It’s time to have legacy work and be financially stable.
Inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy, we show you how to replace your full-time income while writing grants from home.
The Freelance Grant Writer Academy is a 12-month Group Coaching Program where aspiring and seasoned grant writers replace their FT income, on flexible hours, writing grants from home.
You don’t have to know how to write grants or how to run a business to get started.
It’s not as hard as you think.
Get paid to write grants without the hassles that come from working on the inside of a nonprofit organization.
I’ve spent 20 years writing grants, worked inside nonprofits as a grant writer, and have had a full-time freelance grant writing business. When I worked inside a nonprofit , I was working 50+ hours a week in a toxic environment and making less than $50K per year. It wasn’t until I started freelance grant writing that I reduced my workload and stress, while increasing my freelance income to 6 figures per year.
Is this you?
And you’re interested in freelance grant writing, but…
Here’s what you need.
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A solid grant writing system, including UNLIMITED grant reviews to overcome imposter syndrome.
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A simple and ethical system to have high-converting sales calls with nonprofit clients.
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Coaches and a community where you get support so you aren’t paralyzed with making business decisions.
Introducing the Freelance Grant Writer Academy
A 12-Month Group Coaching Program where you can Replace Your Full-Time Income, on Flexible Hours, Writing Grants from Home.
With our curriculum, coaching, and feedback, you will be able to:
Writing Grants Changes the World. Grant Writing & Business Acumen are Legacy Skills that Help you Live a Quality Life for the Rest of Your Life. You Will Never Be out of Work. Ever.
REAL RESULTS FROM ACADEMY STUDENTS
What’s All Included in the Academy
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LIVE GROUP COACHING
Get personalized, expert WEEKLY coaching via Zoom, on any questions you are facing in your grant writing or business. Maybe you aren’t sure what to charge a potential client, how to reach out to get a client, or how to write a logic model. You will get over paralysis in your business by showing up to get coaching or listening in on others getting coached. Can’t make it? We got you. These coaching calls are recorded with replays available in the Hub to watch and in a private podcast.
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DAILY SLACK COACHING
Get access to our freelance grant writer community in our daily Slack channel. Have a business question you want answered before the next coaching session, want to share a client win, or need some mindset coaching? The Freelance Grant Writer Academy Slack Channel gives you instant access to a community of freelance grant writers and grant writing coaches.
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MINDSET COACHING
Mindset and personal growth are HUGE as an entrepreneur. Inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy, you will get access to our self-coaching model, as well as get coaching on your thinking! Believe me, your thoughts create feelings which create actions and then results. It ALL starts with your thoughts. We work on empowering your thoughts so you set healthy boundaries and thrive in your business.
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UNLIMITED GRANT REVIEWS
Get personalized feedback on your grants before you hand them into clients!
This will boost your grant writing skills (and more importantly confidence) by getting an expert’s eyes on your grants. And winning more grants, means getting more clients and charging more.
Holly does grant reviews as a stand-alone service starting at $2,500 as she has been a federal and foundation grant reviewer for a decade. You get this included in at no extra cost inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy!
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UNLIMITED BUSINESS REVIEWS
Are you unsure of what type of nonprofit to work with? Or what type of business to open? Or want feedback on your Unique Industry Concept?
Get personalized feedback on the set up of your business, website reviews, and more. Inside the Academy, you can submit your pricing, package ideas, contracts, LinkedIn profile, services, and more. After working with hundreds of freelance grant writers and in the industry for 20 years, we know what works, and we also know not getting feedback can paralyze you in your business.
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30-DAY MASTER GRANT TEMPLATE
In just 10-15 minutes per day, for 30 days, you will learn a concept in writing a master grant proposal.
At the end of 30 days, (and along the way), you will get feedback on your Master Grant Application Template. You will also learn the exact grant writing process we use for onboarding clients and for making systems in your business to save you time. Even if you have written grants before, learn how to create a Master Grant Template as a product for your clients.
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CURRICULUM
Get all the curriculum in grant writing systems and business acumen so you write winning grants, set up your freelance business, identify your ideal clients, put together your services and pricing, have high-converting sales, and deliver top-quality client services.
