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Grant panels and investors read fast and skeptically. The writing that survives is specific, checkable and short. Twelve prompts cover the four documents that decide funding.
The 12 prompts
1. Fit check. Given this grant description [paste] and what we do [paste], tell me: do we qualify, which three requirements are shaky, and the sentence we should write first.
2. Problem statement. Write the problem section in 150 words: who is affected, by how much (use my numbers), what happens if nothing changes. No adjectives without a number next to them.
3. Aims and outcomes. Turn these goals [paste] into 4 measurable outcomes: each with a verb, a number, and a deadline. Say which one we could not measure and why.
4. Method. Describe how the work gets done in 200 words a non-specialist can follow: the steps, who does what, what we outsource, what could go wrong and the fallback.
5. Budget narrative. Turn this budget table [paste] into a narrative: what each line buys, why this amount, what we would cut first if the grant comes in smaller.
6. Evidence bank. Here is our data [paste]: list every number worth citing, what it proves, and the caveat each one carries. Never round in the direction that flatters us.
7. Sustainability. Write the "what happens after the grant" paragraph honestly: what continues, what stops, who pays for it, and the milestone that makes us fundable again.
8. Donor email. Write a funding-ask email to [donor type] for [amount]: the reason now, one concrete outcome, the exact amount and the link. 130 words, no guilt.
9. Investor update. Draft a monthly update: MRR or traction first, wins, misses, runway, asks. 300 words, numbers before narrative, no spin on the misses.
10. Board one-pager. Turn this quarter's material [paste] into a one-page board note: three numbers, two decisions needed, one risk with the plan attached.
11. Impact report. Write the annual impact section: what changed, in whose words (with real quotes I supply), what did not work, and what we are doing about it.
12. Rejection reply. Write a gracious reply to a declined application: ask for the one piece of feedback worth having, keep the relationship warm, 80 words.
Specific beats passionate
Every rejected application says the need is great. The ones that get funded say *how* great, with a number, a source and a plan that a panel member could repeat in a hallway conversation. Feed the model your real figures - it will not invent them for you if you say so first.
Where the other 274 are
These 12 come from a pack of 286 Finance, Fundraising & Nonprofit prompts - grants, donors, models, investor updates, reports - at $4.99, instant download, commercial licence, no subscription.