Grant Writing & Funding

Why Female Grant Writers Struggle with Pricing & Rates Oh now, that is a fully-loaded statement. But worth the heavily weighed explanation. I have been going back and forth with other grant writers on this question of “Do grant writers get paid less because most are female?” and even down to “Are grant writer rates high enough?” Moreover, nearly every single female grant writer I know struggles with how to do her pricing and come up with rates that feel good. In this article, I am going to break down some of the gender-specifics on the grant writing industry. Some of these may surprise you because you have been living the life thinking you only need to Google “Grant Writer Salary” and the Internet will get some ideal number that you can just throw onto your freelance grant writing website or in that grant writer salary description. Here’s the thing. The most deafening question I get from my grant writing students is, “How much should I charge for my grant writing skills?” I am not going to give you a magic number in this article of what you should charge, but I think we first need to understand why we keep peering out into the information universe for this question instead of tuning inward. What I am going to share with you in this podcast should wake you up a bit and hopefully will ripple some change across this female-dominant landscape. 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

Leveraging the Power of Celebrity to Fundraise for Your Nonprofit with Amy & Scott Malin ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨ Let's be real. We talk about more than this in today's podcast, but we do really go through the nitty-gritty of leverage to the power of celebrity to fundraise for your nonprofit! I know, I know. I've seen it all before. Starry eyes and a golden haze when a nonprofit drops a celebrities name. Why? You know why. The celebrity can leverage a huge audience to get eyes on your nonprofit organization's mission. But should this be your main aim? Should it be your only aim? Like any type of funding partnership it is a partnership. There needs to be a win on both sides of the partnership. There needs to be strategy in forming a partnership. Hollywood's Social Impact Experts Amy & Scott Malin also discuss their newest tech for good: Trueheart social impact search engine and how to value your service. 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

Online Marketing for Nonprofits in the New Normal with Brady Josephson. ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨ In 2020 we experienced a big shift in nonprofit organizations moving to online and digital fundraising. Now more and more nonprofits are wondering what type of online marketing for nonprofits there is to advance their missions. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a just a rush to, "Get Online"! But now, more than a year and a half into the pandemic, have nonprofit organizations optimized their online marketing presence? In this replay podcast, Brady Josephson will talk about Online ✨Marketing for Nonprofits: ✨How the NextAfter Institute helps nonprofit organizations ✨Counterintuitive fundraising practices ✨Resources and research for Covid-19 ✨Collecting data through donating to nonprofits ✨The Big Question: What are other nonprofits doing? ✨Increasing digital marketing trends for nonprofits ✨Using focused and authentic marketing ✨Data-informed strategy for fundraising ✨Email marketing vs. social media ✨The basics you need for fundraising 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

Why & How You Should Start a Cause Movement for What You are Passionate About Starting a nonprofit organization is not the only way to create and advance a cause movement that you are passionate about. Sometimes it's as simple as volunteering for a cause, donating to a mission, or cleaning up a beach. But sometimes you want to go a step deeper and have your passion drive your creativity into manifesting something new. That's what Rebecca Soriano has done! She has always been passionate about mental health and in her medical billing business serves a clientele of mental health providers. During the pandemic though, Rebecca started a movement she calls Roar to Soar where she started to write handwritten letters to help with her own isolation. She started to see the impact these letters had (both for those who received them, as well as for her personal growth), and started to reach out to strangers who also felt isolated. In fact, she posted online if people felt hopeless if they would like a letter and received 40+ requests per day. The movement grew from there where she also started writing letters to incarcerated individuals and creating friendships. Click here to see all the amazing efforts Rebecca is doing and to join her movement: www.grantwritingandfunding.com/184 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

The Grant Writing Coach Tells All on Going from Biologist to Grant Professional You weren't an English major or Public Administration major? No worries. You don't have to have been a writer all  your life to transition into grant writing. In this podcast, Sheleia Phillips tells all on how she has gone from biologist to grant professional... all from the suggestion during an internship. This literally turned her life around as she realized she could apply her background in research papers and evidence-based practices to writing a grant. She then found out she loves grant writing as has pivoted her career! What we Discuss: Sheleia's transition into grant writing ✨How become a federal grant reviewer is important ✨Why she offers a hybrid of services to nonprofits ✨Nonprofit common challenges (and solutions!) ✨How to say no to too much work ✨How to set up a referral network 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

How to Save Time in Your Nonprofit & Grant Business with the Impact Method Capacity can really mean time and money. Sometimes money can leverage time and vice versa. But time seems to be the most valuable metric for nonprofits and grant writing businesses. In this week's podcast, special guest Sarah Olivieri goes over the Impact Method that she has created and how it is used for nonprofits and freelance grant writers. You will want this blueprint! What we Discuss What the Impact Method is What capacity means How to create an effective blueprint How to get more time back in your day How to have accountability How to delegate better 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

