For Grant Writers ·
What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll have Grantboost set up and will be able to generate structured grant proposal sections — needs statements, program descriptions, evaluation plans, and budget narratives — using AI templates purpose-built for grant writing, not general-purpose chatbots.
What you'll need
Go to grantboost.io and click Sign Up. Select "Nonprofit Organization" as your account type. Grantboost will guide you through an organization profile setup.
Fill in:
What you should see: A completed profile page showing all your organization information. This becomes the foundation Grantboost draws from for every proposal section.
Troubleshooting: Take your time on the programs section — the more specific you are here, the more accurate your proposal sections will be. Vague descriptions ("we help people") produce generic output; specific descriptions ("we provide 1:1 coaching to formerly incarcerated adults re-entering the workforce in Cook County") produce grant-ready content.
Click New Grant or New Application. Enter the funder's name and the program the grant would fund. Select the type of grant: community foundation, federal, corporate, government, or other.
Grantboost will show you a menu of sections you can generate for this specific grant.
Click on Needs Statement from the section menu. Grantboost displays a template with fields to fill in:
Fill in each field, then click Generate. Grantboost produces a structured needs statement using grant-specific language patterns.
What you should see: A 300–500 word draft organized as: problem scope → local conditions → specific gap → your program as the solution.
Read the output carefully. Common things to check and fix:
Click Refine or adjust your inputs and regenerate if the first draft needs significant work.
Work through the other sections you need: program description, evaluation plan, organizational capacity, budget narrative. Each section has its own template with targeted input fields.
For the evaluation plan specifically, Grantboost is particularly useful — it generates a structured plan with data collection methods, indicators, and analysis approach that many grant writers struggle to produce independently.
For the Grantboost Needs Statement field:
Program: [type]. Population: [who]. Location: [where]. Data: [your statistics]. Frame this as: [root cause focus / service gap / systems barrier].
For the Evaluation Plan field:
Program activities: [list 3-5]. Primary outcomes to measure: [list]. Timeframe: [grant period]. Staff capacity for evaluation: [internal only / can hire evaluator]. Required funder metrics: [any specific metrics the funder requires].