Join Holly Rustick and Christina Royster, CEO of Cape Fear Grant Solutions, as she discusses how she managed to learn how to write grants, open her business and earn $30,840 in her freelance grant writing business, and work on her novel in her MFA program – all in less than a year.
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About Christina Royster
Christina Royster brings a unique blend of healthcare experience, storytelling expertise, and
grant development knowledge to the nonprofit sector. As a former doula, Registered Behavior
Technician, and educator, she deeply understands both healthcare systems and community
impact. Currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing, Christina combines technical
precision with compelling storytelling to help organizations secure vital funding. Her diverse
background enables her to transform complex ideas into persuasive narratives while guiding organizations through infrastructure development. Working primarily with small nonprofits, she
has helped organizations like IBD Connect strengthen their grant readiness, implement
comprehensive budget templates, and develop measurable program outcomes.
Cape Fear Grant Solutions transforms under-resourced nonprofits struggling with funding
uncertainty into confidently funded organizations. From maternal health organizations to
veterans’ outreach, food security, and community improvement initiatives, we assist
organizations with budgets under $100,000 throughout the grant process. Our comprehensive
approach uses expert grant guidance, strategic planning, and ongoing support provided through
three core services: Capacity Compass Assessments, Strategic Roadmap development, and
hands-on grant writing support. Based in Eastern NC, we specialize in helping small
organizations with limited resources build strong foundations for sustainable funding success.
Our unique focus on both organizational development and strategic grant pursuit ensures clients
don’t just secure funding—they build lasting capacity for continued growth and impact.
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Leading the $1 Billion for Good Movement: By 2030, aspiring and seasoned grant writers inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy & Grant Professional Mentorship will 1) WIN $1 Billion in Grants, and 2) MAKE $30 Million in their Grant Writing Businesses. We are on our way already.
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World-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author Holly Rustick provides coaching that helps new and experienced grant writers replace their full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or anywhere they want to live or travel in the world).
She coaches changemakers to master grant writing and start to grow 6-figure+ grant writing businesses on part-time hours via her signature group program, “Freelance Grant Writer Academy."
As an unapologetic feminist, Holly’s work in coaching female grant writers to master grant writing, find their cause-area niche, and navigate value-based pricing and nonprofit sales is breaking glass ceilings for women all over the world.
Every week, she coaches thousands of people through the top-ranking podcast, Grant Writing & Funding, books on grant writing, and inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy.
Holly has 20 years of experience in grant writing, and began her freelance grant writing journey back in 2005. While teaching in Kuwait and Indonesia, and then earning a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy in Belgium, Holly saw the light of setting up a virtual-based business in grant writing back in the mid-2000s. Having secured more than $45 million of dollars for nonprofit organizations, and then setting up a multi 6-figure freelance business, Holly has a mission to help female grant writers break out of toxic nonprofit J-O-B-S and create high-level income while freelance grant writing.
Inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy, students have secured more than $225+ million in grant funding and $4+ million in revenue in their grant writing businesses within two years.
To amplify this work, she is past-president of the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Guam Business Advisory Task Force as an advisor to the first female governor of Guam. Holly lives on the island of Guam with her beautiful daughter, Isabella.
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