Fundraising and grant writing
Draft an annual appeal letter
Produces a warm, focused first draft of your yearly ask in one sitting.
Lower risk: public info only — Use a general, anonymized story or a public one; never paste a real client's identifying details.
Please note: This site is only a guide to help people understand. Consult your IT, security and/or privacy department for clarification.
Before you start, gather
Pull [PUBLIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS] and [GIFT AMOUNT OR GOAL] from your annual report and campaign plan. For [ANONYMIZED STORY OR SITUATION], use a story the person agreed to share, with names and identifying details already removed. Ask staff who know it to check it.
Starter prompt
Write an annual appeal letter from [SIGNER NAME AND TITLE] of [ORGANIZATION NAME]. Open with a short story about [ANONYMIZED STORY OR SITUATION]. Share what donors made possible this year: [PUBLIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS]. Make a clear ask for [GIFT AMOUNT OR GOAL] and explain what it will do. Warm, hopeful tone, around 350 words, with a P.S. Use only the accomplishments and story I give you. Do not make up numbers, quotes or details.
Paste the prompt into your AI tool first, then replace the placeholders with your own details. Don't use real names of clients or donors.
Open an AI tool
You are leaving this guide. Copy the prompt first, then open a tool. The link goes to the website of the company named on each link, in a new tab. That company's terms and privacy policy apply there. Paste the prompt in, then replace the placeholders with your own details. Don't enter real names or confidential details.
- Open Claude (Anthropic) (opens Anthropic's website in a new tab)
Anthropic documents pre-filled links only for the Claude Desktop app, not for the website, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open ChatGPT (OpenAI) (opens OpenAI's website in a new tab)
OpenAI does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Gemini (Google) (opens Google's website in a new tab)
Google does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Grok (SpaceXAI) (opens SpaceXAI's website in a new tab)
SpaceXAI (the company behind Grok) does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Amazon Bedrock (hosts Llama; needs an AWS account) (opens Amazon Web Services' website in a new tab)
Llama has no chat website of its own, and Meta's own assistant (Meta AI) now runs on a different Meta model. One host is Amazon Bedrock: sign in to AWS, open a playground, and paste the prompt.
- Open Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft) (opens Microsoft's website in a new tab)
Microsoft documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in. The Copilot page shows a Sign in button, and you may need to sign in.
- Open Perplexity (Perplexity AI) (opens Perplexity AI's website in a new tab)
Perplexity documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Mistral Le Chat (Mistral AI) (opens Mistral AI's website in a new tab)
Mistral renamed Le Chat to Vibe, at the same web address. Mistral documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Givebutter (Givebutter): no website to open from here. Givebutter Magic works inside a Givebutter account; there is no public chat page.
- Grantable (Grantable): no website to open from here. Grantable's AI works inside a Grantable account; there is no public chat page.
Check the result
Verify every number and accomplishment, and make sure the story is truthful and could not identify anyone.
What it might get wrong
Dollar totals, meals served or people-helped counts you never gave; a story with added feelings or quotes that never happened; a promise about what a gift will do.