How Tiffany is Quitting Her Full-Time Job Early with Freelance Grant Writing
This episode, Tiffany Thibodeau explains how long it takes to get grant writing clients, what you need to get paid writing grants, and the lifestyle benefits of freelance grant writing.
Tiffany Thibodeau is a grant consultant, content writer and member of the freelance grant writing academy.
Tiffany joins us to discuss the amount of time it takes to get grant writing clients, how to attract the right type of clients for your grant writing business, and the benefits of offering both content writing and grant writing services.
She also talks about the lifestyle benefits of freelance grant writing, the mindset you need to be a successful freelancer, and what she learned from joining the freelance grant writing academy.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to transition from an educator role to a freelance grant writer.
- How long it takes to get paid when you start writing grants.
- The benefits of offering both content writing and grant writing services.
- How to attract the right type of grant writing clients.
- The benefits of joining the freelance grant writing academy.
- How long it takes to get grant writing clients.
- The lifestyle benefits of freelance grant writing.
- The mindset you need to be a successful freelancer.
- Ways to improve your marketing to nonprofits.
- The benefits of time tracking the work you do.
About Tiffany Thibodeau
Tiffany Thibodeau is a grant consultant and content writer specializing in education and youth development. She is passionate about helping organizations tell their stories, build connections, and inspire positive action. Tiffany has over 17 years of experience as an educator, spanning early childhood through secondary. She’s drawn to supporting missions in environmental education, STEM/STEAM education, college access and career readiness, literacy, and after-school programming.
She is a member of the Grant Professionals Association and holds an M.S. in Childhood Education and a B.A. in Communication from The Sage Colleges. Tiffany is also an active community member, serving on her town’s Conservation Commission, Friends of the Library committee, and Stewardship committee for a local land trust. Tiffany lives i
n Massachusetts, where she spends her free time trudging through the woods with her partner and their two dogs.
Quotables:
- “At some point you have to leap, at some point you have to just do it. It may work, it may fail but I have the support and if things don’t go well I can course correct.”
- “Even if it’s a no now somewhere down the line a nonprofit might remember your name and reach out to you.”
- “Keep track of your hours even if you’re not reporting them to clients. It’s really helpful in your business to know where things are going.”
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Freelance Grant Writer Academy
- Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job and Replace your Income with Grant Writing Webinar
- Nonprofit Consulting Conference
- Navigating Grant Rejections: Yvonne’s Insights on Turning Setbacks into Opportunities
- Alejandra’s Journey to Becoming a Niche Expert in Environmental Grant Writing
- Growing your Nonprofit Consultancy Practice
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