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Grants Manager / Grant Writer salary

Institutional giving: grant writing, foundation relations, grants strategy. Based on 13 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.

Based on 13 postings✓ Full range shown (10+ postings)
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
25th percentile
$80,000
Median
$85,000
75th percentile
$87,500

By county

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CountyPostings25thMedian75th
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Riverside (1), Orange (2), San Diego (2).   25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).

By organization budget

$20M-$50M$85,0007 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): $2M-$10M (1), $10M-$20M (3), $50M-$100M (1), $100M+ (1).

By career level

Staff / Specialist (incl. pre-licensed)$80,0005 postings
Manager / Licensed Clinician$86,2506 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Director (2).

Organizations hiring now

211 San DiegoSan Diego County · Budget $20M-$50M$100,000View org →After-School All-StarsLos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$80,000–$90,000View org →Center for Community SolutionsSan Diego County · Budget $2M-$10M$58,240–$64,480View org →Homeboy IndustriesLos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$64,480–$72,800View org →Los Angeles Regional Food BankBudget $100M+$80,000–$92,000View org →NLSLALos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$71,000–$89,000View org →Orangewood FoundationOrange County · Budget $10M-$20M$80,000–$95,000View org →The HuntingtonLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$80,000–$85,000View org →

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How this page is built
Figures reflect 13 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through September 09, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.