Grant Writing & Funding

Join the Free, Live Training, "Earn an Extra $10K in 90 Days Writing Grants at Home" on Tuesday, October 14th at 4 pm - 5:30 pm EST. Click here https://grantwritingandfunding.com/academy-webinar.

We have exciting news to share: The Grant Writing & Funding Podcast just hit its 400th episode! 🎉We couldn’t have reached this amazing milestone without YOU—your support, your curiosity, and your drive to make a difference in the nonprofit world.

To celebrate, Holly Rustick, our founder and host, is giving you something extra special: an exclusive, FREE 5-part private podcast series, “Inside the Master Grant Template: Private Strategies from Our Signature Framework”, hosted by Holly Rustick and the Freelance Grant Writer Academy. Plus, you will get:
  • A Master Grant Template
  • A downloadable Workbook you can use right away. 
Tap into Holly’s 20 years of experience and the proven framework that’s helped program members win over $225 million in grant funding!

🎁 How to Get Your Free Bonus:
Go to grantwritingandfunding.com/400 and claim your access before this limited-time offer disappears.

What’s Inside Episode 400:
  • The inspiring origin story of the podcast (did you know it started as a $100 bet?!)
  • 90-second tips and encouragement from a powerhouse line-up of leading grant pros and nonprofit experts, including Dr. Bev Browning, Sean Kosofsky, Meredith Noble, Rachel Werner, Alejandra Salazar, Philip Deng, Steve Boland, and many more!
  • Practical advice on building relationships with funders, diversifying revenue, using AI, and how to face uncertain times as a grant writer or nonprofit professional.
  • Words of encouragement and reminders that you are making a powerful impact—even when it feels tough.
A Few Golden Nuggets from Our Guests:
✨ “Be like a detective. Look under every unturned stone.”—Dr. Bev Browning
✨ “Don’t chase the money. Chase alignment.”—Brian Meagher
✨ “Focus leads to clarity, confidence, and trust—for yourself and your constituents.”—Sarah Olivieri
✨ “You are making ripples in people’s lives you’ll likely never meet.”—Niki R. Jones

Don’t miss:
  • The story behind Holly’s first guest appearance from her longtime grant hero, Dr. Bev Browning
  • How our listenership has grown to over 650,000 downloads from 2017 to today
  • Real strategies to get through challenges and keep your mission strong.
A Big Thank You
This milestone belongs to every one of you—a true community of grant pros, nonprofit leaders, change makers, and supporters. The world needs your work now more than ever. 

Please save this episode and come back to it anytime you need inspiration, encouragement, or practical ideas to move forward.

Wishing you all the best in your missions—and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

With gratitude,
Holly & the GWF Team

P.S. Grab your free private podcast series and master grant template at grantwritingandfunding.com/400. You’ll love the energy and actionable tips inside!

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.