Build Nonprofit Grant AI Assistant

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Build Nonprofit Grant AI Assistant

Instructor: Professionals in the Industry

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

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5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Prompt architecture is a strategic asset. A well-designed funder-research prompt is a reusable asset that compounds in value across grant cycles.
Tone replication requires intentional knowledge transfer. AI outputs are only as distinctive as the exemplars you curate and provide.
High-stakes AI writing demands systematic guardrails. A checklist turns quality control into a repeatable, auditable, compliance-ready workflow.
A shared, documented prompt library scales grant output into organizational capability—not headcount.

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There are 3 modules in this course

This Short Course was created to help Communications and Public Relations professionals accomplish end-to-end AI-assisted grant writing — from funder research to first draft to compliance review. By completing this course, you'll be able to build a custom prompt library and Custom GPT tailored to your organization's voice, saving hours per proposal cycle while maintaining accuracy and funder alignment. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Design a funder-research prompt that extracts eligibility criteria, thematic priorities, and past award patterns from public sources Configure a Custom GPT instruction set to generate first-draft grant narratives that replicate tone and structure from past winning applications Evaluate AI-generated grant drafts against a guardrail checklist for citation accuracy, confidentiality compliance, and scoring-criteria alignment

Learners design a reusable funder-research prompt that extracts eligibility criteria, thematic priorities, and past award patterns from public sources using ChatGPT and foundation databases.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 assignments

1 videoTotal 2 minutes

The Monday Morning Grant Rush2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 14 minutes

Anatomy of a Funder-Research Prompt: Eligibility, Priorities, and Award Patterns8 minutes
Step-by-Step: Constructing a Funder-Research Prompt from Scratch6 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Document and Submit Your Funder-Research Prompt10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Design Funder-Research Prompts for Grant Intelligence30 minutes

Learners configure a Custom GPT instruction set — including system message and uploaded proposal documents — to generate first-draft grant narratives that replicate Hartwell Community Foundation's organizational voice and proposal structure.

What's included

2 videos1 reading2 assignments

2 videosTotal 15 minutes

What Is a Custom GPT and How Does It Replicate Organizational Voice?6 minutes
Configuring Your Custom GPT: System Message and Proposal Upload9 minutes

1 readingTotal 8 minutes

Custom GPT Configuration Components: System Messages, Knowledge Files, and Tone Anchors8 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Build and Test Your Grant-Writing Custom GPT10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Configure a Custom GPT for Grant Narrative Generation30 minutes

Learners build and apply a structured guardrail checklist to evaluate AI-generated grant drafts for citation accuracy, confidentiality compliance, and scoring-criteria alignment — producing a completed, auditable review instrument ready for deployment in Hartwell's grant workflow.

What's included

1 video2 readings3 assignments

1 videoTotal 3 minutes

When the AI Gets It Wrong: A Citation Failure Before Submission3 minutes

2 readingsTotal 14 minutes

The Grant Guardrail Checklist: Citation Accuracy, Confidentiality, and Scoring Alignment8 minutes
How to Apply the Guardrail Checklist to an AI-Generated Grant Draft6 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 75 minutes

Apply the Guardrail Checklist to an AI-Generated Draft15 minutes
Knowledge Check: Evaluate AI-Generated Grant Drafts Against a Guardrail Checklist30 minutes
Course Assessment: Build Nonprofit Grant AI Assistant30 minutes

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