Honest AI grant writing for nonprofit teams under 20.
GrantDraft turns your mission and a funder's RFP into a funder-ready proposal in an afternoon — with placeholders for facts it can't know instead of made-up statistics that get applications rejected.
$29/mo. No sales calls, no annual contracts, no minimum seats. (Instrumentl starts at $195/mo.)
Free to start. No credit card required.
Priced for the nonprofits doing the work.
The other tools are built to sell into large organizations with grant teams and procurement cycles. We built GrantDraft for the executive director drafting a proposal at 10pm on a Tuesday.
Pricing and features shown are based on publicly listed information as of 2026 and may change.
Built for grants. Not for generic AI slop.
Generic chatbots will happily invent statistics, miss the funder's priorities, and produce confident-sounding paragraphs that get your application rejected. GrantDraft is different on purpose.
- Invents statistics and outcomes that aren't true
- Writes one long blob — hard to edit, easy to spot
- Ignores the funder's RFP language and priorities
- No grant structure (Need, Goals, Methods, Evaluation…)
- No reviewer mindset — you find the gaps after submission
- Honest placeholders. Facts the AI can't know are flagged
[INSERT: …]instead of fabricated. - RFP-aware drafting. Paste the funder's RFP and we mirror their priorities, evaluation criteria, and vocabulary.
- Real grant structure. Section-by-section: Statement of Need, Goals, Methods, Evaluation, Budget Narrative — each editable on its own.
- Scored like a real reviewer. We check your draft against the same kind of scoring checklists funders use (NIH, NSF, community foundations, and more) and tell you the top three things to fix before you submit.
- Your org, reused. Mission, programs, and outcomes are saved once and applied to every grant — no copy-pasting the same context every time.
GrantDraft gives you a strong first draft. A human always reviews and submits — that's the point.
How GrantDraft works
1. Add your org & the funder
Tell us your mission, focus areas, and paste the RFP. We reuse this for every grant.
2. Generate section by section
Goals, Methods, Evaluation, Budget Narrative — each drafted with funder language in mind.
3. Edit, export, submit
Every draft is yours to edit. Honest placeholders for facts the AI can't invent.
Already pay for ChatGPT or Claude? Use GrantDraft from inside them.
GrantDraft is a Model Context Protocol server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients can list your grants, draft sections, and run critiques without leaving the AI tool your team already uses. No competitor offers this.
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