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Thousand Currents

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1999

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

🤝 Non-profit

Charity • Social Impact • Non-profit

Thousand Currents is a registered 501(c)(3) charity that supports bold solutions for climate, food, and economic justice by moving resources to grassroots movements in the Global South. For nearly four decades, Thousand Currents has invested more than $31 million in over 1,000 grassroots and movement formations. The organization values collective power and change, developing long-term relationships with visionary grassroots movements led by women, youth, Black, Afro-descent, and Indigenous Peoples. Thousand Currents influences philanthropic giving towards climate justice, economic systems based on ecological regeneration, and food sovereignty, putting communities at the center of decision-making regarding food systems and policies.

📋 Description

• Lead the development of compelling, strategic, and values-aligned grant proposals, reports, concept notes, donor briefings, and fundraising collateral for institutional donors and philanthropic audiences. • Drive cross-organizational proposal and report development by collaborating closely with program, learning & evaluation, communications, finance, and leadership teams to gather information, synthesize insights, and produce accurate and compelling donor materials. • Craft narratives that clearly communicate the impact, vision, and political analysis of movement partners while centering dignity, solidarity, and partner-led storytelling practices. • Write and edit materials that connect local movement experiences with broader global trends and systems change strategies. • Translate complex movement-led work, qualitative learning, financial information, and quantitative data into accessible and persuasive narratives tailored to specific donor audiences. • Draft analytical donor reports that clearly articulate goals achieved, lessons learned, milestones, challenges, and strategic impact to inform how we assess our work, pivot and try new things. • Develop compelling proposals for both general operating support and programmatic funding opportunities. • Think strategically about donor communications gaps and opportunities, identifying what stories need to be told, for which audiences, and why. • Collaborate with communications staff to ensure consistency in organizational voice, tone, messaging, and political framing across donor-facing materials. • Support the development and updating of institutional donor collateral including one-pagers, case statements, fact sheets, presentations, briefing documents, and evergreen materials. • Ensure all proposals, reports, supplemental materials, and online submissions are completed accurately, on schedule, and in compliance with funder requirements. • Manage online proposal and reporting portals, including translating online forms into accessible internal working documents that facilitate collaborative drafting. • Maintain and deepen content knowledge related to Thousand Currents’ thematic areas and movement ecosystems to strengthen organizational storytelling and fundraising strategy. • Stay informed about trends in philanthropy, climate justice, movement ecosystems, and geopolitical developments to ensure timely, relevant, and strategic donor communications.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 7 years of professional experience in grant writing, fundraising communications, philanthropy, strategic communications, or related writing-intensive roles. • Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with demonstrated ability to craft compelling, persuasive, and politically grounded narratives for philanthropic audiences. • 7+ Years experience of writing successful grant proposals and donor reports, specifically for institutional funders, foundations or intermediaries. • Strong ability to translate complex movement-led work, political analysis, qualitative learning, financial information, and data into accessible and compelling narratives. • Experience writing for general operating support requests and unrestricted funding opportunities. • 7+ years experience grant writing for social justice movements, grassroots leadership, and movement-centered funding in the Global South, specifically in areas related to food, climate, and the economy. • Deep alignment with Thousand Currents’ values and thematic areas, including climate justice, food sovereignty, and economic justice. • Experience with partner-centered storytelling practices that navigate power, representation, and cross-cultural communication with care, accountability, and respect. • Strong project management and organizational skills, including managing multiple deadlines, contributors, and complex workflows simultaneously. • Experience working collaboratively across functions including programs, communications, finance, development, and leadership teams. • Familiarity with donor stewardship practices, relationship management, and moves management strategies. • Experience using grant management systems, donor databases, and online submission portals; familiarity with Salesforce strongly preferred. • Strong research and synthesis skills, including the ability to work with qualitative and quantitative information to strengthen donor communications and evidence-based storytelling. • High learning orientation, sound judgment, attention to detail, and openness to feedback. • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, remote, and geographically dispersed work environment. • Excellent internal communication and collaboration skills across teams and time zones. • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% of employee and dependent cost for Health, Dental, and Vision for employee + medical travel insurance for employee • 10 annual holidays + open paid time off policy allowing flexible time off • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave • Up to $1,000 stipend to set up work space, $2,000 per year wellness stipend, $1,500 per year work from home expenses, and up to $2,000 per year for learning and development • Remote, flexible schedule • Retirement contribution allowance of 4% of gross salary • Life Insurance + Long and Short Term disability insurance • Possibility of sabbatical leave after seven years of employment