Location: Remote (HQ: Mooresville, NC)
Travel Required: None
Contract Pay: $20.50/hour (1099 contractor)
Position Type: Contract position, 10 hours/week (flexible hours)
Role & Responsibilities
Grant Development & Management
- Identify grants and other funding opportunities for donations ranging from $100 to $25,000, aligned with FOODiversity’s mission and programs.
- Draft, edit, and format grant proposals, letters of inquiries, and supporting materials.
- Track grant deadlines, submissions, and reporting requirements.
Fundraising & Donor Engagement
- Designing and executing fundraising events, donor recognition events, and external awareness-raising communications to highlight the impacts of FOODiversity.
- Prepare acknowledgment letters, impact updates, and thank-you communications.
- Help develop fundraising materials (such as brochures, social media content, and newsletters).
- Build and maintain relationships with individual, corporate, foundation, and civic donors before and after contributions are made.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in grant writing.
- 3-5 years of experience in fundraising.
- Interact with people with sensitivity, appreciation, and always without discrimination with regard to race; color; religion/creed; national origin or ancestry; socioeconomic position; physical or mental abilities, and sexual orientation/gender identification.
- Ability to manage multiple projects within budget, timeline, and policies.
- Access to and proficiency in Google Docs, Google Sheets, Gmail, Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet.
- Genuine interest in cultivating relationships and soliciting financial support.
- Passion for the mission of FOODiversity.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- Knowledge and/or lived experience of food insecurity and the emergency food system.
- Expansive knowledge and/or lived experience of food allergy or celiac disease.
- Familiarity with donor databases or CRM systems.
- 5+ years of experience in grant writing.
- 5+ years of experience in fundraising.
Additional Notes
- Must have the use of their own computer, Wi-Fi, and workspace.
- Background report required (covered by FOODiversity).
About FOODiversity
FOODiversity is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the burden of food insecurity for households living with food allergies, celiac disease, and food intolerances.
We prevent hunger, medical emergencies, and hospitalizations by raising awareness, providing educational and financial support, and increasing access to food for people with specific dietary needs.
People in economic distress who live with these chronic conditions fall deeper into food insecurity. In these cases, generalized emergency food assistance cannot meet their needs. Families are in constant crisis until they gain access to a consistent and reliable source of safe food.
FOODiversity’s customers are people with special dietary needs, including Title 1 students, college students, patients, guests of food pantries/soup kitchens, etc.
FOODiversity’s clients are frontline emergency food providers, such as food pantries, soup kitchens, schools and universities, backpack meal organizations, healthcare systems, and more.
FOODiversity’s partners are organizations providing service, education, and support, mostly in the food allergy and celiac disease spaces. Partners range from large, well-established voices to smaller organizations and individuals.
