Grant Writing & Funding

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, “Celebrating Women in Nonprofits”. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Nikki R. Jones is a communications strategist, speechwriter, copywriter, and trainer with 16+ years of experience in the small business, government, and nonprofit sectors. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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!). -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Dr. Rob Harter, from Nonprofit Leadership Podcast and CCPC non-profit organization, shares with the Grant Writing & Funding Changemakers how to increase funding for your nonprofit. As a nonprofit leader in the nonprofit space for that past 26 years, Dr. Rob Harter has some amazing tools in his toolbox to grow funding for nonprofit organizations. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Michael Thatcher from Charity Navigator comes on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast to discuss the ratings system for non-profit organizations. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Every nonprofit organization has a board of directors. But understanding what their roles and responsibilities are can be fuzzy. There does exist 10 Best Practices for nonprofit board of directors, however who set these best practices and are they the best? ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Pricing grant writing services is a challenge that many freelance grant writers have (and for good reasons). The thing is, a lot of freelance grant writers and nonprofit consultants go with traditional pricing vs. value-based pricing. However as a freelance grant writer, you are a professional and you should be charging value-based pricing. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Here are the Top 5 Most Listened to Podcast Episodes for Freelance Grant Writers on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast in 2022! ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

This is Most Listened to Episodes for Grant Writers & Nonprofits on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast in 2022! ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Saying thank you sometimes feels like a fuzzy must around the holidays. Sometimes those holidays are just the reminders that we need. But what if I told you that you could increase your non-profit organization’s funding by donors, partners, sponsors, and grant funding sources just by saying thank you throughout the year? ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Even if you aren't a Swiftie, you probably have heard about the big Ticketmaster debacle this week with Taylor Swift tickets. Here’s the thing. Stories like this might paralyze your nonprofit or grant writing business from moving forward! Too often we get scared thinking about all the things that could go wrong, we forget that none of the things that could go right WILL NOT HAPPEN if we don’t hit “publish” In this week’s Grant Writing & Funding episode, Holly Rustick shares with you on how the Taylor Swift+Ticketmaster story might be holding back your nonprofit or grant writing business from publishing a giving campaign or your business! Plus, we will evaluate 4 of Holly’s own Tech Snafus and how she has course corrected. Remember, “Done is Better Than Perfect” ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Looking for Resources to have an epic Giving Tuesday Campaign? Look no further as Grant Writing & Funding has curated our favorite 6 #givingtuesday resources. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Ep. 244: How to Write Grants Using Concise, Clear, and Meaningful Words by Holly Rustick

Get a full breakdown of an effective email strategy for your end of year giving campaign with Christina Edwards of Splendid Consulting. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