Hi, I’m Holly.
I create effective systems so you can:
  • Learn Grant Writing
  • Launch a Grant Writing Business
I do this by leveraging my experience for nearly 2 decades, training thousands of people on the weekly Grant Writing & Funding podcast, and by coaching in my signature programs.

FREE GRANT WRITING RESOURCES

Download one of my free, powerful workbooks to achieve, advance, & accelerate your funding skills.

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Grant Writing

Free Grant Writing class

Free Grant Writing Class

Get the GRANTS Formula in 45 minutes and start winning grants!

Launch a Grant
Writing Business

Freelance Grant Writer

Free 5-Step Checklist

5 Simple Steps to Launch a Freelance Grant Writing Business.

If you want to learn how to write grants, how to start a freelance grant writing business, or how to facilitate nonprofit strategic planning, then check out the Freelance Grant Writer Academy.

Freelance Grant Writer Academy

how to be a freelance grant writer

If you want to start a freelance grant writing business, then you’re going to love this.

  • Overcome Imposter Syndrome: Get the support to charge what you are worth!
  • A Full Business Model: Immediately get everything you need to start a freelance grant writing business!
  • Feedback Support System: Get feedback on your grants, on your pricing, and marketing…before you send it to clients!
  • Bi-Monthly Zoom Calls: Get coaching twice a month to maintain your momentum in starting a business!

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The Top-Ranked Grant Writing & Funding Podcast

Some podcast are entertaining and fun. Some are helpful and informative. Grant Writing & Funding is both!

Holly shares her step-by-step action steps with you every single week, often in a humorous way (no stiff academic-speak, here!). This power-packed podcast offers an abundance of inside tips, tools, and template of all things grant writing, how to diversify funding streams for nonprofits, and insider steps on how to be a successful freelance grant writer.

World-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author Holly Rustick loves to coach grant writers to quit their toxic nonprofit jobs and replace their full-time income by writing grants from home. She teaches thousands of people every week through her top-ranking podcast, Grant Writing & Funding, how to take actionable bite-sized steps skills in grant writing and business.

Having secured millions of dollars for nonprofit organizations around the world throughout the past 18+ years, Holly has a mission to create peace and profitability for freelance grant writers.

GRANTS SECURED

A few grants Holly has won.

logo of grants won

$660,000

grants won of office of victim of crime

$406,128

funding raised for diabetes foundation

$460,000

grants won for conservation trust

$20,000

grants won for NSF

$274,900

grants won from Administration for Native Americans

$1.1 million

Learn
Grant Writing

Free Grant Writing class

Free Grant Writing Class

Get the GRANTS Formula in 45 minutes and start winning grants!

Launch a Grant
Writing Business

Freelance Grant Writer

Free 5-Step Checklist

5 Simple Steps to Launch a Freelance Grant Writing Business.