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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Most callers are surprised to learn from us that the federal government has relatively few programs to fund building construction or acquisition/renovation of buildings of any type. Congress in effect transferred funding for housing and community facilities from the federal government to the states and large cities/counties.

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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Most callers are surprised to learn from us that the federal government has relatively few programs to fund building construction or acquisition/renovation of buildings of any type. Congress in effect transferred funding for housing and community facilities from the federal government to the states and large cities/counties.

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Federal Grant Funding Update for Nonprofits (Q2 2025)

Grant Writing Made Easy

The federal grant funding update for Q2 2025 reveals intensified volatility across the nonprofit landscape. Executive orders, delayed disbursements, judicial interventions, and administrative overhauls have left grant writers navigating what experts are calling a “ tsunami of uncertainty. ”

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Tips for Proofreading Your Next Grant Application

Grants.gov

Missing or incomplete items often result in outright rejection or at least a lower score, limiting your chance for funding.” Enlist the help of someone not involved in the preparation of the application and proposal to review the proposal,” advises a USDA resource. Want more tips about the federal grant writing process?

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Interest rates are up and venture capitalists (VCs) are hurting, so companies are suddenly interested in government grants

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Federal grants could still be attractive in the low-interest-rate 2010s environment —the linked post is from 2016—since those grants were non-dilutive and could fund some projects much earlier than VCs typically would.

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton reveal a major issue for nonprofits in disaster areas

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

If a declaration is made, special funding from FEMA SBA, USDA, DOT, HUD, etc. But federal funding and other assistance is not instantaneous, a fact generally ignored by the media. Most foundations fund in certain geographies like a city, county, state, region, or, for large ones, nationally.