Grant Writing Consultant

About the role

The Skirball Cultural Center is seeking an experienced grant writing consultant to strengthen and grow its institutional giving program. Working remotely or in a hybrid model, you will report to the Manager of Institutional Giving and focus on arts‑education, government funding, and capital grant opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Research, write, and submit letters of inquiry, full proposals, and reports to foundation and government funders.
• Develop compelling capital case language and proposals aligned with the Skirball’s Case for Support.
• Craft clear narratives, outcomes, and evaluation plans for programs.
• Collaborate with education, curatorial, finance, and leadership teams to gather content, data, and budgets.
• Maintain compliance with funder guidelines, registration requirements, and reporting deadlines.
• Manage the institutional grants calendar, pipeline, and identify new funding prospects.

Required profile

• 5+ years of grant writing experience, preferably with museums, cultural or educational organizations.
• Proven success securing government grants (federal experience strongly preferred) and capital or campaign funding.
• Experience writing for arts‑education programs with outcomes and evaluation language.
• Strong budget literacy and ability to work with finance teams on project and capital budgets.
• Sensitivity to Jewish history, culture, and identity.

Required skills

• Grants.gov
• SAM.gov