Behind every successful community initiative, innovative healthcare program, and philanthropic investment is a dedicated professional securing the resources to make it possible. The Grants Manager is responsible for leading a comprehensive grants program that identifies, develops, and secures funding from foundation, corporate, and government sources. This role partners closely with hospital and foundation leadership to advance strategic priorities, oversee grant administration and reporting, and maximize funding opportunities that support the Franciscan Health mission and the communities we serve.
WHO WE ARE
With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Coordinate with the Director of Grant Administration, the divisional foundation’s Executive Director, and hospital(s) President and/or CEO to determine strategy and set priorities for seeking funding sources.
Work with appropriate parties to develop a comprehensive list of new and existing Hospital programs that could be funded via grants.
Identify and actively seek funding sources.
Research, interpret, and identify eligibility for funding.
Analyze scope of potential grant programs and their impact on the hospital’s(s’) community.
Prepare a quarterly report with potential funding sources, listing the applicable hospital programs which would meet the funding criteria.
Maintain schedule for timely submissions of grant proposals.
Create and maintain grant proposal timeline/assignments spreadsheet for each proposal in process.
Initiate direct contact with external grants officers of potential funders to assure interest in proposed project and to ascertain current guideline changes/directives.
Write, edit, and package cultivation materials, written proposals, and solicitations.
Prepare all supplementary materials (e.g., letter of intent, support letters, budget, data collection).
Process proposal drafts through Executive Director and the Director of Grant Administration for timely reviews and input.
Support the grant preparation process timeline for early submission.
Serve as a project manager by creating a Grants Team for each proposal, consisting of the appropriate facility points of contact to review grant timelines/deadlines and information needs for grant proposals.
Attend all necessary meetings to ensure proper reporting tools and information are available.
Develop correspondence and follow-up reports for funders based on a “flagged” calendar system of deadlines for reporting.
Create and implement grant tracking mechanisms which will help assess the goals and objectives and financial data, in order to provide accountability to funders.
Monitor ongoing activities of grant-funded programs.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree - Required
Master's Degree - Preferred
3 years proven track record in grant writing including, but not limited to, local state, and federal government grants, proposals and funding requests to private, community, or family foundations (ranging from $5000 to $2M) - Required
TRAVEL IS REQUIRED:
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.
Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.
Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.
Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- At least 3 years of proven grant-writing experience, including local, state, and federal grants and private, community, or family foundation proposals
Franciscan Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Franciscan Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Franciscan Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include medical, dental, and vision with broad network options, plus added savings when using system hospitals, labs, imaging, pharmacies, and physicians. Feedback suggests health coverage is solid, though not best-in-class.
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Retirement Support — An employer-funded retirement contribution is available alongside 403(b) and 457(b) options with defined eligibility and vesting. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings across many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO accrues with service and certain provider roles cite robust allotted time off and CME. Feedback suggests the presence of EAP and additional programs adds breadth to time-away support.
Franciscan Health Insights
What We Do
The Franciscan Alliance healthcare ministry began in Lafayette, Ind., in 1875. Today, Franciscan Alliance is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest with 12 hospital campuses in Indiana and Illinois, approximately 20,000 employees and a number of nationally recognized Centers of Health Care Excellence. Hospitals include: Franciscan Health Crown Point, Franciscan Health Michigan City, Franciscan Health Crawfordsville, Franciscan Health Lafayette East, Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Franciscan Health Carmel, Franciscan Health Rensselaer, Franciscan Health Mooresville, Franciscan Health Hammond, Franciscan Health Dyer, Franciscan Health Munster and Franciscan Beacon Hospital in Indiana; and Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Illinois. For more information, visit FranciscanHealth.org. With more than 850 primary and specialty care providers at over 260 locations in Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Physician Network is one of the largest and most respected multi-specialty physician networks in the Midwest providing convenient, comprehensive care
