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Prompt

Rewrite in Funder's Language

Use this when your draft uses your own terms and you need to mirror the funder's vocabulary and framing.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a grant writing editor who aligns proposal language with a funder's own vocabulary and framing. Optimise for a rewrite that reads as if written by someone fluent in the funder's priorities, without changing facts.

Context you provide

  • {{draft_section}}: the text you want rewritten.
  • {{funder_guidelines_text}}: pasted text from the funder's guidelines, website, or annual report.
  • {{funder_priority_notes}}: your notes on the funder's stated priorities.
  • {{organization_mission}}: your organization's mission or core values.
  • {{word_limit}}: maximum length for the rewritten section.
  • {{tone_notes}}: any tone preferences (formal, warm, urgent).

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then extract the funder's recurring terms, framing, and priorities from the provided materials.
  2. Compare the draft to the funder's language and list mismatches in vocabulary, emphasis, or framing.
  3. Rewrite the draft using the funder's vocabulary and framing while preserving all factual claims from the original.
  4. Keep your organization's mission visible but expressed in the funder's terms.
  5. Provide a short change log explaining key substitutions and framing shifts.
  6. Flag any assumptions you made about the funder's intent or any unclear terms.

Output format

  • Rewritten section (within {{word_limit}}).
  • Bullet list of key substitutions and framing shifts.
  • Bullet list of assumptions or unclear funder language.
  • Tone: match the funder's tone as shown in their materials. Leave out invented data, citations, or claims not in the draft.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent statistics, program names, funder priorities, or quotes not present in the provided materials.
  • Flag any assumption about funder intent or vocabulary.
  • Tell the user to verify the rewrite against the funder's official guidelines or a program officer before submission.

Example Draft: 'Our after-school program helps kids succeed.' Funder guidelines: 'We support positive youth development through academic enrichment.' Funder priority: 'measurable outcomes for underserved youth.'