E5. Mission Isn’t Enough: How Grant CEOs Evaluate Client Renewals with Clarity and Confidence

When you care deeply about a nonprofit’s mission, it can feel wrong to question whether you should keep working with them. 

But mission alignment alone does not make a sustainable grant writing business.

In this episode of Grant CEO, I’m breaking down how experienced grant writers can evaluate client renewals like a CEO, not from guilt or emotion, but from clarity, data, and business logic. This episode focuses on Pull - how the right clients are attracted, retained, and released as your business evolves.

You’ll learn how to step out of reactive decision-making and into intentional leadership when deciding whether to renew (or walk away from) a client contract.

In this episode:

00:00:00 Separating Mission And Business  

00:02:39 Client Renewal Checklist  

00:05:08 Grant Writer Pricing Boundaries

This podcast is produced by Ideablossoms.

About DeaRonda Harrison:

DeaRonda Harrison is the founder of June First Firm and host of the Grant CEO podcast, a show for experienced grant writers ready to step into the role of strategic, confident CEO of their own scalable business. With over a decade of experience, she’s helped nonprofits secure more than $45 million in funding.

Today, DeaRonda coaches grant writing consultants on pricing their services, setting boundaries, and moving from freelance grant writer to CEO. Through her You Are the Prize™ Framework, she helps grant professionals build sustainable, profitable grant writing businesses.

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