A Grantable series
Writing Better Grants with AI
For the practitioner who's ready to use AI but wants to do it well.
'I Tried ChatGPT and Spent More Time Editing Than Writing.' Here's What Actually Went Wrong.
Most grant writers blame ChatGPT when AI drafts miss the mark. The real problem isn't the tool — it's the one-shot approach. Here's the framework that actually works.
How to Stop AI From Making Every Nonprofit Sound the Same
AI grant writing tools risk making every nonprofit sound identical. Here's how to encode your organization's voice so AI amplifies it instead of erasing it.
Turn Any RFP Into a Requirement Checklist (Before It Buries You)
Grant RFPs bury the requirements across a dozen pages. Here's how to paste any RFP into Grantable, get an interactive requirement checklist in a minute, and draft each section from it.
Can Funders Tell When a Grant Was Written With AI?
AI detection tools are unreliable, major funders care about disclosure not detection, and the real risk isn't AI — it's generic writing.
The Spot-Check Technique: Catching AI Mistakes Before They Reach a Funder
AI will confidently fabricate statistics, misquote your own data, and invent programs you don't have. Here's a systematic technique for catching it.
AI Prompts That Actually Work for Grant Writing (Not the Ones on TikTok)
Forget 'write me a grant proposal.' The prompts that actually work give AI context, constraints, and criteria — here's what that looks like.
Beyond Grants: Using AI for Donor Comms, Appeals, and Stewardship
You've used AI for grant proposals. Now here's how to extend it to donor communications, annual appeals, and stewardship reports — without making it weird.
Stop Checking Everything AI Produces
The standard advice — a human must check every AI output — quietly fails at AI speed. Here's the adversarial-review method the AI companies use, scaled down to a grant desk: one plan, a few fresh windows, and your eyes at the seams.