Prompt: prepare scrutiny questions for a trustee decision

Good trustees do not rubber-stamp — they ask. This prompt generates sharp, fair questions for the board to put before a significant decision, across finances, risk, legality, mission fit and capacity. You use them to challenge constructively and, where a question exposes missing information, to get it before deciding.

What to paste in

Give the AI the decision, the paper behind it, and anything already worrying you. It produces grouped questions specific to the decision, including at least one about what the board is not being told.

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What to check afterwards

Cut generic questions that do not apply and keep the ones that genuinely test this decision. If a question reveals you lack key information, get it before proceeding. Keep the tone constructive — challenge strengthens a decision; obstruction does not.

Trustees are legally responsible for the charity’s decisions, so testing a proposal before approving it is a duty, not obstruction — if the board cannot answer key questions, it usually should not decide yet.

Worked example

The illustrative example tests a five-year lease decision across every angle, including the assumptions the paper leans on most.

CharityIQ can generate decision-scrutiny questions grounded in the actual board paper and your charity’s finances.