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2026
Marking the second anniversary of Jake Seliger’s passing: when buying a new MacBook Pro becomes a madeleine momentoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
A mystery solved: why the Department of Labor issued NOFOs for the Department of Education’s Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs) TRIO programsoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
S + A’s take on the Minneapolis fraud investigations: The silence of the philanthropic community is deafeningoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
2025
Book Review: Raising Hare: A Memoir is a wonderful tale of the natural world with lessons for grant writersoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2025
Reality TV comes to grant writing as the HUD FY ’25 Continuum of Care (CoC) NOFO is rescinded amid courtroom dramaoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2025
Making lentil soup and cranberry bread on a cold rainy November afternoon: a madeleine momentoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2025
Us grant writers finally get our own urban legend: the 84 words that the feds have banned in grant proposals. Or have any words been banned?original ↗
3 Nov 2025
When HRSA replaces it’s inscrutable UDS Mapper Tool with an equally incomprehensible GeoCare Navigator and grants.gov makes us all beta testers!original ↗
13 Oct 2025
15 Sept 2025
A One Year Remembrance for Jake Seliger: The Wheel of Time Stops When Your Adult Child Diesoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2025
A disturbing trend in Notices of Funding Availability (NOFOs): the incredible shrinking grant proposaloriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
Big foundations are worried about their tax-exempt status but seem oddly silent on apparent corruption uncovered by DOGE in federal grant-making—an enigmaoriginal ↗
18 May 2025
Seems the DOGE pause on federal grant-making may be over, as many FY ’25 RFPs and NOFOs have recently been published—hallelujah!!original ↗
13 May 2025
Trump Administration Pauses New Grant Agreements with Bombshell OMB Memo: Heavens to Murgatroyd!original ↗
29 Jan 2025
2024
Christmas 2024: Visions of St. Nick and money for nothing and chicks for free, but the specter of the DOGE grinch loomsoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2024
Seeking and writing grants under Trump 2.0: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night”original ↗
17 Nov 2024
Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a buildingoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2024
14 Oct 2024
In Memoriam Jake Seliger (1983 – 2024): Son, colleague, writer, husband, and soon-to-be father. Part 1.original ↗
14 Aug 2024
What I did after learning of the Trump assassination attempt: I went to see a great rom com, Fly Me to the Moon!original ↗
17 Jul 2024
Some thoughts on the Fourth of July 2024: gardening, “Being There,” and “A Separate Peace”original ↗
4 Jul 2024
15 May 2024
Los Angeles tries to overcome Urban Doom Loop with new Hollywood Boulevard streetscape: this approach almost never worksoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2024
2023 Grant Writing Post-Mortem: The Rise of DEIA and Department of Energy Community Benefit Plansoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2024
2023
Good news for FQHCs and Look-Alikes: HRSA will issue the first New Access Points (NAP) NOFO in years on Dec. 12!original ↗
9 Oct 2023
11 Jul 2023
How grant writers can use HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS) Mapper system: a post in honor of Service Area Competition (SAC) seasonoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2023
Links: Battery recycling, how to lower housing prices, the shift from colleges to apprenticeships, and more!original ↗
19 Apr 2023
Will we see involuntary confinement return, and what does that mean for mental health services grant writers?original ↗
13 Apr 2023
Interest rates are up and venture capitalists (VCs) are hurting, so companies are suddenly interested in government grantsoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023
Writers for the HUD “Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages” (ICDBG) programoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2023
9 Feb 2023
Grant writers for OJJDP’s FY ’23 “Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse”original ↗
5 Feb 2023
The Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) “Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant” program and grant writersoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2023
Grant writers for the ACF’s “Runaway and Homeless Youth – Prevention Demonstration Program” (RHY-PDP)original ↗
1 Feb 2023
2022
Grant writers: SAMHSA’s “Services Program for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women” (PPW) programoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2022
18 Dec 2022
Depressing NAEP math and reading assessments provide grant-writing opportunities for nimble nonprofitsoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2022
Links: Peculiar training and capacity-building programs, the dangers of NEPA, manufacturing jobs strike back, and more!original ↗
24 Oct 2022
What counts as an eligible service area for SAMHSA’s “Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma” (ReCAST) program?original ↗
16 Sept 2022
Denver and Barcelona: A tale of two cities and the apparent decline of America’s downtownsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
Permitting is the big barrier to wind energy right now (beyond batteries and fundamental research)original ↗
1 Sept 2022
24 Aug 2022
26 Jul 2022
Grant writing links: The need to build in America, fixing the grant-funding process in science, sexual activity, and more!original ↗
21 Jul 2022
Nonprofit boards of directors usually exist to be controlled by the organization’s executive directororiginal ↗
6 Jul 2022
“Homelessness is a Housing Problem”: When cities build more housing, homelessness goes downoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant-making process is slow, even during a pandemicoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2022
Unexpected consequences of MacKenzie Scott’s big donations to housing nonprofits like Habitat for Humanityoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2022
9 Mar 2022
Substance Abuse Disorder/Opioid Use Disorder (SUD/OUD): Traditional treatment versus harm reduction for grant writersoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2022
Links: Microgrants programs, dynamism, the CDC during the pandemic, grant performance, and more!original ↗
15 Feb 2022
The effects of early childhood education programs don’t look good: a large, randomized pre-kindergarten studyoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2022
How to prepare a DOT “Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity” (RAISE) applicationoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
The Dept. of Transportation (DOT) issues first RFP under the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law:” “Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity” (RAISE)original ↗
24 Jan 2022
2021
3 Dec 2021
Links: Keys to organizational success, changing the college narrative, a Dept. of Labor (DOL) RFP, and more!original ↗
22 Nov 2021
Congress finally passes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Is this 2021, or 2009, or is it deja vu all over again?original ↗
10 Nov 2021
4 Nov 2021
Grant writers should recognize the real purpose of NOAA’s “Environmental Literacy Program”original ↗
20 Sept 2021
Links: The hospital monopoly problem, the housing construction problem, and more problems (and some good news)!original ↗
24 Aug 2021
24 Jun 2021
4 Jun 2021
5 Apr 2021
New $1.9T COVID bill, American Rescue Plan Act, signed: grant seekers and grant writers pay heed!original ↗
15 Mar 2021
2020
The 2020 presidential election and grants: A tsunami of RFPs is likely, no matter who winsoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2020
14 Oct 2020
Deciding on the grant proposal structure: ACF’s recent Early Head Start (EHS) application illustrates the challengeoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2020
Confusing NIH and other Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) application guidanceoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2020
24 Jul 2020
Links: The online ad bubble, funny RFPs, college grads and job training, the nature of behavioral health, and more!original ↗
17 Jun 2020
19 May 2020
You’d think there’s no pandemic going on: The FCC shuts down its COVID-19 Telehealth grant submission portaloriginal ↗
4 May 2020
3 Apr 2020
30 Mar 2020
18 Feb 2020