Grant Writing & Funding How One Referral in the Mentorship Doubled Niki's Investment
This episode, Niki Wanner explains what services grant writers should provide to their clients, the boundaries you need as a grant writing consultant, and how to turn a grant writing job into a grant writing business.
Niki Wanner is an experienced Grants Consultant, Fundraising Professional, and Grant Writer who has won funding from 12 federal agencies and dozens of leading national and regional foundations.
In this episode, Niki explains the benefits of having generalist services with a niche audience, how to create boundaries when working with nonprofits, and who freelance grant writers should hire on their team.
She also talks about why nonprofits should hire freelance grant writers instead of staff grant writers, how a mentorship program can help your grant writing business, and why you need a niche for your grant writing services.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The benefits of having generalist services with a niche audience.
- The boundaries you need as a grant writing consultant.
- How to create boundaries when working with nonprofits.
- What services grant writers should provide to their clients.
- Why it’s better to hire a freelance grant writer instead of a staff grant writer.
- How to turn a grant writing job into a grant writing business.
- Who freelance grant writers should hire on their team.
- How a mentorship program can help your grant writing business.
- The importance of having a niche for your grant writing services.
About Niki Wanner
Niki Wanner is an experienced Grants Consultant, Fundraising Professional, and Grant Writer who has won funding from 12 federal agencies and dozens of leading national and regional foundations.
She consults with nonprofits to increase proposal win rates, diversify grant funding, and set up systems for successful grant compliance. Niki and her team specialize in affordable housing, mental health, and human services.
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Quotables:
- “You’ve got to have really clear boundaries, really clear policies, and your boundaries can come from your policies. That’s what we work on in the mentorship because a lot of nonprofits don’t realize how it is to work with consultants because they’re so used to that staff relationship.”
- “I knew that if I wanted to scale, if I wanted to make this a business that could run in my absence when I take vacations, then I needed to bring on people and train them so that we could keep on going.”
- “Without a niche it’s really hard to market effectively because otherwise you’re just all over the place.”
Links:
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Free Webinar on July 24th at 4 pm – 5:30 pm EST “Double Your Revenue: Hire a Part-Time Team Without Slashing Your Owner’s Pay”
- Treat Your 9-5 as Your Anchor Client as a Freelance Grant Writer
- When to Start a New Service for a Grant Writing Business
- Stop Being Guilted to Work at a Nonprofit
- Grant Easy Management Software
OTHER RESOURCES:
- Weekly Newsletter: “Write Grants. Get Paid” - Get thought leadership on grant and freelance grant writing strategies every week in your inbox. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/
- Freelance Grant Writer Academy: Replace your Full-Time Income Writing Grants Part-Time from Home. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-academy/
- Grant Professional Mentorship: Double your Monthly Revenue with an Income Stream Outside of Grant Writing. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/mentorship
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Holly Rustick
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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