Grant Writing Intern
OpenVerdict is a recently incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a nonpartisan civic legal deliberation platform. The public reads landmark and active legal cases (Supreme Court matters, FTC consumer protection cases, civil rights litigation), weighs both sides through structured arguments, and casts verdicts that the platform tracks statistically over time. Our mission is civic legal literacy and public engagement with the legal system.
About This Role
You will own the audience growth function for OpenVerdict across one or various social platforms. The work is creative, fast-paced, and high-leverage: real legal cases are inherently dramatic and shareable, and your job is to turn them into content that grows a real following. This job is unpaid but eligible for volunteer hours.
Responsibilities
- Research and identify grant opportunities across foundations, government programs, civic-tech accelerators, legal-tech accelerators, and bar-association funds
- Maintain the grants pipeline in Notion or Airtable: open opportunities, deadlines, application status, outcomes, follow-ups
- Draft Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) tailored to each funder's stated priorities and language
- Write full grant applications when OpenVerdict is invited to apply
- Adapt OpenVerdict's mission framing, theory of change, and impact metrics for different funder profiles (civic-engagement funders read differently than legal-services funders read differently than tech accelerators)
Qualifications
- Strong persuasive writing and research skills.
- Curiosity about courts, civil rights, and the FTC.
- Self-directed. You will not be micromanaged.