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From FT Job to Laid Off to $7K in Grant Writing in 3 Months
If you got caught in getting laid off in Academics, Health, or Research in 2025 have you considered being a freelance grant writer? This is what Caitlin did and it pai...
Government Shutdown 2025: How is it Impacting Grant Funding?
Welcome to this episode of Grant Writing & Funding with your host Holly Rustick and special guest Rachel Werner, CEO of RBW Strategy Consulting and principal of My Fed...
Get Clients as a Grant Writer 5-Part Series: #5 Stop Basing Your Success on Grants Won
A lot of grant writers feel like they are in an impossible situation when asked about their ‘grant writing success rate’. As if the only measurement of your success as...
Get Clients as a Grant Writer 5-Part Series: #4 Stop Overpricing in 2025
A concept that I have been talking about this year is doing the MVP. Now you may have heard the term MVP before, with the acronym standing for Minimum Viable Product. ...
Get Clients as a Grant Writer 5-Part Series: #3 Stop Overworking
You may be thinking about learning how to write grants and you think it will take too much time OR you may be a freelance grant writer and be stuck in client work.What...
Get Clients as a Grant Writer 5-Part Series: #2 Stop Calling Yourself a Grant Writer
You don’t just write grants. You are a grant strategist. You just aren’t positioning yourself as one.We are seeing that Academy students who are leaning into positioni...
Get Clients as a Grant Writer 5-Part Series: #1 Stop Writing Grants
Changemakers in the Academy have made $3,470,242 (and growing every day) in their grant writing businesses so far in 2025. 🔥They’ve also secured more than $48 million ...
Earn an Extra $10K in 90 Days Writing Grants from Home
Join Holly to hear how you can earn an extra $10,000 in 90 days writing grants from home. She will give you case studies on what freelance grant writer students (insid...
How Dr. Annise Mabry Secured $2.7M in Grants
Today on Grant Writing & Funding, Holly Rustick sits down with Dr. Annise Mabry bestselling author, and multi-stream revenue builder. We dive into how she’s secured $2...
Should Freelance Grant Writers Submit Grants on Behalf of Your Clients?
In this episode, Holly Rustick dives into a nuanced topic that many freelance grant writers grapple with: Should you, as a freelancer, submit grants directly on behalf...
Reframing Grant Rejection
In this heartfelt episode, Holly dives deep into the topic every grant writer faces but rarely wants to talk about—grant rejections. She reminds us that denials are a ...
Mastering Grant Prospecting: Free & Paid Tools for Success
We dive into the essentials of grant prospecting, covering both free and paid tools. Learn how to find funders, understand RFPs, and utilize top software like Grants.g...
What Saves Grant Writers Hours Every Week (it's not AI)
Freelance grant writing comes with freedom—and a lot of moving parts. If you’re juggling multiple clients, deadlines, and reporting requirements, you need more than a ...
What Is Grant Writing?
Ever wondered what grant writing actually is and how you can start even without a degree, certification, or years of experience?In this video, Holly Rustick, CEO of Fr...
90 Days Off Per Year and $17K More Money: The Math of Freelance Grant Writing
Discover how you can earn significantly more and work less as a freelance grant writer compared to a full-time nonprofit job. Join Holly Rustic, owner of the Freelance...
For Profit and Nonprofit Branding
Discover how nonprofits can build impactful, long-term partnerships with corporations to increase funding, expand reach, and boost community impact. In this inspiring ...
Grants Beyond Borders: How Sophie Grew Her Grant Writing Team from Her Home in South Africa
In this conversation, Holly Rustick interviews Sophie Olivier, the CEO and founder of Flourish Fundraising, who shares her journey in grant writing and fundraising fro...
My Superpower? Turning Every ‘No’ Into a ‘Yes’ with Grants, Sales Calls, and the Mentorship
Learn about my super power - turning a no into a yes: from winning grants, to securing nonprofit clients, to having changemakers join the Grant Professional Mentorship...
Mindset & Strategy Behind Growing Your Grant Writing Business in 2025
The word for grant writers to embrace in 2025 is current. This can be used in many ways, but one is that of following a current in a river. There might be rocks in the...
Kia Created Systems to Hire a VA and start a Blog in her Grant Writing Business
In this inspiring episode, Holly Rustick sits down with Kia Chatmon, founder of Heart for the Community Consulting, to explore her journey from working in the nonprofi...