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Grant Writing & Funding

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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Episodes

10 Must-Haves In Your Grant Background Section

Funding sources want to know about your nonprofit organization or the nonprofit you work with. They want to know that your nonprofit organization is credible , has adequate staffing and processes to implement grants and that you are fiscally responsible . They basically want to get a good idea about who and what you stand for so that, if awarded, you can manage the grant. In this podcast, I outline how to organize all this information so you can best be prepared to win that grant. I will show yo...

Jun 06, 201725 minEp. 4

How to Build the Best Grant Writing Team

It is crucial to set up a grant team and delegate responsibilities to write successful grants and get them submitted on time. Get your team together before you start writing the grant, and make sure you include the executive director, grant writing lead, budget lead, grant coordinator, and any specialist as part of this team. Furthermore, appoint someone (and a backup) to be in charge of submitting the grant application. ABOUT HOLLY RUSTICK Grant Writing & Funding (GWF) has a Global Movement...

May 23, 201715 minEp. 3

What are the Different Types of Grants?

Trying to figure out all the grant lingo - federal grants or foundation grants or proposal or application - can be confusing. In this podcast, Holly will break down the different types of grants in simple ways! You will know what a discretionary grant is versus a formula and have a way to even memorize this. Want to apply to a foundation, but have no idea on which ones to apply to? ABOUT HOLLY RUSTICK Grant Writing & Funding (GWF) has a Global Movement to Secure $1 Billion in Grant Funding f...

May 08, 201713 minEp. 2

The Mindset Behind Securing Grant Proposals

“So, when I get a grant I can just spend money on anything?” Er… no. No, you cannot. In this episode, we break down why —and it’s one of the most important concepts to understand in grant writing. At its core, a grant is money given by an organization—most often a government agency—for a specific purpose . And that phrase matters more than anything else. When you apply for a grant, you are aligning your vision with the funder’s vision. You are agreeing to use that funding exactly as outlined in ...

Apr 06, 20178 minEp. 1
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