How Small Nonprofits Can Half the Price of Hiring a Grant Writer & Double the Impact with Brian Meagher

This episode, Brian Meagher explains how Covid has affected grant writing systems, the ways AI can be used in the grant writing process, and the different ways to improve the efficiency of a team.

Brian Meagher has over a decade of experience in fundraising, and has worked in a variety of roles from major gifts officer to planned giving, grant writing and managing a team.

Brian explains how he used what he learned from the Grant Professional Mentorship programme to improve the efficiency of his team, enabling him to increase his revenue while charging nonprofits less.

He also talks about the ways systems and processes should be used in grant writing, how to vet nonprofit organizations in your first call with them, and where to find useful fundraising resources.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to improve your nonprofit’s brand recognition.
• How to produce high-quality grant writing while charging less.
• The ways Covid has affected grant writing processes and systems.
• How AI can be used in the grant writing process.
• Different ways to improve efficiency in a team.
• What the Grant Professional Mentorship programme teaches about having processes and systems within a business.
• The benefits of doing a role reset in your business.
• The fundraising resources available in the Grant Professional Mentorship programme. 
• How to efficiently vet nonprofit organizations in your first call with them.

About Brian Meagher

Brian Meagher has over a decade of experience in fundraising and has worked in a variety of roles from major gifts officer to planned giving, grant writing and managing a team.

During this time, Brian has successfully raised millions of dollars for small nonprofits, and has developed a deep understanding of fundraising, with the skills and experience to make a significant impact in any organization.

Connect with Brian Meagher:

• Website
• Email
• LinkedIn

Quotables:

• “My model is that I’m half the price of a full-time grant writer doing double the work and augmented to your team.”
• “With AI it works 60 percent of the time fantastic but I can’t rely on that 40 percent not working for my business, there has to be that human element, but the proof is in the pudding that it works this way.”
• “Having the roles and responsibilities clearly defined and marked out, creates this breath of fresh air for everybody because then there’s no ambiguity to it.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Nonprofit Consulting Conference 2024
• Freelance Grant Writer Academy
• Doubling Clients and Cutting Hours: Dr. Lauren’s $500K Grant Writing Journey inside the Academy
• How to Identify What Rates to Charge as a Grant Writer
• How Jen Made Her Investment Back within 3 Months, booked out clients, and won her first grant Inside the Academy
• Do you have a grant writing business and want to scale to multi 6 figures while building an agency? Join the Grant Professional Mentorship Waitlist
• Are you a new or seasoned grant writer and want to start or grow a freelance grant writing business and replace your full-time income with writing grants part-time from home? The Freelance Grant Writer Academy might be more your speed. Join the waitlist here.

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