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The Sam L. Cohen Foundation, a southern Maine foundation whose grantmaking includes Jewish Culture & Traditions alongside the arts, civic life, education, and health and human services, is hiring a Grants and Operations Manager. On a team of three, you'll run the systems behind every grant from application to final report, coordinate the Foundation's finances with its outside accounting firm, and keep a small office running. Reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Senior Program Officer.
Responsibilities: • Manage the grants database (Blackbaud GIFTS Online) and process inquiries, applications, awards and declinations across spring and fall cycles • Review applications for completeness and eligibility, review applicants' financials, and prepare award letters and payments • Maintain the grants calendar, assemble board dockets, and report on the Foundation's grantmaking • Enter transactions in QuickBooks, process invoices, reconcile bank accounts, and support budgets, payout planning, taxes and year-end close • Coordinate board meetings, conflict-of-interest disclosures, records, insurance renewals and vendors • Serve as grantees' point of contact for site visits and manage a small part of the grant portfolio