Prompt: tailor a bid to a funder’s criteria

The same bid sent to every funder rarely lands. This prompt reshapes your existing draft to match one funder’s stated priorities and language — foregrounding genuine matches and flagging where your project does not fit, so you decide whether to apply. It changes emphasis, never facts.

What to paste in

Give the AI your existing bid draft and the funder’s own criteria, priorities and exclusions copied from their website. The prompt maps one to the other and shows you honest matches and honest gaps.

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What to check afterwards

Cut any alignment the AI stretched to claim — a forced fit is transparent to assessors and wastes everyone’s time. Confirm no figures or outcomes changed during tailoring, and re-read the funder’s exclusions once more before you commit.

No amount of clever tailoring rescues an ineligible bid — reading a funder’s exclusions before you apply saves the days a wasted application costs.

Worked example

The illustrative example shows honest matching, emphasis edits that leave the facts intact, and a clear flag where the project does not meet one of the funder’s priorities.

CharityIQ can hold your core bid and a funder’s requirements together and draft the aligned version grounded in both, with the mismatches surfaced for you.