Job Description

Volunteer Prospect Researcher (Grant Funding & Sponsorships)

About PopStock

PopStock Educational Services is a nonprofit teaching K12 students real money skills through a safe, simulated artist stock market, short AI-assisted Learning Nuggets, and Lexiour friendly AI guide that adapts when students get stuck. We make financial literacy engaging, equitable, and free for classrooms that need it most.

What you'll do

• Identify foundations, corporate giving programs, community foundations, DAF sponsors, and public grant opportunities aligned to PopStock's mission.
• Create crisp, one-page funder briefs: priorities, eligibility, geographic focus, typical award ranges, past grantees, application steps/portals, deadlines, 990 takeaways, and relationship angles.
• Maintain a grants calendar and a prospect tracker with scoring (fit, amount, timing, competitiveness).
• Compile third-party stats and citations to support our case for support.
• Coordinate with our grant writer to align targets, tailor asks, and prep LOIs.

You're great at

• Internet/OSINT-style research and following your nose through links, portals, and PDFs.
• Turning messy notes into clear, structured 1-pagers.
• Organizing data in Google Sheets/Docs or Notion/Airtable.
• Communicating succinctly and meeting mini-deadlines.

Nice to have (not required)

• Familiarity with Candid/Guidestar/990s, , foundation directories, or corporate CSR pages.
• Background in education, youth programs, or financial literacy.

Time & location

46 hours/week, remote, flexible schedule. Volunteer/unpaid.

What you'll gain

Real impact on an education nonprofit, strong portfolio artifacts (briefs, calendars, win stories), and exposure to the full grants pipeline.

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