Freelance Grant Writing is More Financially Stable Than a Nonprofit Job

This episode, Holly Rustick explains how freelance grant writing can give you more freedom, security and financial security than nonprofit job ever can. 

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

Holly explains why nonprofit jobs are less secure than freelance grant writing, how freelance grant writing can give you financial stability, and how much freelance grant writers can make in a year. 

She also talks about the flexibility freelance grant writing gives you, other benefits of opening a freelance grant writing business, and how inflation is affecting wages at nonprofits.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The best grant writing and sales strategies in the industry. 
• How freelance grant writing can give you more freedom in your life. 
• Why nonprofit jobs are less secure than freelance grant writing. 
• Why freelance grant writing is more financially stable than working at a nonprofit.
• The benefits of opening a freelance grant writing business. 
• Why all grant writers should set up a side business. 
• The flexibility freelance grant writing gives you. 
• How inflation is affecting wages at nonprofits. 
• How much grant writers can earn in a year. 

About Holly Rustick

Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author.

Holly has been coaching grant writers how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017.

With two decades of grant writing and nonprofit experience, Holly is a popular keynote speaker for events all over the world, podcast host of the Top-Ranked Grant Writing podcast, a former university instructor, and is past president of the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is constantly booked out to run trainings to help grant writers grow capacity, increase funding, and advance mission. 

Connect with Holly Rustick:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Freelance Grant Writer Academy

Quotables:

• “Freelance grant writing is more financially stable than working inside a nonprofit.”
• “Set up a freelance grant writing business so you have financial stability.”
• “If you set up a side business you will feel confident in having a net and when things go sideways you will have options.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Register for the Free Webinar, Jan. 10th, 2024 “Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job and Replace Your Income with Freelance Grant Writing” Click here
• Get a Free Book in December!
• Join the Waitlist for the Freelance Grant Writer Academy. Click here.
• Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job: The Power of Freelance Grant Writing for Financial Freedom
• Growing your Nonprofit Consultancy Practice
• How Freelance Grant Writers Get Paid

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