Grant writer
Find the foundations that fund adaptive sport, and write the applications.
Help turn athlete needs into clear funding requests. Find suitable grants and work with us on the application.
The work
- Find the funders: disability, youth sport, adaptive recreation, veterans, our sports.
- Keep one list, with deadlines and fit, so the next person can pick it up.
- Write the applications, and reuse ruthlessly. Most ask the same nine questions.
Your first month
- Read our grant review guidance and tell us where a funder would poke a hole in it.
- Bring back five funders worth applying to. Five real ones beat forty maybes.
- Take the nearest deadline and draft it with us.
Who it suits
- You have written a successful grant at any size. A county arts grant teaches the same muscles.
- You can write plainly, and being told no does not rattle you.
You do not need adaptive sport experience, a certification, or your own funder contacts.
Not this
- A fundraising quota. We will never put a dollar target on a volunteer.
- Cold-calling donors. That is a different role in this lane.
Stronger applications help the fund reach more athletes.
Adapt To Life expands access to adaptive sports so athletes can find their place. We bring people and opportunities together and build the support around participation. Read our story
Grant writer.
Start with your name and email. We’ll talk through the work, timing, and any screening or credentials before you begin.
Unpaid volunteer role, and no employment relationship. Volunteer time is not a tax-deductible gift, though out-of-pocket expenses sometimes are. Adapt To Life is a recognized 501(c)(3), EIN 41-3213344.