Grant Writing & Funding
Holly Rustick
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World-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author Holly Rustick provides coaching that helps new and experienced grant writers replace their full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or anywhere they want to live or travel in the world).
She coaches changemakers to master grant writing and start to grow 6-figure+ grant writing businesses on part-time hours via her signature group program, βFreelance Grant Writer Academy."
As an unapologetic feminist, Hollyβs work in coaching female grant writers to master grant writing, find their cause-area niche, and navigate value-based pricing and nonprofit sales is breaking glass ceilings for women all over the world.
Every week, she coaches thousands of people through the top-ranking podcast, Grant Writing & Funding, books on grant writing, and inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy.
Holly has 20 years of experience in grant writing, and began her freelance grant writing journey back in 2005. While teaching in Kuwait and Indonesia, and then earning a Masterβs Degree in International Political Economy in Belgium, Holly saw the light of setting up a virtual-based business in grant writing back in the mid-2000s. Having secured more than $45 million of dollars for nonprofit organizations, and then setting up a multi 6-figure freelance business, Holly has a mission to help female grant writers break out of toxic nonprofit J-O-B-S and create high-level income while freelance grant writing.
Inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy, students have secured more than $225+ million in grant funding and $4+ million in revenue in their grant writing businesses within two years.
To amplify this work, she is past-president of the Guam Womenβs Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Guam Business Advisory Task Force as an advisor to the first female governor of Guam. Holly lives on the island of Guam with her beautiful daughter, Isabella.
If you are interested in replacing your full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or from anywhere in the world!) join the Freelance Grant Writer Academy!
www.grantwritingandfunding.com.
World-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author Holly Rustick provides coaching that helps new and experienced grant writers replace their full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or anywhere they want to live or travel in the world).
She coaches changemakers to master grant writing and start to grow 6-figure+ grant writing businesses on part-time hours via her signature group program, βFreelance Grant Writer Academy."
As an unapologetic feminist, Hollyβs work in coaching female grant writers to master grant writing, find their cause-area niche, and navigate value-based pricing and nonprofit sales is breaking glass ceilings for women all over the world.
Every week, she coaches thousands of people through the top-ranking podcast, Grant Writing & Funding, books on grant writing, and inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy.
Holly has 20 years of experience in grant writing, and began her freelance grant writing journey back in 2005. While teaching in Kuwait and Indonesia, and then earning a Masterβs Degree in International Political Economy in Belgium, Holly saw the light of setting up a virtual-based business in grant writing back in the mid-2000s. Having secured more than $45 million of dollars for nonprofit organizations, and then setting up a multi 6-figure freelance business, Holly has a mission to help female grant writers break out of toxic nonprofit J-O-B-S and create high-level income while freelance grant writing.
Inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy, students have secured more than $225+ million in grant funding and $4+ million in revenue in their grant writing businesses within two years.
To amplify this work, she is past-president of the Guam Womenβs Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Guam Business Advisory Task Force as an advisor to the first female governor of Guam. Holly lives on the island of Guam with her beautiful daughter, Isabella.
If you are interested in replacing your full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or from anywhere in the world!) join the Freelance Grant Writer Academy!
www.grantwritingandfunding.com.
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Apr 18, 2023 β’ 40min
Ep. 267: How to Secure Funding for Your School or Nonprofit
It can be confusing to know what funding is available for educational programs and difficult to identify where the funding for education is.
But there is still a sizeable amount of grant funding available for non-profits and schools, you just have to know how to find the right funding and how to properly apply for a grant.
Chiara joins us to discuss how organizations can get support with Department of Education Grants, the different grant funding available for non-profit schools, and which Department of Education funds are still open for applications.
She also explains the impact a grant can have on a school, the type of evaluation metrics you need to provide for a grant, and why itβs so important to have an evaluation section in a grant.
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Also, if you havenβt done so already, follow the Grant Writing & Funding podcast. Iβm adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed and, if youβre not following, thereβs a good chance youβll miss out. Follow now!"
Resources mentioned in this episode:
β¨ Free Grant Writing Class
β¨ Grant Easy Management Software
β¨ CBS Education Consulting
β¨ Free grant planning template and logic model
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Apr 11, 2023 β’ 11min
Ep. 266: Scoring Points in Your Grant Proposal's Research Section - With Holly Rustick
This episode, Holly explains how a grant proposalβs research section is marked, what you should include in the research section, and the type of data you need to provide.
The research section is a vital part of your grant proposal, itβs a chance to showcase the importance of the work youβre doing and the impact you can have with the right funding.
It can be tempting to write this section emotively, but your research section needs to be data focused, you canβt be scored on emotions but data can get you points.
This episode, Holly explains how a grant proposalβs research section is marked, how should write the research section in a grant proposal, and the type of language you should use.
Holly also talks about the ways to score points in the research section, the data you need to provide, and the most important aspects of a grant proposalβs referencing style.
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Holly Rustick
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Apr 4, 2023 β’ 17min
Ep. 265: How to Score Higher on Your Grant Proposal - With Holly Rustick
Often people get overwhelmed by grant proposals and itβs common to feel unsure about how to start writing a grant proposal.
