Director, Strategic Growth – Institutional Funding

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🕒 October 30

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $140k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

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📈 Growth Marketing

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Prisms

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

📚 Education

💰 Angel (individual) on 2023-04

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Prisms is a spatial learning platform that teaches core math, science, and other subjects through first-person, embodied and kinesthetic experiences. Founded by Anurupa Ganguly (an MIT engineer turned educator), Prisms focuses on immersive, tactile learning that helps students connect physical human experiences to abstract symbolic notation and vocabulary. The company partners with teachers and schools to bring experiential, spatialized lessons into classrooms and aims to reframe how students engage with and remember foundational concepts.

📋 Description

• Draft compelling, compliant, and technically accurate grant applications, concept notes, and RFPs tailored to K-12 buyers • Translate complex edtech product features into clear, impactful educational outcomes aligned with grant-maker goals, including Title I, Title II, IDEA, ARP, and private foundations • Create reusable grant toolkits, templates, and boilerplates for district partners • Track post-award reporting requirements and impact metrics • Research, track, and analyze federal, state, and private funding streams to identify market opportunities • Conduct consultative discovery calls alongside Account Executives with superintendents and curriculum directors • Develop and maintain relationships with state education agencies, regional education service agencies, and philanthropic organizations • Train sales and customer success teams to leverage funding streams and shorten sales cycles

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of combined experience in K-12 grant writing, educational procurement, or edtech business development • Deep understanding of K-12 funding structures, including federal formula funds (ESSA Titles), competitive federal grants, and state-level allocations • Demonstrated success in securing six- and seven-figure grants or public sector contracts • Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex technical products in simple pedagogical terms • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple strict grant deadlines simultaneously • Former experience as a K-12 administrator, district grant coordinator, or educational consultant (preferred) • Familiarity with Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar CRM tools (preferred)

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