Director of Grants, Nonprofit and Social Impact

Manages a team responsible for securing and managing funding for nonprofit and social impact programs.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$157k

Mean

$163k

10th–90th pct

$119k–$217k

Observations

500

Confidence: 34% · based on 500 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

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Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

Budgeting & Forecasting

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

64% require · 28% prefer

Master's Degree

12% require · 33% prefer

No College

14% require · 5% prefer

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Common next roles

Nonprofit and Social Impact Grants Manager-47.8%Nonprofit and Social Impact Evaluation Manager-47.5%Director of Evaluation, Nonprofit and Social Impact+2.1%Nonprofit and Social Impact Grants Associate-43.0%Nonprofit and Social Impact Evaluation Associate-51.1%

Common previous roles

Nonprofit and Social Impact Grants Associate-75.4%Nonprofit and Social Impact Evaluation Manager-90.6%Nonprofit and Social Impact Grants Manager-91.4%Nonprofit and Social Impact Evaluation Associate-104.4%Director of Evaluation, Nonprofit and Social Impact+2.1%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)1,780

Posting growth+33.3%

Median days to fill48 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)75,140

Projected growth3.2%/yr

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Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness50%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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