How to Take Time Off from Your Nonprofit or Grant Writing Business Yes. A summer sabbatical, two-week break, or maybe even a year abroad sojourn could be exactly what makes sense for you in your nonprofit or grant writing business right now. I've been hearing this term thrown around in entrepreneur groups lately of taking a sabbatical. No longer is this term only whispered in the halls of academia. This actual term of sabbatical is defined according to Merriam-Webster dictionary as: noun a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked. "she's away on sabbatical" adjective 1. relating to a sabbatical. "sabbatical leave" 2. ARCHAIC of or appropriate to the sabbath. So, yes, this is way more of an academia term yet also includes a nod to some thing sacred. Pretty cool, huh? What is also interesting as most entrepreneurs and grant writers would use this term as paid time away. This might mean having saved up funds for this particular time off or maybe they are generating some passive income. For nonprofit leaders, the time I am talking about taking off is also paid time away.  Because, let's face it. Taking time to recharge isn't so relaxing when you're not getting paid.  When to Take Time Off Well, there are several different ideas of this. 1) The most common is to take off time when you are so burned out that you literally can't function. Usually this type of 'time off' includes hospital rest at the very extreme all the way to sleeping for days on end. This is a dangerous place to be, however the good ole American work ethic and literally work people to death. Not that good after all, huh? 2) The next most common is to schedule time off after an intense workload period. So after a huge fundraiser or long grant season. You know you will need a break so you schedule in advance for after that intense period of working. Let's be real, sometimes they intense periods need to be had. But let's look at another way. 3) The least common but most effective. Schedule time off before you get burned out. Seems pretty simple, but so many people feel guilty for doing this! Imagine, you take off time so during those intense periods you can feel fresh and 100%. How much more productive and less intense would those periods feel? While looking at this in my own life and grant writing business, I realized that I need to be operating on #3  A LOT more. I am a very classic A type personality and going, going, going is my game. But I often find myself operating in the #2 (or sometimes #1) phase and it is not a pretty place to be!  In this podcast, I go behind the scenes of how I was able to take off my 'summer sabbatical' and set up systems where my brand still continues but I get to take off time with my family! This system can be replicated :) Think about what phase (1, 2, or 3) you resonate with and how you can start to operate more in #3. 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

✨ Why You Should Stop Asking Your Board to Fundraise and Why Donors Rock ✨🎙️ What?! Yes, this might sound contradicting. (Well, the stopping to ask your board to fundraise, not the rocking donors!).  When Sarah Olivieri first mentioned this I told her she had to explain, and that she did. Why might you ask your board members to stop fundraising? Well, she will point that out in the podcast, but it will take your mind for a little ride. Hint-hint: Maybe you should create a fundraising committee with other people that are dedicated to fundraising so your board can focus on guiding the nonprofit... That's just one thought process to think about in this discussion! Here's a look at... What We Discuss  ✨Why You Should Stop Asking Your Board to Fundraise ✨Why Donors Rock  ✨Why Donors love to give to unrestricted funding ✨How to get the first 150 Donors ✨Why you might not need a CRM or social media ✨Where to find donors ✨How to model the weight loss advertisements for fundraising 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

How Nonprofits Get Funding from Grants, Fundraisers, and Donors For a nonprofit organization to be successful, it is important to have a healthy mix of funding from grants, fundraisers, donors, services, and more. For nonprofits to entirely rely on grants is not healthy. Is your nonprofit struggling financially? Do you only get grants or only do fundraising? If you nodded your head to either of these questions, you will definitely want to check out this episode. And if you are a nonprofit board director, executive director, or even a freelance grant writer looking to expand your services, then this podcast is for you. Guess who is back on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast with me this week? Dr. Beverly Browning! Woot-woot!  What we Discuss How your board of directors can contribute financially Why your start-up nonprofit should do monthly fundraisers and how it doesn’t have to be hard Why it’s critical your nonprofit is on Guidestar.org How you can get money to start a nonprofit How you can raise $40,000+ in more than a year What your funding should consist of (it’s not all grants) Why social media is intertwined with funding opportunities If you are looking to improve your nonprofit’s financial portfolio and, heck, just get some ideas that will help increase your funding, then make sure to check out this podcast. 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? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨

Are you struggling to understand nonprofit strategic planning? Or maybe your entire team is suffering burnout as you move like a sloth from fundraiser to fundraiser. In this week’s podcast, Dr. Beverly Browning is co-hosting as she discusses how to create a strategic plan for your nonprofit and avoid burnout! To give you a bit of a sneak peek, this is why you need a strategic plan for your nonprofit: ✨ It gives your nonprofit a guide ✨ It helps your board know what to report on and what milestones to target ✨ It prevents 24/7 burnout ✨ Sometimes your funding sources require it (grants, etc) ✨ It sets target funding goals so you don’t run around in circles These are all important reasons! So who is this for? Well, this is for you if you are: ✨ Thinking about starting a nonprofit ✨ Need to grow your nonprofit and 2021 needs to look different otherwise you aren’t sure what will happen (but it won’t be good) ✨ Are a freelance grant writer and want to offer strategic planning as a service Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