitive salary range with progressive benefit offerings. Salary information is available via an email to: [email protected].
How to Apply
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has retained Nonprofit Talent to assist with this important organizational change process. Specific questions related to the position may be emailed to Michelle Pagano Heck, President, at [email protected]. Please direct all inquiries related to this position to Nonprofit Talent, and do not contact the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
Resume, position-specific cover letter, and salary expectations can be uploaded via this portal.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY 5PM ON October 11, 2024
