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In this episode of Grant Writing & Funding, host Holly Rustick welcomes guest Alejandra Salazar, a seasoned grant writer and consultant in the environmental sector. Alejandra shares insights into their career journey, experiences with nonprofit organizations, and the challenges and rewards of being a freelance grant writer. Through their story, we gain a deeper understanding of the importance of mentorship, the need for strategic grant writing, and the value of setting fair prices in the industry.
With the support of the Grant Professional Mentorship program, Alejandra was able to position her business, Social Environmental Design Project, to focus on helping small and medium-sized environmental NGOs increase funding and impact. Alejandra emphasizes the scarcity of environmental organizations in Mexico and Latin America, despite the region's rich biodiversity. She explains that the nonprofit sector in these areas, particularly small and medium organizations, face challenges due to limited funds. As a grant writer and consultant, Alejandra aims to work with larger NGOs to develop and design grants for international donors. This strategic approach allows her to maximize impact and secure larger funding sources.
Building on her experience working with various NGOs in Mexico, Latin America, and Central America, Alejandra highlights the importance of strategic project design. She explains that social and environmental problems are complex and unpredictable, necessitating careful project structuring to achieve desired results. Alejandra's expertise in biodiversity, conservation, and grant writing allows her to identify gaps and areas of improvement in project design, ultimately increasing the chances of success.
As a freelance consultant, Alejandra appreciates the freedom and flexibility that comes with her role. She has the opportunity to lead projects and make decisions without hierarchical boundaries experienced within larger organizations. This autonomy allows her to bring her expertise to the forefront and provide reliable advice to NGOs. Alejandra's proficiency in both the language and subject matter makes her a valuable asset to her clients.
She also shares how the Grant Professional Mentorship has helped her business, which now allows for personal activities and family time, while also serving a specific population at affordable rates. Setting fair prices has been a learning process for Alejandra. Initially feeling ashamed of charging higher rates, she soon realized the importance of valuing her skills and expertise. Her shift in mindset allowed her to recognize the significance of charging what she is worth in order to invest in herself, grow her business, and improve her services.
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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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