Grant Writing & Funding

Holly Rustick

Quit your toxic nonprofit job and replace your full-time income while writing grants part-time, from home! Join our students in the Freelance Grant Writer Academy to create Financial Stability and Flexibility through writing grants for causes you are passionate about: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-academy

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, “Freelance Grant Writer Academy."

As an unapologetic feminist, Holly’s 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 Master’s 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 Women’s 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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Feb 7, 2023 • 1h 6min

Ep.257: Grant Writer Pricing Survey: Why Grant Professionals Don't Feel Valued

In this special premiere presentation of Grant Professional Pricing Survey results, Rachel Waterman of Global Development Solutions and Grant Easy Management Systems, delivers the results of an intensive 2022 pricing survey among grant writing professionals. The results identified in "Survey Revealed: What & How Grant Professionals are Pricing Their Services" are very eye-opening! -------------------------------------------------- ✨💌 Get FREE Grant Writing Resources when You Join the Grant Writing Hub Haven: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/get-started/ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ——————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode AND get the full links for each of these, click here: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/257 Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review! If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! ✨💌 Visit https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources

Jan 31, 2023 • 44min

Ep. 256: 3 Blog Writing Tips to Drive People to Your Nonprofit or Consultancy Website

Ihor Bauman from Workee comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast this week to give you tips to write effective blogs that drive people and donors to your nonprofit or consultancy website. -------------------------------------------------- ✨💌 Get FREE Grant Writing Resources when You Join the Grant Writing Hub Haven: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/get-started/ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ------------------------------------------------------ To learn more about this episode AND get the full links for each of these, click here: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/256 Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review! If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! ✨💌 Visit https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources

Jan 24, 2023 • 36min

Ep.249: How This Federal Grant Writer Advanced Her Freelance Grant Writing Business

Knowing how to write federal grants is a great skill to have! This type of grant writing is very specific, taps into federal funding, and requires (a majority of time) a lot more hours to write compared to foundation grants. -------------------------------------------------- ✨💌 Get FREE Grant Writing Resources when You Join the Grant Writing Hub Haven: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ 🖥️ 👩 Join the Annual Grant Professional Mentorship for your Freelance Grant Writing Business Journey: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-professional-mentorship-for-freelance-grant-writers/ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit?https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ------------------------------------------------------ Our guest this week, Dr. Cheri Westmoreland owner of Spirit Excel, brings to the table decades of federal grant writing experience. She also talks about lessons learned from working with nonprofit organizations and why having a nonprofit strategic plan is vital for the fiscal health of a nonprofit. Additionally, Dr. Cheri has owned a grant writing business since 2012 and has vast experience in working with nonprofit organizations from a business perspective. In 2022, she joined the Grant Professional Mentorship as has been able to increase her confidence and get clearer on her messaging and pricing! For more information and to connect with Dr. Cheri Westmoreland visit: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/249. Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review! If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! ✨💌 Visit https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ for the FREE Grant Writing & Funding Hub Haven

Dec 6, 2022 • 48min

Ep. 248: How to Niche Your Grant Writing Services to Get Ideal Nonprofit Clients

If you are interested in growing a freelance grant writing business, then you need to be clear on what you do and which nonprofit clients you will serve. Believe you me, there are more than enough nonprofit organizations out there needing grant writers. In fact, there are a shortage of freelance grant writers! -------------------------------------------------- ✨💌 Get FREE Grant Writing Resources when You Join the Grant Writing Hub Haven: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ 🖥️ 👩 Join the Annual Grant Professional Mentorship for your Freelance Grant Writing Business Journey: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-professional-mentorship-for-freelance-grant-writers/ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ —------------------------------------------------------ So niching down on what types of grants you want to write, what types of nonprofits you want to serve, or what types of movements you want to support may actually increase the number of nonprofit clients you can serve. Why does this math add up? Because when you niche down you become better at what you do and you become more well-versed in communicating that with nonprofit organizations that speak that same language. In this week's podcast, Elaina Michaels from Refonte Ventures comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to discuss how she has niched down by leveraging her passion for agriculture, which has in turn grown her business. She also talks about her valuable experiences in the Grant Professional Mentorship and how that has launched her into this arena of her business! Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Elaina Michaels 01:43 - What Brought Elaina into Grant Writing 10:45 - How to Tie in Passion to Consulting 15:50 - Having a Nonprofit Niche 17:30 - Breaking Glass Ceilings in Consulting 25:00 - Staff Grant Writer vs. Freelancing 25:30 - Increasing Pricing as a Grant Writer 29:50 - Partnerships in the Community For more information on today’s episode, check out: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/how-to-niche-your-grant-writing-services-to-get-ideal-nonprofit-clients/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review! If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! ✨💌 Visit https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ for the FREE Grant Writing & Funding Hub Haven

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Grant Writing & Funding

Episodes

Mentioned books

Ep.257: Grant Writer Pricing Survey: Why Grant Professionals Don't Feel Valued

Ep. 256: 3 Blog Writing Tips to Drive People to Your Nonprofit or Consultancy Website

Ep.255: 3 Tips from an Executive Director that Will Grow a Nonprofit's Revenue

Ep.254: How Your Nonprofit Can Stand Out in the Funder's Eyes Charity Navigator

Ep.253: Why the 10 Best Practices of a Nonprofit Board are Flawed

Ep. 252 How to Calculate Value-Based Pricing as a Freelance Grant Writer

Ep. 251: Best of 2022 Podcast Episodes for Freelance Grant Writers

Ep. 250: 2022 Top Podcast Episodes for Grant Writers & Nonprofit Leaders

Ep.249: How This Federal Grant Writer Advanced Her Freelance Grant Writing Business

Ep. 248: How to Niche Your Grant Writing Services to Get Ideal Nonprofit Clients

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