In this special premiere presentation of Grant Professional Pricing Survey results, Rachel Waterman of Global Development Solutions and Grant Easy Management Systems, delivers the results of an intensive 2022 pricing survey among grant writing professionals. 

The results identified in “Survey Revealed: What & How Grant Professionals are Pricing Their Services” are very eye-opening!

In this FREE presentation, GDS unveiled interesting discoveries such as:  

• Almost half of the people who took the survey reported that they struggle to find a fair price for their services even with a median of 14 years of experience in the grant writing profession. 

• 66% of those who do not identify as either male or female and 45% of females said they do at least 10 hours of unpaid work a week, while only 25% of males do. 

• 82% of respondents are female grant professionals 

The Data gets even more interesting when you start breaking it down and looking at it more closely.

This is for you to watch, if you are a grant writing professional and you:

• Feel insecure or unsure of your current prices

• Waste valuable time trying to recreate your pricing structure again and again

• Wonder if other grant writers struggle to price their work too

Pricing struggles in the grant writing industry captivates me because it is the number one challenge voiced by students in my grant professional programs, podcast listeners, and grant professional peers. 

Overwhelmingly, it is the number one question I still get from those starting a grant writing business, as well as from seasoned professionals.

After meeting Rachel Waterman in 2020, we quickly delved into this very specific issue and it motivated us to start having this conversation on a broader scale.

The results of this report are the most influential I have seen in the industry to better understand the psychology behind pricing and how we, as grant professionals, can start to change the narrative. 

Identifying our rates as grant professionals – and feeling confident about them – isn’t about just looking at a number in a report and charging it. 

Value-based pricing really comes down to us – as a collective group – believing in our value, to gain confidence in charging our prices, and to stop working unpaid hours.

This GDS Pricing Report shines a bright light deep into the emotional behavior of pricing, which will ultimately help grant professionals stop stumbling with emotional questions concerning pricing and see the path before us more clearly. 

I take my hat off to Rachel Waterman for illuminating this path and guiding the way towards increasing confidence and fairness of pricing in the grant industry.

You can join us in this mission of raising the bar for grant professionals.

• Join GEMS today and get 10% off when using coupon code GWFHOLLY and get the FULL report for FREE!: Click here

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• Join the Grant Professional Mentorship Program: Click here

In this Presentation we Discuss:

• About the GDS Pricing Report and Welcome
• Behind the Grant Writer Survey Research
• Grant Professional Struggles
• Who answered the Grant Writing Survey
• Grant Professionals Feeling Undervalued
• 1/3 Grant Writers Don’t Bill for All Hours
• Grant Professionals Who Feel Undervalued 
• Female Grant Writers Underpaid
• Grant Certification Doesn’t Improve Earnings
• Pricing Structures for Grant Writers
• Unpaid Hours for Grant Writers
• About Grant Easy Management System
• Live Questions

About Rachel Waterman

Rachel Waterman has over 25 years of community development and grant writing experience, is Grant Professional Certified (GPC), a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), a Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Approved Trainer, and an expert in grant management. She holds a Master’s degree in community and economic development with a concentration in applied social research from Illinois State University and a Bachelor’s degree in international studies from Barry University. Her career has encompassed a broad spectrum of professional experiences, including serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, nonprofit executive director, community organizer, city master planner, researcher, and Mayor of the city of Lake Worth Beach, Florida.

Rachel is CEO and Founder of GDS Grants. She is responsible for client strategy, new program & budget development, data tracking systems, outcome measures and data analysis. Rachel also oversees the GDS Professional Development Program and personally coaches GDS interns, fellows and mentees.

Links mentioned:

• GEMS 10% Off Coupon “Use GWFHOLLY” 
• Full Pricing Report
• Grants Easy Management System
• Global Development Systems
• Rachel Waterman on LinkedIn
• Ep. 165: Grant Management Made Easy: Never Miss a Grant or Funding Deadline