Funded Series: How Our Students Broke $10 Million in Grant Writing Businesses

Funded Series: How Our Students Broke $10 Million in Grant Writing Businesses

May 5, 2026 · 28 min · Episode 452

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This episode discusses how students generated over $10 million in grant writing businesses and the current trends in the grant funding landscape.

The Doors are NOW Open to the Freelance Grant Writer Academy until Sunday, June 21st at 11:59 pm EST. Join NOW so you can Replace Your Full-Time Income, on Part-Time Hours, Writing Grants from Home. The Academy is a 12-month Coaching, Curriculum, and Community program where you have everything you need to learn how to write and win grants and set up or streamline a freelance grant writing business. This is the FINAL time we are offering the Academy at this price. JOIN NOW. This month marked a major milestone inside the grant writing community: over $10 million generated in student grant writing businesses and a collective $278 million in grant funding secured. In this episode, we break down exactly what happened in March 2026 in the grant writing industry, what’s working right now in the grant funding landscape, and what these results signal for both freelance grant writers and nonprofit leaders. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN The different levels of grant funding being secured right now—from $10K wins to multi-million dollar awards Where funding is actually coming from (and how to position yourself to access it) The key patterns driving consistent grant wins How grant writers are building…

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