Grant Proposal Writing — Claude Skill

Grant proposal
built for your funder,
not a template.

5-block package. Funder-mirrored. SMART outcomes throughout.

Generic proposals get rejected before a reviewer reads line two. This skill calibrates every section to your funder's priorities.

Grant & Proposal Writing is a Claude AI skill that builds a complete grant package — executive summary, needs statement, logic model, budget narrative, and timeline — calibrated to your funder's priorities and scoring criteria.

⚡ Replaces 5–8 hours of grant writing — runs in under 5 minutes.
Get this skill — $15
Output preview — Grant & Proposal Writing
Block A · Executive Summary
Standalone readable. Hooks a programme officer in 30 seconds.
Gates Foundation · Agricultural Innovation · 18-month grant period

In sub-Saharan Kenya, 2.3 million smallholder farmers lose an estimated 38% of harvests annually to late blight — a preventable disease with no affordable early-detection tool at the farm level. Kilimo Digital will deploy 240 AI-enabled crop sensors across Kisumu and Siaya counties, training 1,800 farmers to identify and treat blight within 48 hours of onset. By month 18, we project a 60% reduction in post-infection crop loss among participating farmers, translating to an average income recovery of $340 per household. This 18-month pilot requests $480,000 and is designed for handoff to county agricultural extension services by year three.
Problem → organisation → activities → measurable outcomes → ask → sustainability — in 130 words.
Block B · Needs Statement
Evidence-stacked. Local data first. Root cause named.
Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is responsible for 38% of annual crop losses among smallholder potato and tomato farmers in Kisumu and Siaya counties — a combined population of 420,000 households living below the $2.15/day poverty line [Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2024]. Existing detection relies on visual inspection; by the time lesions are visible, the 48-hour treatment window has typically closed.

Extension officer ratios stand at 1:2,400 farmers, against the FAO-recommended 1:400 [FAO, 2023]. The gap is not awareness — 94% of surveyed farmers could name the disease — but timely, farm-level detection capability.

Why now: Sensor costs have fallen 67% since 2022 [GSMA AgriTech Index, 2025], making this model viable at sub-$300 per farm for the first time.
Root cause named. Three distinct data sources. Gap analysis in paragraph two. Urgency anchored to a real cost shift.
Block C · Logic Model
Inputs → Activities → Outputs → Outcomes → Impact. No implicit chains.
INPUTS → $480k grant · 3 agronomists · 240 sensors · county MOU
ACTIVITIES → Deploy sensors · Train farmers · Alert system · Monthly data review
OUTPUTS → 240 sensors live · 1,800 farmers trained · 4,320 alerts sent (est.)
OUTCOMES → 60% reduction in post-infection loss · $340 avg income recovery
IMPACT → Replicable county-level model · extension service handoff
Assumptions: mobile connectivity ≥60% · county partnership holds · farmer uptake ≥75%
If-then chain explicit. Assumptions listed. Risk response in the narrative below the table.
Block D · Budget Narrative
Every line justified. Maps directly to project activities.
Personnel — $198,000 (41%)
Lead agronomist: 1.0 FTE × $36k × 18 months. Manages deployment and farmer training cohorts.
Sensors & Hardware — $144,000 (30%)
240 units × $600 each. Unit cost verified against three supplier quotes; includes 12-month warranty and SIM provisioning.
Direct Programme — $86,400 (18%)
Training events: 60 sessions × $480 (venue, transport, materials). Directly tied to Activity 2 timeline.
Indirect / Overhead — $51,600 (11%)
Gates-permitted 10.75% indirect rate on modified total direct costs.
Every line maps to a project activity. No lump sums. Overhead rate explicitly cited against funder policy.
Full output
What you receive
✓ Executive summary — standalone, hook-led (Block A)
✓ Needs / problem statement — evidence-stacked (Block B)
✓ Logic model — table + narrative (Block C)
✓ Budget narrative — line-by-line justified (Block D)
✓ Project timeline — phased, milestone-mapped (Block E)
✓ Funder language mirrored throughout
✓ SMART outcomes in every section
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How it works

How does Grant & Proposal Writing work?

  1. Tell Claude what you need — the skill asks 2-3 narrowing questions specific to the task.
  2. The skill runs live research and structures the output before writing a single word.
  3. An anti-slop quality gate checks the draft, then delivers a ready-to-use result for $15.
What you get

Why this proposal
survives the first cut.

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Funder-researched before a word is written. Priorities, rubric, and past grantees — all pulled first.
Funder-calibrated
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SMART outcomes in every section. No activity-counting dressed up as impact.
Measurable outcomes
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Logic model included — inputs to impact chain made explicit, not implied.
Logic model
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Anti-slop gate blocks every buzzword that drains credibility with experienced reviewers.
Hard cliché block
Who it's for

Built for anyone
chasing serious funding.

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NGO programme managers submitting to institutional funders like Gates, USAID, or EU Horizon.
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Research administrators writing grant packages for academic PIs who don't have time to format.
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Small nonprofits without a dedicated grant writer applying to foundation or government grants.
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Consultants managing multi-client grant pipelines across different sectors and funders.
Not what this is for
✕Crowdfunding or individual donor appeals — the output is a formal institutional grant package, not consumer copy.
✕Projects with no defined outcomes yet — you need a project and a funder; the skill writes the proposal, not the strategy.
✕Relationship-building or letter-of-inquiry stage — this produces the full proposal package, not an introductory pitch.

The complete guide to grant and proposal writing covers what makes a calibrated output different from a generic one.

The complete guide to grant proposal writing covers what makes a proposal reviewers score highly versus one they pass over.

"We submitted to three foundations in the same month. The logic model alone saved us two days of back-and-forth with our programme team. Two of the three funded us."
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Aisha M.
Non-profit director, Nairobi · Legal/Biz Bundle
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