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Grant consulting is one of the most in-demand types of consulting businesses today. There are 1.9 million nonprofit organizations in the United States—and many of them are looking for consultants who can help them find, write, and win more grant dollars right now. If...
To build a successful consulting business, you need more than just expertise and experience in your field. You also need consulting skills. After nearly two decades running my own consulting business and coaching other consultants, I’ve seen too many aspiring...
For nonprofits and the consultants who serve them, 2026 has been a year of transition. Fresh survey data and our hands-on work in the sector all point to a stronger upward trend compared to last year. Rates for consultants are rising, nonprofit budgets are...
One of my consulting mentees recently reached out with a panicked message: “Help, I just lost my biggest client! What should I do?” Here’s how I helped her through it—and how she replaced that missing income in less than a week. Then, we'll walk through the...
If you are interested in becoming a nonprofit consultant, you’ve come to the right place. Here at Funding for Good, we’ve built a successful nonprofit consulting business from the ground up. We’ve also coached and trained hundreds of other nonprofit consultants...
Most nonprofit consultants find their first clients before they have a website. But if you want to grow beyond close referrals or expand your service offerings, you will eventually need a website for your consulting business. Today, websites are like digital business...
What makes a consulting client great vs frustrating? How can you land more ideal clients (and less nightmare ones)? Spoiler: The difference between ideal clients and less-than-ideal clients is about more than just how much you’re paid and the planned scope of...
Developing a clear and well-structured consulting scope of work is essential to landing new clients. But preparing that winning scope of work isn’t always straightforward, especially for newer consultants. You need to know what to include, what to leave out,...
“I know I should be doing more with LinkedIn.” This is such a common sentiment among the nonprofit consultants we coach. We all know LinkedIn can be an incredible tool for building an audience and attracting clients. But we get stuck at the HOW. What matters...
Among nonprofit consultants and small businesses, the term “scaling up” gets used a lot. But what exactly does it mean to scale up your business? And how can it help you? Scaling vs Growing Your Consulting Business First off, let’s distinguish between growing...
I love the feeling of starting a new year as a business owner. It’s a moment for reflection, gratitude, and goal setting. It’s also the perfect time to sit down and refine one last piece of annual planning: your consulting business budget. Sure, budgeting...
When you’re starting a consulting business, it’s easy to get caught up in finding clients, figuring out your services, and choosing the perfect business name. But after 15+ years of running my own consulting business and coaching 200+ nonprofit consultants,...
The way people are consuming content online is changing. And yes, we chose to use the word “consuming” on purpose—because that’s how most people engage with websites, including yours. When someone lands on a website in 2025, they aren’t there to read. Your...
Building an email list from scratch as a consultant can feel daunting. I know, because I’ve been there! But the benefits of list building are many. It’s a way to cultivate client prospects, stay on clients’ radars, demonstrate your expertise and value-add, and even...
One of the most exciting parts of launching a nonprofit consulting business is choosing a name. With a business name (and accompanying logo), you declare to the world who you are and what you do—and that you’re officially open for business. But finding the right...
How to price consulting services is one of the top questions I hear from nonprofit consultants that I coach. For many of us who come from prior salaried jobs in the nonprofit sector, charging what we’re worth can be hard. Let’s take a look at the most common...
Have you found your consulting niches yet? Many nonprofit consultants start with a general desire to support the nonprofit sector and a wide range of potential services they could provide. They have experience with fundraising, program development, strategy,...
One of the most important steps in landing a new consulting client is the discovery call. I think of discovery calls as the bridge that takes a prospective client from “interested” to “serious.” They generally happen after a potential client is referred to you,...
“I’m just not sure I have the right mindset to run my own consulting business.” This is what a member of our consulting community shared as she was debating whether to transition her side-hustle into a full-time business. Mindset is a BIG topic in the world of...
Have you ever bought a template online for your business? Maybe it was a website template, an email marketing template, a Canva template, or even social media templates. If you answered yes, you’re not alone. Digital products are big business—generating...
Let’s be real: none of us are as efficient as we wish we could be. Some days, a seemingly simple email can take half an hour to write. Or you spend half the morning customizing a scope of work for a new client prospect. It can get exhausting fast. Luckily,...