Grant Researcher needed to help end childhood hunger!

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When school dismisses on Friday, nearly 13 million children will leave their classroom, uncertain whether they will have enough food to eat that weekend. One in five American children face food insecurity - more than the populations of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined. During the school week, most of these children depend on the federal free and reduced meal program their school offers. Sometimes, the meals at school are the only ones they get. When the school closes its doors on Friday afternoon, many of these children go home to empty cupboards and hunger pangs for 65 hours until they return to school on Monday morning. Who will feed them this weekend?

We will. Due to the dedication of our volunteers throughout the country, children living with food insecurity will benefit from more than 3 million hunger-free weekends this school year.

Blessings in a Backpack is looking for a volunteer to assist with grant research. This role will include:

• Researching current leads. Volunteer will be provided with lists of other organization’s donors, and we will request that the researcher identify the donor’s giving priorities/guidelines, due dates, and other important facts and record information in an excel spreadsheet
• Identifying new leads. Volunteer will be asked to identify new foundations and corporate foundations to be potential leads for Blessings in a Backpack. Once leads are found, the researcher will record the donor’s information in a spreadsheet
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) is a must
• Ability and prior work with reading 990 forms would be a bonus!
• Applicant must have access to a computer