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DISCOUNTS
We work with partner grant research and grant management partners. Our students love to save hundreds of dollars every month by partnering with others in the Academy and getting grant research and management platforms. Plus, they get coupon code discounts for these research and management platforms by being in the Academy.
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BENEFITS CLUB
Our Freedom Circle benefits club has two levels:
1: Once you secure 4 grants and get 1 grant reviewed by our team, you will be listed in our GW&F Grant Writers for Hire Directory! Some of our Students say this is where they have gotten all their clients!
2: Once you reach $50K in nonprofit sales, then you get private group coaching with more advanced strategies to scale your business.
Inside the Curriculum
In addition to the Coaching and Community, you get:
Grant Writing Skills, Systems, & Feedback
Learn our Grant Writing Systems
Business Acumen Skills, Systems, & Feedback
Module 1: Business Foundations
Module 2: CEO Mindset, Money, & Management
Module 3: Identify Your Niche & Marketing
Module 4: Services & Pricing
Module 5: Sales Confidence & Getting Clients
Module 6: Client Delivery & Issues
Curriculum includes workbooks, templates, and samples, and shareable docs. You don’t need to create anything from scratch. We got you.
Why the Academy is #1 Rated and Unique
We Provide Expert & UNLIMITED Grant Reviews
We offer UNLIMITED grant reviews at no extra cost inside the Academy. To the public, we charge $2,500 PER grant review, and inside the Academy, you get UNLIMITED Grant Reviews. We have 20+ years of federal, state, and foundation grant writing experience and 10+ years of federal grant review expertise. We have literally reviewed hundreds of grants. We know what gets funded and what doesn’t.
We Provide UNLIMITED Business Reviews
A lot of programs may offer coaching, but they aren’t reviewing your website, your pricing, or your services. Are they reviewing your retainer contracts or looking at your LinkedIn profile and giving you personalized feedback to increase sales? Nope. But we do that. We eliminate you getting stuck in the weeds of your business with these UNLIMITED BUSINESS reviews.
The Curriculum is Simple & Short
If you have hundreds of hours of content, weekly long sessions, and lots of homework you are not going to do it. You get short, bite-sized training videos and templates for what you need, when you need it. The content is simple, but loaded with the vital steps to move forward.
You Get Access to a Community for 12-Months
When you have a community where you can place questions, wins, or resources every single day for 12 months, that changes things. We offer weekly LIVE coaching calls AND a daily Slack channel so you get feedback as you implement the curriculum AND you get to meet up with your peers. Many students in the Academy even subcontract one another or partner on proposals with their peers.
We Serve Both Seasoned and New Grant Writers
No matter if you have never written a grant before or if you have been writing grants for decades, we have resources for you. We work with you to improve your grant writing skills and get your business acumen so that it replaces your full-time income while working part-time.
We Help You Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job
Many of the students inside the Academy get their first client as their current job. Others get another anchor client first before they even let their current job know. We help you quit your current job by first having your business set up with clients.
What Happens in the First 30 Days
1. 30-Day Master Grant Template Challenge
2. Set Up Your Business Acumen Systems in 90 Days & Get Your First Paying Clients
MORE RESULTS FROM STUDENTS
Design a business model that brings in the revenue you want, with clients you love, so you live the life you envision
Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job and Replace Your Full-Time Income with Freelance Grant Writing
MORE CLIENT LOVE
How Jen Made $73K in her Business Within a Year, and Won Her First Grant all the Way to $260K
How Tiffany Quit Her Full-Time Job Early because of the Nonprofit Sales Strategies
Doubling Clients, Cutting Hours: Dr. Lauren’s $500K Grant Writing Journey inside the Academy
How Deb Tripled her Rates and Booked out Clients by Niching in Performing Arts Grants
How Gwen Made $65K in 6 months and $9million in Grant Funding
How Grace Booked Out Her Part-Time Business Within 2 Months
How Isatou is Quitting Her FT Job 8 Months Early
Kari Made $31,750 in 4 Months With Systems
Payton Transformed Her Value in Her 9-5 and Made $17K in Her Business in 3 Months