This episode, Holly Rustick explains the different ways nonprofit jobs are toxic, how nonprofits guilt their staff, and why being a freelance grant writer is better than being an in-house grant writer.

Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author who has been coaching grant writers on how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017. 

Holly explains the toxic side of working with nonprofits, why people get guilted to work at nonprofits, and how you can transition to freelance grant writing.

She also talks about the microaggressions you see in nonprofits, what makes freelance grant writing better than in-house grant writing, and how grant writers can get financial stability.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The different ways nonprofit jobs are toxic.
• How to replace your full time income with flexible hours.
• How nonprofits guilt their staff.
• The fringe benefits you can expect working at a nonprofit.
• The amount you get paid as an in-house grant writer.
• How grant writers can get financial stability.
• Why being a freelance grant writer is better than being an in-house grant writer.
• The microaggressions you see in nonprofits.
• The gender divide in nonprofits.
• How to transition to freelance grant writing.

Quotables:

• “One of the hardest positions for nonprofits to pay are staff grant writers because of all the things attached to being a grant writer and you end up working two full time jobs.”
• “Working as an in-house grant writer on top of not having a raise, being guilted to work for the cause, working all ends, not being able to get paid well, you also don’t have good fringe benefits.”
• “The only way to break free from a toxic workplace is to completely disrupt it.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Freelance Grant Writer Academy
• Freelance Grant Writing is More Financially Stable Than a Nonprofit Job
• How Tiffany is Quitting Her Full-Time Job Early with Freelance Grant Writing
• Transitioning to Freelance Grant Writing
• Grant Easy Management Software

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