Grant Writing & Funding

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In this conversation, Holly Rustick interviews Courtney Oliphant, CEO and founder of Coastal Nonprofit Consulting. Courtney shares her journey from working at a performing arts small nonprofit to starting her own consulting business. She discusses how she added services (and hired her husband full-time and her mom) to help performing arts nonprofits and organizations impacted by 2025 grant changes, the importance of being inside the Grant Professional Mentorship when hiring help, and how her business has evolved to be a grant and funding agency. 

Takeaways:
  • Courtney's journey began in the nonprofit sector, leading her to grant writing.
  • She transitioned to consulting to create more flexibility in her life.
  • The first year of business was focused on reaching $100K in revenue.
  • Hiring contractors was essential to manage workload and prevent burnout.
  • Joining the Grant Professional Mentorship program helped her overcome mental blocks and set appropriate rates.
  • The business has expanded to include comprehensive fundraising plans.
  • Collaboration among nonprofits is becoming increasingly important for funding.
  • Foundations are pooling resources to support organizations facing funding challenges.
  • Building deeper relationships with existing donors is key to increasing donations.
  • The mentorship program provided valuable resources and community support for growth.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction to Courtney Oliphant and Her Journey
02:50 - Transitioning to Consulting and Business Growth
05:34 - Navigating Challenges and Embracing Change
08:31 - Strategic Growth and Mentorship Impact
11:17 - Expanding Services and Family Business Dynamics
14:07 - Adapting to Market Changes and Client Needs
15:46 - Collaborative Approaches in Grant Making
18:51 - Individual Giving Trends and Strategies


What is Grant Writing & Funding?

Quit your toxic nonprofit job and replace your full-time income while writing grants part-time, from home! Join our students in the Freelance Grant Writer Academy to create Financial Stability and Flexibility through writing grants for causes you are passionate about: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-academy

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.

If you are interested in replacing your full-time income while writing grants part-time from home (or from anywhere in the world!) join the Freelance Grant Writer Academy!

www.grantwritingandfunding.com.