Prompt: reply to a funder’s questions

When a funder follows up with questions, they are often deciding whether to fund you. A clear, honest, prompt reply helps. This prompt drafts a professional response from your own facts, answers each question in order, and flags anything you must confirm before you send — because a guessed answer to a funder is a risk.

What to paste in

Give the AI the funder’s questions, your relevant facts, the tone the relationship calls for, and any reply deadline. It answers each question directly and marks gaps you need to fill.

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What to check afterwards

Check the draft makes no commitment you have not agreed internally — a policy, a figure, a timescale you cannot keep. Fill every [NEED: …] gap with real information, and verify governance details against your actual documents before replying.

A commitment made to a funder is binding in practice, so never let a drafted reply promise a policy, figure or timescale your trustees have not agreed.

Worked example

The illustrative example answers each question in order, is honest about what is still in progress, and flags the exact figures and dates to confirm before sending.

CharityIQ can answer funder questions grounded in your governance documents and accounts, with each fact traceable to its source.