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
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- 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
- Ask for any missing inputs, then extract the funder's recurring terms, framing, and priorities from the provided materials.
- Compare the draft to the funder's language and list mismatches in vocabulary, emphasis, or framing.
- Rewrite the draft using the funder's vocabulary and framing while preserving all factual claims from the original.
- Keep your organization's mission visible but expressed in the funder's terms.
- Provide a short change log explaining key substitutions and framing shifts.
- 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.'