This episode, Holly Rustick explains why all grant writers need a grant template, what to include in a grant template, and how to create streamlined systems for your grant writing business.

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 how long it takes to learn how to write grants, how to save time when writing grant applications, and the benefits of using a grant template.

She also talks about what to include in a master grant application template, the commonalities between different grant applications, and how to use AI in the grant writing process.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How long it takes to learn how to write grants.
• How to create streamlined systems for your grant writing business.
• The benefits of using a grant template.
• The core framework of writing a grant.
• How nonprofits can use master grant application templates.
• How to develop a projected budget for a nonprofit.
• What to include in a grant template.
• The commonalities between different grant applications.
• How to save time when writing a grant application.
• How to use AI for grant writing.

Quotables:

• “Grant writers need a grant template. This will create streamlined systems for your freelance grant writing business.”
• “Freelance grant writers and nonprofits often don’t create a master grant template and because of that they’re chasing the grants and they always have to develop new programs. It’s so much work and it’s often outside of the scope of work.”
• “Even if you’ve never written a grant before inside the freelance grant writer academy we train you how to write a master grant application in 30 days. There is nothing like this in the industry.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Freelance Grant Writer Academy
• Grant Easy Management Software

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