Thrown into the role of being the in-house grant writer, Anastasia Oguntade’s organization joined a grant writing cohort. Now she’s manifesting greatness and leading a team bidding to write a $16 million dollar proposal less than a year later!
If your organization is looking for additional professional development training on how to build in-house grant writing capacity check out: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/group-training/
Anastasia’s dream lifestyle can be summarized in one word – opportunities✨
She joined a group grant writing training program. After an intensive six-week cohort, Anastasia says she had all the ingredients and can now create her recipe for success. She marks the completion of the cohort as one of her major accomplishments from the year. However, her success didn’t stop with her certificate. 🎉
Anastasia went on to win a $50k grant and a $120k grant for organizations she loves and supports in her community.
The sky’s the limit for Anastasia as she looks ahead to applying for a federal grant alongside a coalition of others.
This spotlight follows Anastasia’s journey from zero grant writing experience to winning funding. We touch on her current goals as an in-house grant writer and of course her superpower–falling asleep anywhere.💤
Resources and links:
🔸 In-house grant writing training: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing/
🔸 Free grant writing class: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/free-grant-writing-course/
Curious about the Global Grant Writers Collective and how others have experienced success? Check out this page chock-full of member reviews: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/reviews/
Or, email us at info@senworks.org with your questions!
🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:00 Leveling up to President and beyond in her consulting
03:34 Rapid fire questions
06:56 Joining a grant writing training cohort in 2022
08:29 Successful training = Gaining skills to sustain and develop a secret sauce
09:49 One year accomplishments: apply skills in-house, repeat clients, story-telling through grant writing
11:15 Grant writing is creating opportunities
12:02 Biggest surprise! People WANT to work with a grant writer (imposter syndrome)
14:04 Crushing a year goal to help fund a six-figure grant! Successfully funded a $50K grant and $125k grant
14:45 Big rewards in seeing grant proposals come to life
18:10 How do you continue to stay true to your values in such a busy career?
21:23 Putting self & family before work