Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Faithful readers will remember that my oldest son and long-time colleague Jake Seliger, lost his battle with cancer on August 7, 2024—two years on, but this wound will never heal for me.

S + A has been writing Department of Education (ED) TRIO proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth.

Reading about the seemingly bottomless Minneapolis government grant fraud investigations in recent weeks, I’ve noticed one aspect not covered in either the traditional media or emerging “citizen” journalism: complete silence from the leaders of the philan…

Good grant writers pay attention to the details of everyday life, whether at home, on a walk in the woods, or traveling to distant places.

UPDATE DEC. 22: Much to my surprise, HUD posted the new CoC NOFO today on grants.gov with a new deadline of Feb. 25.

Note: This post is more from the heart than I usually write for Grant Writing Confidential but seems appropriate as we approach Thanksgiving.

In the past few months, CEOs of two of our larger nonprofit clients have told me, “There are 84 words that President Trump has banned in federal grant proposals.”

Faithful readers know that we write many Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

There and Back Again is Bilbo Baggins’ account of his adventures in The Hobbit.

My oldest son, Jake Seliger, lost his two-year battle with cancer on August 7, 2024 at age 40—a life well lived but only half lived.