Grant Writing & Funding

This episode, Holly explains how a grant proposal’s research section is marked, what you should include in the research section, and the type of data you need to provide. The research section is a vital part of your grant proposal, it’s a chance to showcase the importance of the work you’re doing and the impact you can have with the right funding. It can be tempting to write this section emotively, but your research section needs to be data focused, you can’t be scored on emotions but data can get you points. This episode, Holly explains how a grant proposal’s research section is marked, how should write the research section in a grant proposal, and the type of language you should use. Holly also talks about the ways to score points in the research section, the data you need to provide, and the most important aspects of a grant proposal’s referencing style. ------------------------------------------------ ✨

Often people get overwhelmed by grant proposals and it’s common to feel unsure about how to start writing a grant proposal. What do you need to include, how should you present it, and how do you make sure not to miss any important details in your grant? This episode, Holly explains how to get a template for your grant, how to use a template to write a grant, and how to access a grant’s instructions. Holly also talks about the subjective nature of grant reviewing, what the review process of a grant involves, and how different sections of a grant are scored. "Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts “Every time I listen to Holly’s show, I learn something”

Starting a nonprofit consultancy is one thing. Knowing when to grow it, is another. You may have a consultancy that serves nonprofit clients. Nonprofit consultants provide services for nonprofit organizations, and are contracted (not staffed) to do these services. Some of these services include: ✨ Grant Writing ✨ Grant Management ✨ Marketing Services ✨ Strategic Planning ✨ Board Development ✨ Fundraising ✨ Social Media Services ✨ Crowdfunding Campaign ✨ Accounting & Bookkeeping ✨ Website Development ✨ Leadership ✨ And more… Once you have your business up and running, and have nonprofit clients, you may choose to start outsourcing, hiring, or streamlining some of your tasks. Deciding on how to grow your nonprofit consultancy can be a daunting task. Why? Well, when is the time? Should you have a certain amount of savings before you hire someone? Should you invest and ask about a certain ROI? To help answer some of these questions, Mandy Pearce from Funding for Good joins me on the Grant Writing & F

Don’t just assume that gender inequity doesn’t exist in your nonprofit organization. Even though women represent 75 percent of people working in nonprofit organizations in the United States, we know that there are leadership positions and pay gaps rampant in nonprofit organizations. However, it’s not all doom and gloom either. There are ways to create gender equity for your nonprofit organization. Here are 15-steps for your nonprofit to create a culture of gender equity. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Women represent 75 percent of people working in nonprofit organizations in the United States. One might think because they make up such a high percentage of staffing that they would have equal leadership positions and pay compared to their male counterparts. However, research shows that just because women represent a high percentage of positions in the nonprofit sector that there is no equity. Unfortunately, there are a large number of systemic issues tied to this, and we go deeper into this in our full webinar, “Celebrating Women in Nonprofits”. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Freelance grant writing is a female-led industry, with 82 percent of grant professionals surveyed are female. In our definition here, a grant professional is a grant writer that owns their own business. As far as grant writers who work within a nonprofit organization, this percentage is at 67 percent, which is also quite high. Initially what the Global Development Solutions 2022 Pricing Survey found is that female grant professionals are charging more per hour than men. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Nonprofit Jenni comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to discuss cutting-edge books for nonprofit leaders. Nonprofit Jenni is founder of the Overhead Book Club, where she curates books for nonprofit leaders. She spends a massive amount of time researching books to bring into her book club, and shares some of her favorite books! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Nikki R. Jones is a communications strategist, speechwriter, copywriter, and trainer with 16+ years of experience in the small business, government, and nonprofit sectors. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Sean Kosofsky, the Nonprofit Fixer, comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to discuss how nonprofit organizations can transition into a 4-day workweek. This can help with retaining skilled staff and recruiting new staff (without increasing your budget!). -------------------------------------------------- ✨

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! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Ihor Bauman from Workee comes on the Grant Writing & Funding podcast this week to give you tips to write effective blogs that drive people and donors to your nonprofit or consultancy website. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Dr. Rob Harter, from Nonprofit Leadership Podcast and CCPC non-profit organization, shares with the Grant Writing & Funding Changemakers how to increase funding for your nonprofit. As a nonprofit leader in the nonprofit space for that past 26 years, Dr. Rob Harter has some amazing tools in his toolbox to grow funding for nonprofit organizations. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Michael Thatcher from Charity Navigator comes on the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast to discuss the ratings system for non-profit organizations. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Every nonprofit organization has a board of directors. But understanding what their roles and responsibilities are can be fuzzy. There does exist 10 Best Practices for nonprofit board of directors, however who set these best practices and are they the best? ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

Pricing grant writing services is a challenge that many freelance grant writers have (and for good reasons). The thing is, a lot of freelance grant writers and nonprofit consultants go with traditional pricing vs. value-based pricing. However as a freelance grant writer, you are a professional and you should be charging value-based pricing. ------------------------------------------------------ ✨

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Knowing how to write federal grants is a great skill to have! This type of grant writing is very specific, taps into federal funding, and requires (a majority of time) a lot more hours to write compared to foundation grants. -------------------------------------------------- ✨

If you are interested in growing a freelance grant writing business, then you need to be clear on what you do and which nonprofit clients you will serve. Believe you me, there are more than enough nonprofit organizations out there needing grant writers. In fact, there are a shortage of freelance grant writers! -------------------------------------------------- ✨

Saying thank you sometimes feels like a fuzzy must around the holidays. Sometimes those holidays are just the reminders that we need. But what if I told you that you could increase your non-profit organization’s funding by donors, partners, sponsors, and grant funding sources just by saying thank you throughout the year? ------------------------------------------------------ ✨