What do you need to include, how should you present it, and how do you make sure not to miss any important details in your grant?
This episode, Holly explains how to get a template for your grant, how to use a template to write a grant, and how to access a grantβs instructions.
Holly also talks about the subjective nature of grant reviewing, what the review process of a grant involves, and how different sections of a grant are scored.
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βEvery time I listen to Hollyβs show, I learn somethingβ <β If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people β just like you β move toward writing higher quality grants without overwhelm, and to start and grow successful grant writing businesses! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select βWrite a Review.β Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!
Also, if you havenβt done so already, follow the Grant Writing & Funding podcast. Iβm adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed and, if youβre not following, thereβs a good chance youβll miss out. Follow now!"
Resources mentioned in this episode:
β¨ Free Grant Writing Class
β¨ Grant Easy Management Software
β¨ Grant Management Course
β¨ Federal Grants Website
β¨ Free PDF To Word Document Converter
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ππ°π₯οΈ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/
π₯οΈπ₯ π Want to get paid to write grants?
https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/
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Holly Rustick
Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author
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Mar 28, 2023 β’ 40min
Ep. 264: How to Know When to Grow Your Nonprofit Consultancy with Mandy Pearce
Starting a nonprofit consultancy is one thing. Knowing when to grow it, is another.
You may have a consultancy that serves nonprofit clients. Nonprofit consultants provide services for nonprofit organizations, and are contracted (not staffed) to do these services. Some of these services include:
β¨ Grant Writing
β¨ Grant Management
β¨ Marketing Services
β¨ Strategic Planning
β¨ Board Development
β¨ Fundraising
β¨ Social Media Services
β¨ Crowdfunding Campaign
β¨ Accounting & Bookkeeping
β¨ Website Development
β¨ Leadership
β¨ And moreβ¦
Once you have your business up and running, and have nonprofit clients, you may choose to start outsourcing, hiring, or streamlining some of your tasks.
Deciding on how to grow your nonprofit consultancy can be a daunting task.
Why?
Well, when is the time?
Should you have a certain amount of savings before you hire someone? Should you invest and ask about a certain ROI?
To help answer some of these questions, Mandy Pearce from Funding for Good joins me on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast.
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Mar 21, 2023 β’ 15min
Ep.263: 15 Step Nonprofit Checklist to Create Gender Equity
Donβt just assume that gender inequity doesnβt exist in your nonprofit organization.
Even though women represent 75 percent of people working in nonprofit organizations in the United States, we know that there are leadership positions and pay gaps rampant in nonprofit organizations.
However, itβs not all doom and gloom either. There are ways to create gender equity for your nonprofit organization.
Here are 15-steps for your nonprofit to create a culture of gender equity.
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Holly Rustick
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Mar 14, 2023 β’ 10min
Ep. 262: Women in Nonprofits: Does Representation Equate to Leadership & Pay Equity?
Women represent 75 percent of people working in nonprofit organizations in the United States.
One might think because they make up such a high percentage of staffing that they would have equal leadership positions and pay compared to their male counterparts.
However, research shows that just because women represent a high percentage of positions in the nonprofit sector that there is no equity.
Unfortunately, there are a large number of systemic issues tied to this, and we go deeper into this in our full webinar, βCelebrating Women in Nonprofitsβ.
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Mar 7, 2023 β’ 14min
Ep.261: Why are Female Freelance Grant Writers Working for Free
Freelance grant writing is a female-led industry, with 82 percent of grant professionals surveyed are female.
In our definition here, a grant professional is a grant writer that owns their own business. As far as grant writers who work within a nonprofit organization, this percentage is at 67 percent, which is also quite high.
Initially what the Global Development Solutions 2022 Pricing Survey found is that female grant professionals are charging more per hour than men.
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π₯οΈπ₯ π Want to get paid to write grants?
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Feb 28, 2023 β’ 48min
Ep.260: 5 Top Nonprofit Leadership Books from Nonprofit Jenni
Nonprofit Jenni comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to discuss cutting-edge books for nonprofit leaders.
Nonprofit Jenni is founder of the Overhead Book Club, where she curates books for nonprofit leaders. She spends a massive amount of time researching books to bring into her book club, and shares some of her favorite books!
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Feb 21, 2023 β’ 49min
Ep.259: The Art of Storytelling & Press Conferences for Your Nonprofit
Nikki R. Jones is a communications strategist, speechwriter, copywriter, and trainer with 16+
years of experience in the small business, government, and nonprofit sectors.
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ππ°π₯οΈ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/
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Feb 14, 2023 β’ 40min
Ep.258: Increase Retention and Recruit Talent by Using the 4-Day Workweek
Sean Kosofsky, the Nonprofit Fixer, comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to discuss how nonprofit organizations can transition into a 4-day workweek.
This can help with retaining skilled staff and recruiting new staff (without increasing your budget!).
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ππ°π₯οΈ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/
π₯οΈπ₯ π Want to get paid to write grants?
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π€βπ Want to increase funding strategies for your https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/
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