Stretch distancetime to pivot: 6-12 months
Grant & Fundraising Writer
Win the money for good work
Culture, research and nonprofits all run on funding won through writing: grant applications, funder proposals, donor appeals. It is persuasion with a purpose, a craft of its own, and a stable way to point your skills at work that matters.
Demand 2026-2036
Steady
Culture and NGOs always need funding won.
Competition
Open
Salary, Stockholm
42-60k/mo
indicative, gross per month, mid to senior
What you already bring
the cards from your core that transfer straight in
What you can do
Write
Argue
Convince
Structure
SummarizeHow you think
Communication
Critical thinking
Responsibility & ethicsWorlds you know
Global Development
Communication & PR
EconomyThe gap
what you would need to build
The funding world: how grants and foundations work, application logic and evaluation criteria, budgets and theory of change, and the relationships behind successful asks.
How to get there
- Learn how Swedish and EU grants and foundations assess applications.
- Write one real application or appeal for a cause and learn from the outcome.
- Build relationships with the culture and nonprofit funders and their grantees.
Your first move
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Draft a grant application for an organisation you admire, to a real funder.
In Stockholm
Stockholm's cultural institutions, NGOs and researchers chase grants constantly (the Arts Council, EU programmes, the foundations); skilled grant writers are valued and scarce.
Ask yourself
three prompts from the professional development deck to pressure-test this move
