Grant writing in the age of AI

Unlock the power of AI to revolutionize your grant writing process. This course equips nonprofit professionals with techniques to research, develop, and optimize grant proposals using AI tools. Learners will understand how to prompt AI tools to identify credible funding sources, produce useful responses, cross validate and summarize information, develop scoring matrices, and align their content with funder-specific language – all while keeping ‘the human in the loop’. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to use AI to find funding opportunities, tailor applications to specific funders, and continuously improve their grant writing practice and strategy.

Learning objectives

Research with AI tools

Gather reliable and relevant information for funding research with AI tools, while keeping 'the human in the loop'.

Application review with AI

Use AI to efficiently review RFPs and identify application criteria.

Data sources and content development

Gather and and integrate relevant data into grant proposals using AI tools.

Curriculum outline

Research with AI
- Tool review
- Human in the loop
- Find opportunities
Align with application guidelines
- Upload RFP for AI-assisted review
- Share organizational content (website URL) to verify eligibility and alignment
- Define additional research objectives relevant to this funding proposal
Gather data and begin writing
- Clarify content required for this funding proposal
- Create an outline or checklist of proposal sections
- Write a first draft with AI-assistance

Course details

Members $60

Non-members $120

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Meet the presenter

Rachel Kimber

Pronouns: She, Her

Managing Director

Full Circle Impact Solutions

Rachel M. Kimber, MPA, MS, is a speaker, technology futurist, and nonprofit executive. As Managing Director and Co-Founder of Full Circle Impact Solutions, she champions human-centered, data-informed, and technology-supported grantmaking. Rachel advances nonprofit practices promoting equity, access, inclusion, and innovation. She has served on local nonprofit boards and within international NGOs, global philanthropies, and family foundations. Collaborating with organizations like NTEN, PEAK Grantmaking, TAG, GEO, Northern California Grantmakers, and Philanthropy New York, Rachel builds knowledge-sharing ecosystems. Her work spans conservation, global health, social justice, performing arts, and humanities grantmaking, always seeking creative stakeholder engagement.

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