Funding Development Role InTulsa Initiative

LLC - 1.0

Tulsa, OK Job Details Full-time $25 an hour 23 hours ago Qualifications Statutory legal research Funder relationship management Research Mid-level Project narrative development for grants Regulatory legal research Legislative regulatory analysis Calendar management Securing grant project budgets Community relationship building Timeline planning for grant proposals Foundation giving Workforce development Full Job Description Purpose The Tulsa Service Year (TSY) team is working to braid multiple public and philanthropic funding streams — including AmeriCorps, WIOA, TSET, opioid abatement dollars, Medicaid, K-12 federal education funds, and corporate tax credits — to apply for a grant that will expand support of service-year roles across Tulsa. This role is responsible for building and executing a plan to secure that funding: tracking application cycles, building relationships with the agencies and boards that administer each stream, drafting applications, and maintaining the braided-funding model.

Scope of Work:

Funding-Cycle Tracking Maintain a live calendar of application windows across all identified funding streams, including WIOA Title I RFPs, TSET Legacy Grants, Opioid Abatement Board cycles, and Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) registration. Flag time-sensitive opportunities with enough lead time to act. Maintain a standing list of funding streams under exploration, with status and next action for each. Relationship-Building Green Country Workforce and the incumbent WIOA Title I provider, on subcontract or partnership pathways. Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board, to confirm whether service-year roles fit approved priority strategies. Oklahoma Tax Commission, on SGO registration for the tax-credit pathway. OMES and other state offices, if Pay for Success is explored. Oklahoma AmeriCorps and Red River Community Corps, deepening the primary AmeriCorps anchor relationship. Application Drafting Draft and package applications as funding cycles open. Maintain the funding-streams section of a larger grant application to a national philanthropic funder. Prepare funder-ready one-pagers on individual funding streams as needed. Braided-Funding Modeling Maintain a model showing which funding source covers which cost category per service-year role, including stipend, coaching, and overhead. Build a source-by-source plan for the $300,000 (20 percent) match required by the Service United Fund's $1.5 million application, with real dollar amounts against real sources Update the model as funding streams are confirmed or terms change. Keep the model legible to funders, showing how their dollars fit alongside others'. Regulatory and Legislative Monitoring Track regulatory questions affecting funding eligibility, such as whether public school foundations qualify as SGOs under IRC Section 25F once IRS guidance issues. Monitor developments that could open new funding sources, including AG social media settlements and Rural Health Transformation Program county eligibility. Flag developments that need a policy conversation rather than an application — for example, coordinating with the Good Jobs Initiative team on WIOA dollars. Reporting Structure This is a backbone function: it supports funding strategy across all partner organizations in the service-year ecosystem without directly delivering service. The role reports to the Director of Tulsa Service Year, who is the primary relationship holder with Service United Fund partners. Primarily independent work against a tracked calendar of deadlines, with regular check-ins with the Director of Tulsa Service Year. Qualifications Background in public-sector grants, workforce development, or foundation grantmaking, ideally with direct experience inside a Workforce Development Board, state agency, or foundation grants team. Familiarity with AmeriCorps funding structures and/or Oklahoma's state and local funding landscape a strong plus. Comfortable moving between relationship-building, regulatory research, and technical grant-writing. Able to work independently against a tracked calendar of deadlines with minimal day-to-day supervision. Compensation $25.00 per hour. Hours & Location This position is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with an in-person work environment. This is a part-time position with approximately 20 hours per week. The work week will occasionally vary with advance notice depending on scheduled programming and other events; on occasion, it may require early start, late evening, or weekend hours. Contract engagement, with the possibility of transitioning to a full-time role contingent on securing Service United Fund grant funding.