This episode, Holly Rustick explains the amount of grants available for nonprofits, how long grant writing services will be in demand, and why AI can’t replace grant writers.

In this episode, Holly talks about the skills grant writers need to become business owners, how grant writers should design their service offerings, and why nonprofits often pay for people to join The Freelance Grant Writer Academy.

She also explains the business acumen skills you learn in The Freelance Grant Writer Academy, the value of a master grant writing template, and how grant reviews can help grant writers and their nonprofits.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The business acumen skills you learn in The Freelance Grant Writer Academy.
• The amount of grants that are available for nonprofits.
• How long grant writing services will be in demand.
• Why AI isn’t able to replace grant writers.
• The value of a master grant writing template.
• How grant reviews can help grant writers.
• How to get a nonprofit to pay for The Freelance Grant Writer Academy.
• The skills grant writers need to become business owners.
• How to design your service offerings.
• The coaching and community available in The Freelance Grant Writer Academy.

Quotables:

• “Grant writing is a skill that’s never gone out of fashion. With more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the US alone, grant writing is a skill that will be needed throughout our entire lifetimes.”
• “Grant writing has been proven that it is not a skill that will become obsolete.”
• “Just because you start a business does not mean you have the skills to run a business.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Interested in Finding out More? Join the “Is the Freelance Grant Writer Academy for Me?” Live Call on Friday, May 10th at 4 pm EST.  Click here.
• Freelance Grant Writer Academy
• Grantable
• Get your 9-5 to Pay for the Academy
• Transitioning to Freelance Grant Writing: Building Your Business Gradually
• Replace Full-Time Income on Flexible Hours as a Freelance Grant Writer

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