Grant Writer

Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC)

Department: Development

Reports to: Director of Development

Location: New York City

Position Type: Part-Time, Approximately 3 Days per week, hybrid

About the Young People’s Chorus of New York City

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC) is a nationally and internationally recognized youth choral organization dedicated to providing young people with opportunities to develop their musical talents, build confidence, and experience the transformative power of music. Through performances, education programs, and community engagement, YPC serves hundreds of young people and families across New York City and beyond.

Position Overview

YPC is seeking an experienced and thoughtful Grant Writer to join our Development Department on a part-time basis, approximately three days per week. The Grant Writer will play an important role in securing the institutional support that allows YPC to advance its artistic, educational, and community-focused mission.

Working closely with the Development and program teams, the Grant Writer will research funding opportunities, develop compelling proposals and reports, manage an assigned portfolio of institutional funders, and ensure that YPC's programs and impact are effectively communicated to foundations, corporations, and government agencies.

The ideal candidate is an excellent writer and storyteller who can translate complex programs, outcomes, and organizational priorities into clear, persuasive proposals. They will be highly organized, collaborative, curious, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced nonprofit environment.

Grant Writing & Reporting

• Write, edit, and coordinate compelling grant proposals, LOIs, interim and final reports, and other institutional funding materials.
• Develop clear narratives that communicate YPC's artistic excellence, educational impact, and commitment to young people and their families.
• Work with program, finance, and development staff to gather information, budgets, statistics, program outcomes, and other materials required for proposals and reports.
• Maintain a strong understanding of YPC's programs, strategic priorities, and impact in order to effectively articulate the organization's case for support.
• Ensure all proposals and reports are accurate, compelling, consistent, and submitted on time.
• Track reporting requirements, deadlines, and deliverables for an assigned portfolio of funders.

Foundation & Institutional Research

• Research prospective foundation, corporate, and government funding opportunities aligned with YPC's mission and programs.
• Identify new prospects and emerging funding opportunities and make recommendations to the Development team.
• Monitor foundation priorities, application guidelines, funding cycles, and changes in funder interests.
• Develop and maintain prospect profiles and background information to support cultivation strategies.

Internal Collaboration & Systems

• Build strong working relationships with colleagues across Development, Finance, and Artistic departments.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date grant records, deadlines, proposal materials, and correspondence in Salesforce or YPC's development database.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of institutional fundraising systems, processes, and shared resources.
• Help develop and maintain a library of organizational language, program descriptions, statistics, outcomes, and other materials used in proposals.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional grant writing and institutional fundraising experience, preferably within a nonprofit, arts, education, youth development, or cultural organization.
• Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills.
• Demonstrated experience writing successful foundation, corporate, and/or government grant proposals and reports.
• Strong research skills and the ability to identify and evaluate prospective funders.
• Ability to translate programmatic information into compelling narratives for different audiences.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments and at different levels of an organization.
• Experience working with fundraising databases, preferably Salesforce.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Skills & Attributes

The successful candidate will be:

• An excellent storyteller who can convey YPC's mission and impact with clarity and warmth.
• A strong collaborator who enjoys working across departments and bringing colleagues together around shared goals.
• Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Curious and resourceful, with an ability to find new opportunities and approaches to institutional fundraising.
• Detail-oriented, while also able to see the larger organizational picture.
• Mission-driven, with a genuine interest in supporting young people through the arts.
• A thoughtful communicator who understands how to tailor messaging to different funders and audiences.

Compensation

This is a part-time position of approximately three days per week. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and the part-time scope of the role.

YPC is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and encourages candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to apply.