Doubling Clients and Cutting Hours: Dr. Lauren’s $500K Grant Writing Journey inside the Academy 

This episode, Dr. Lauren Hopkins explains how to package grant writing services, show organizations your value, and increase your impact. 

Dr. Lauren Hopkins is a social worker, program evaluator, grant writer, training developer, and facilitator. 

Dr. Hopkins joins us to discuss the different ways to structure grant writing services, why grant writers should use value based pricing, and how grant writers can show organizations their value. 

She also talks about the business side of being a grant professional, the importance of having a grant application plan, and how using systems has helped her build financial stability.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What nonprofits can do if they can’t afford to hire a grant writer. 
• The benefits of working with a freelance grant writer. 
• Building a business plan for your first master grant application. 
• How to carry out program evaluations for grant funders. 
• The ways the freelance grant academy has helped Dr. Hopkins. 
• How grant writers should structure the services they provide. 
• Different ways to package grant writing services. 
• Why grant writers should use value-based pricing. 
• How to show organizations the value of using a grant writer. 
• The resources and templates available in the freelance grant writing academy.