Grant Writing & Funding
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Holly Rustick, creator of WEGO Consulting, is known as the grant girl. Shes been on both sides of the grant writing coin writing them for over a decade as well as managing and reviewing them on behalf of numerous organizations. She also conducts grant training workshops, offers grant-related products, and hosts this podcast. Holding a Masters in International Political Economy and a Bachelors in Political Science, Holly is not only a successful technical writer for federal contract bids but also facilitates fundraisers, crowd funding campaigns and solicits in-kind donations from large corporations. "Grant Writing & Funding" offers you tidbits of tips, advice, and answers about grants and funding. Check out these nuggets!Check out www.grantwritingandfunding.com for FREE grant writing and funding templates!
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Ep. 267: How to Secure Funding for Your School or Nonprofit
18/04/2023 Duración: 40minIt can be confusing to know what funding is available for educational programs and difficult to identify where the funding for education is. But there is still a sizeable amount of grant funding available for non-profits and schools, you just have to know how to find the right funding and how to properly apply for a grant. Chiara joins us to discuss how organizations can get support with Department of Education Grants, the different grant funding available for non-profit schools, and which Department of Education funds are still open for applications. She also explains the impact a grant can have on a school, the type of evaluation metrics you need to provide for a grant, and why it’s so important to have an evaluation section in a grant. Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts: “Every time I listen to Holly’s show, I learn something”
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Ep. 266: Scoring Points in Your Grant Proposal's Research Section - With Holly Rustick
11/04/2023 Duración: 10minThis episode, Holly explains how a grant proposal’s research section is marked, what you should include in the research section, and the type of data you need to provide. The research section is a vital part of your grant proposal, it’s a chance to showcase the importance of the work you’re doing and the impact you can have with the right funding. It can be tempting to write this section emotively, but your research section needs to be data focused, you can’t be scored on emotions but data can get you points. This episode, Holly explains how a grant proposal’s research section is marked, how should write the research section in a grant proposal, and the type of language you should use. Holly also talks about the ways to score points in the research section, the data you need to provide, and the most important aspects of a grant proposal’s referencing style. ------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep. 265: How to Score Higher on Your Grant Proposal - With Holly Rustick
04/04/2023 Duración: 16minOften people get overwhelmed by grant proposals and it’s common to feel unsure about how to start writing a grant proposal. What do you need to include, how should you present it, and how do you make sure not to miss any important details in your grant? This episode, Holly explains how to get a template for your grant, how to use a template to write a grant, and how to access a grant’s instructions. Holly also talks about the subjective nature of grant reviewing, what the review process of a grant involves, and how different sections of a grant are scored. "Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts “Every time I listen to Holly’s show, I learn something”
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Ep. 264: How to Know When to Grow Your Nonprofit Consultancy with Mandy Pearce
28/03/2023 Duración: 39minStarting a nonprofit consultancy is one thing. Knowing when to grow it, is another. You may have a consultancy that serves nonprofit clients. Nonprofit consultants provide services for nonprofit organizations, and are contracted (not staffed) to do these services. Some of these services include: ✨ Grant Writing ✨ Grant Management ✨ Marketing Services ✨ Strategic Planning ✨ Board Development ✨ Fundraising ✨ Social Media Services ✨ Crowdfunding Campaign ✨ Accounting & Bookkeeping ✨ Website Development ✨ Leadership ✨ And more… Once you have your business up and running, and have nonprofit clients, you may choose to start outsourcing, hiring, or streamlining some of your tasks. Deciding on how to grow your nonprofit consultancy can be a daunting task. Why? Well, when is the time? Should you have a certain amount of savings before you hire someone? Should you invest and ask about a certain ROI? To help answer some of these questions, Mandy Pearce from Funding for Good joins me on the Grant Writing & F
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Ep.263: 15 Step Nonprofit Checklist to Create Gender Equity
21/03/2023 Duración: 15minDon’t just assume that gender inequity doesn’t exist in your nonprofit organization. Even though women represent 75 percent of people working in nonprofit organizations in the United States, we know that there are leadership positions and pay gaps rampant in nonprofit organizations. However, it’s not all doom and gloom either. There are ways to create gender equity for your nonprofit organization. Here are 15-steps for your nonprofit to create a culture of gender equity. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep. 262: Women in Nonprofits: Does Representation Equate to Leadership & Pay Equity?
14/03/2023 Duración: 10minWomen 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”. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.261: Why are Female Freelance Grant Writers Working for Free
07/03/2023 Duración: 13minFreelance 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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.260: 5 Top Nonprofit Leadership Books from Nonprofit Jenni
28/02/2023 Duración: 47minNonprofit 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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.259: The Art of Storytelling & Press Conferences for Your Nonprofit
21/02/2023 Duración: 49minNikki R. Jones is a communications strategist, speechwriter, copywriter, and trainer with 16+ years of experience in the small business, government, and nonprofit sectors. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.258: Increase Retention and Recruit Talent by Using the 4-Day Workweek
14/02/2023 Duración: 40minSean 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!). -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.257: Grant Writer Pricing Survey: Why Grant Professionals Don't Feel Valued
07/02/2023 Duración: 01h05minIn 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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep. 256: 3 Blog Writing Tips to Drive People to Your Nonprofit or Consultancy Website
31/01/2023 Duración: 44minIhor 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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.255: 3 Tips from an Executive Director that Will Grow a Nonprofit's Revenue
24/01/2023 Duración: 35minDr. 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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep.254: How Your Nonprofit Can Stand Out in the Funder's Eyes Charity Navigator
17/01/2023 Duración: 51minMichael Thatcher from Charity Navigator comes on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast to discuss the ratings system for non-profit organizations. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep.253: Why the 10 Best Practices of a Nonprofit Board are Flawed
10/01/2023 Duración: 56minEvery 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? ------------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep. 252 How to Calculate Value-Based Pricing as a Freelance Grant Writer
03/01/2023 Duración: 23minPricing 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. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep. 251: Best of 2022 Podcast Episodes for Freelance Grant Writers
27/12/2022 Duración: 33minHere are the Top 5 Most Listened to Podcast Episodes for Freelance Grant Writers on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast in 2022! ------------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep. 250: 2022 Top Podcast Episodes for Grant Writers & Nonprofit Leaders
20/12/2022 Duración: 35minThis is Most Listened to Episodes for Grant Writers & Nonprofits on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast in 2022! ------------------------------------------------------ ✨
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Ep.249: How This Federal Grant Writer Advanced Her Freelance Grant Writing Business
13/12/2022 Duración: 53minKnowing 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. -------------------------------------------------- ✨
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Ep. 248: How to Niche Your Grant Writing Services to Get Ideal Nonprofit Clients
06/12/2022 Duración: 47minIf 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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