Finance, budgeting and compliance
Build a cash-flow scenario worksheet using made-up numbers
Lets you practice 'what if' planning without exposing real financial data.
Lower risk: public info only — Use round, made-up numbers, then swap in your real ones privately.
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
List [INCOME SOURCES] and [EXPENSE CATEGORIES] by type, such as grants, events, rent and payroll, not by real amounts. Choose [MONTHS DELAYED] and [PERCENT] as stress-test values based on past experience.
Starter prompt
Create a 12-month cash-flow worksheet for a nonprofit, using made-up numbers I can replace later. Include rows for [INCOME SOURCES] and [EXPENSE CATEGORIES], a monthly ending balance, and three scenarios: expected, a delayed grant payment of [MONTHS DELAYED], and a drop in donations of [PERCENT]. Explain how to read it. Do not present the sample figures as typical for nonprofits; if a category is unclear, write MISSING INFO instead of guessing.
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
Check the math when you replace the sample numbers with real ones, and have your finance lead review it.
What it might get wrong
Ending balances that do not carry forward from the prior month, a delayed-grant scenario applied to the wrong months, or sample amounts that look like benchmarks for organizations like yours.