Nonprofit & Grants Toolkit

Writes the one-page letter of inquiry that earns a nonprofit an invitation to submit a full proposal, using the need-approach-fit-ask structure, funder-language mirroring, and a specific ask stating amount, duration, and what the money buys. Use when a nonprofit leader says "write a letter of inquiry", "this funder wants an LOI first", "how do I introduce our program to a foundation", or "turn our program summary into a one-pager for a funder". Do NOT use for the full grant proposal - use grant-proposal-writer instead - and do NOT use for individual donor appeal letters - use donor-communications instead.

Writes the full foundation grant proposal for a nonprofit - need statement grounded in local data, a logic model with real numbers (inputs to activities to outputs to outcomes), SMART objectives, an evaluation plan sized to organizational capacity, a budget narrative where every line traces to an activity, and a credible sustainability answer. Use when a nonprofit leader says "write the full grant proposal", "we got invited to submit", "build our logic model", "our proposal needs an evaluation plan", or "the funder wants a budget narrative". Do NOT use for the initial one-page letter of inquiry - use grant-loi-writer instead - and do NOT use for corporate sales proposals - use sales-proposal-writer instead.

Builds a small nonprofit's individual-donor communication system - segmenting donors into major, recurring, first-time, and lapsed with different treatment for each, thanking within 48 hours of every gift, structuring impact stories around one beneficiary with the donor as hero, writing appeal letters, and holding a 3:1 impact-to-ask calendar ratio. Use when a nonprofit leader says "our donors are lapsing", "write our year-end appeal", "how often should we email donors", "write a thank-you letter for a major gift", or "we only contact donors when we ask for money". Do NOT use for winning back lapsed donors with a full re-engagement sequence - use win-back-campaign for the sequencing mechanics - and do NOT use for foundation funder communications - use grant-loi-writer instead.

Builds a nonprofit's annual or program impact report that funders and donors actually trust - leading with outcomes over activities, pairing every number with one human story, admitting shortfalls honestly, including a financial transparency block, and computing program cost per outcome. Use when a nonprofit leader says "write our annual report", "build our impact report", "a funder wants to see our results", "how do we report on the grant", or "what goes in a program report". Do NOT use for board meeting materials - use nonprofit-board-pack instead - and do NOT use for individual donor appeals or thank-yous - use donor-communications instead.

Builds the nonprofit board meeting pack that produces engagement instead of nodding - a one-page dashboard of finances, program KPIs, and fundraising pipeline up front, routine items batched into a consent agenda, one real decision per meeting, and an explicit ask naming what board members can do. Use when a nonprofit ED says "prepare the board packet", "our board meetings are just report-outs", "the board approves everything without discussion", "what should go in the board dashboard", or "how do I get the board to actually help". Do NOT use for general board governance strategy, recruitment, or managing board dynamics - use board-management instead - and do NOT use for the public annual report - use impact-report-builder instead.