Community Funding & Grant Development Volunteer

Community Funding & Grant Development Volunteer

Organizational

Description:

Accommodations Winnipeg is dedicated to empowering the city's most vulnerable citizens-homeless and at-risk women, seniors and youth-by providing them with the necessary tools, resources, and support to meet their basic needs and secure stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity

Description of Duties:

Grant Development Volunteers help strengthen our organization's ability to expand community programs by identifying and securing new funding opportunities.

Volunteers assist with researching grants and funding programs from foundations, governments, and community partners. They may help draft grant applications, prepare supporting materials, summarize program impact, and assist with tracking funding deadlines.

Working alongside the leadership team, volunteers will help translate the real-world impact of our work into compelling proposals that communicate the needs of the community and the outcomes of our programs.

This role provides a unique opportunity to gain experience in nonprofit funding strategy and program development while contributing to initiatives that support people experiencing housing instability and other challenges.

• Strong writing and research skills
• Ability to synthesize information clearly and persuasively
• Organization and attention to deadlines
• Interest in public policy, nonprofit work, or fundraising
• Ability to work independently on research and writing tasks
• Familiarity with nonprofit or government funding programs is an asset but not required

This role provides valuable experience for careers in:

• Nonprofit management
• Public administration
• Public policy and government relations
• Communications and advocacy
• Fundraising and development
• Grant writing and program development

Volunteers will gain experience researching funding programs, crafting persuasive written proposals, and helping build sustainable funding for community initiatives.

Age: 18-30, 31-54, 55+

Time Commitment:
Daytime , Evening , Weekend ,Micro Volunteering X , Remote Volunteering , Flexible Hours

• Winnipeg
• Assiniboine South
• Downtown
• Elmwood
• Fort Garry
• Inkster
• Point Douglas
• River East
• River Heights
• Seven Oaks
• St. Boniface
• St. James-Assiniboia
• St. Vital
• Transcona

Does opportunity require a criminal record check? No

Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? No

Opportunity is available to candidates that:
Fulfilling volunteer hours for school credit Uses a mobility device

Organization will provide: A letter of reference Certificate of recognition Evaluation Supervision

B Suite 511, 428 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0E2

Volunteer Manitoba is located on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that the clean water we drink comes from Shoal Lake 40 first nation, and that our electricity is produced on treaty territory. Volunteer Manitoba respects the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.