Feb 3, 2025

About the Peterson Foundation

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is working to secure a healthy, growing economy by addressing America’s long-term fiscal challenges. The Foundation partners with leading policy experts, elected officials and the public to build support for solutions to put America on a sustainable fiscal path. As a non-partisan organization, the Foundation engages in grant-making, partnerships, and research to educate and involve Americans from a variety of perspectives.

Department Summary

The Grant Operations team oversees the lifecycle of all grantmaking processes for program officers and grantees, ensures compliance and due diligence of grants with IRS policies and Foundation requirements, provides reporting to Finance and senior leadership, and manages the grants database.  It ensures the seamless administration and execution of grants for the Foundation.

Position Description

Tackling complex fiscal issues and fostering meaningful action requires developing targeted, high impact grant investments. To be successful, the Foundation must leverage its resources to support education, research and analysis, and outreach to policymakers and the American public at large.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this position is a key contributor to the grantmaking function of the Foundation and the Peterson Center on Healthcare and will work as a team with an Associate to support our grantmaking activities.

Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the job include:

• Maintain database of grant history, potential grantee and proposal applications.
• Process and track all proposals and letters of inquiry.
• Assist with tracking grant modification requests, such as extensions, budget revisions, and carryovers.
• Track grant deliverables.
• Prepare correspondence and grant-related documentation.
• Update and maintain records in grants database.
• Provide assistance to grantees and staff regarding administration of grants.
• Assist with preparing and/or updating presentations and flow charts.
• Assist with developing templates and design reports for the efficient and effective oversight of grants.
• Maintain grants department files.
• Assist with grants analysis and process improvement projects.
• Support the department with back-end maintenance and development of grants database (Blackbaud Grantmaking/GIFTS Online).
• Interface with various departments on behalf of Grant Operations to collect information, respond to requests, obtain service, etc.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Exercise excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be well organized, outstanding attention to detail and follow-through and strong judgment.
• A Bachelor’s degree.
• Produce high quality work while working with minimal direction and supervision.
• Proficient with office technology including Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel for use in analyzing and presenting data.
• Experience using databases as a tool for effective operations and knowledge management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-starter; highly motivated and resourceful team-player. Comfortable with ambiguity and the ability to work through solutions when there is no obvious path.
• Demonstrated ability to work proactively with colleagues and team members.
• Friendly and professional demeanor, positive attitude, and willingness to partner with other team members.
• In order to build productive relationships across the organization and to ensure effective collaboration, this role requires in-person presence in accordance with the organization’s hybrid schedule of working in the office three days per week (Monday/Tuesday/Thursday).

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Experience with Blackbaud Grantmaking.
• Previous internship or professional experience with a nonprofit or philanthropic organization.
• Experience with project management tools, such as bespoke Excel-based project plans, Airtable and/or SmartSheet.

Salary and Benefits

We anticipate that the starting base salary range for this position will be $70,000 to 72,500, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.  In addition, we offer a generous benefits package designed to support employee health and well-being, including comprehensive health insurance, a substantial 401k match, paid time off, a hybrid work schedule and other flexible work policies.

To Apply

To apply, please send a brief letter summarizing your interest and a resume to careers@pgpf.org. Subject header on the e-mail should be: “Analyst, Grant Operations.”

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply to our organization. We offer a welcoming community that respects each individual and fosters a diverse set of experiences, perspectives, skills and ideas. We are committed to building a workplace in which every team member can thrive personally and professionally and contribute to our mission.