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Grant Writing

Seattle Housing Authority seeks proposals from qualified firms or individuals to assist the agency with grant writing services on an on-call basis. The RFP is available Word or PDF format (download Adobe Reader).

Scope of work

The selected consultants shall have qualifications and experience to assist Seattle Housing Authority staff in researching and writing grants and preparing grant applications for the provision of housing, economic development, environmental/conservation programs and human services to low-income individuals and families.

Selected Grant Writers may be asked to provide services on an hourly basis for each project, with a not-to-exceed dollar amount for the project. Compensation may be tied to a structured payment schedule or performance milestones for payment of work completed by deadlines.

Scope of the work will include, but not necessarily be limited to:

  • Researching potential funding opportunities for specific program areas, as directed by Seattle Housing Authority.

  • Review grant application guidelines and prepare a chart of what tasks need to be completed by whom and by what dates.

  • Establish a deadline for when a draft grant application will be submitted to Seattle Housing Authority, and deadline by which time revisions to draft application will be made based on comments about the draft.

  • Review information about a given housing, economic development, environmental/conservation, human services or related program for which Seattle Housing Authority is seeking funding by reviewing agency and/or partner agency documentation, interviewing agency and/or partner agency staff and researching information such as studies posted on the internet.

  • After synthesizing this information, write all sections of a grant application including, but not limited to: program background information, program description, program performance standards, program evaluation, non-grant funding that will be leveraged, Seattle Housing Authority and/or partner agency capacity to administer grant and a budget with supporting narrative details.

  • Ensure that all necessary certification and/or letters of support are submitted with grant application.

  • Prepare final grant application documentation and appropriate number of copies that will be submitted to Seattle Housing Authority prior to grant application deadline in accordance with the established timeline.

  • Provide all documents electronically in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or other software compatible with Seattle Housing Authority's technology and acceptable to the agency.

Selected firms

All for a Good Cause

Sylvie McGee
9121 Littlerock Rd SW, Olympia, WA 98512
Phone: 360-705-1233 • Fax: 360-705-3353
Contract number: 3472 • Date: No contract

Cedar River Group

Tom Byers, Principal/Partner
500 Union St, Suite 1045, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-223-7660 • Fax: 206-223-7665
Contract number: 3390 • Date: No contract

Environmental Health & Social Policy

Dr. Edward Liebow, Director
1333 N Northlake Way, Suite E, Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-675-1002 • Fax: 206-675-1005
Contract number: 3473 • Date: No contract

Jodi Haavig

haavig@seanet.com
2318 N 64th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-526-8404 • Fax: 206-523-2556
Contract number: 3474 • Date: No contract

Kodama & Associates

Linda Kodama
P.O. Box 46691, Seattle, WA 98146
Phone: 206-938-3183 • Fax: 206-938-9089
Contract number: 3475 • Date: No contract

Matthew Sosnow

mattsosnow@attbi.com
5203 S Mayflower St, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-227-8523 • Fax: None
Contract number: 3476 • Date: No contract