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Scaling Smarter: How D Increased Income, Took Vacations, and Reclaimed Their Time
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- Grant Writing & Funding
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- Mar 20, 2026
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- 1222
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Summary
Are you ready to work from home and earn 6 figures on part-time hours? Are you ready to quit your toxic job and work on your schedule? Just like our students? Then be sure to register for the FREE, Live Training, " “How to Start or Grow a Grant Writing Business in 2026 and Get Consistent Paying Clients ” on Wednesday, June 10th 5:00 - 6:30pm EST. Register here: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/academy-webinar D Abshire of Aim for Funding shares how joining the Grant Professional Mentorship helped them move from burnout and 60–80 hour workweeks to a more sustainable, profitable grant writing business. In this conversation, D opens up about doubling her income with fewer clients, taking her first real vacation in years, and building the systems and boundaries that gave her both business growth and personal freedom. They also talks about the power of coaching, community, and having a proven framework to follow—especially when you know something needs to change but you are not sure how to change it. D’s story is a powerful reminder that success does not have to happen overnight to be life-changing. ABOUT OUR GUEST D Abshire (they/them) is a lifelong learner, community volunteer, nonprofit board member, and Development professional who fell into writing grants during the COVID-19 global pandemic and then fell in love with the process and observable positive impact grant funding had upon community-based organizations. D has developed expertise in facilitating and implementing strategic steps to get small- to medium-sized nonprofits funded with their first community and foundational grants and has helped to grow all client bottom lines by three hundred to five hundred percent over the past three years. By utilizing skills developed through a career in technical corporate tr…