DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

In 2008, I accepted a position as a Major Gifts Officer at the largest independent nonprofit air and space museum in the world. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? A fellow staff member presented me with a Federal grant proposal she had been working on for a couple of months. Simple, there was no defined process.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. "We do as much as possible on the smallest budget possible.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. While the timeline of a grant – from the initial call for proposals or opportunity listing to actually receiving the funding – can take months, it still goes faster than academic projects.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. "We do as much as possible on the smallest budget possible.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The most recent election that seemed historically consequential was 2008, but I’m old enough to remember 1980, which was a true watershed. We sat in stunned silence as this dude ticked off the many proposed budget cuts to federal discretionary grant programs (our “mother’s milk”). What happened?

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