The Ai prompt I️ used to secure this $125k grant!

Hey everyone!

For those who don’t follow me or know me (@TyWoodsGetGrants on IG), I’m Ty Woods, CEO of Businessgrants.com and Co-Founder of an amazing nonprofit in Atlanta and the founder of this amazing group. Over the past 17 years, I’ve made it my purpose to helped people. At first, it was helping teens stay out of trouble, then helping students with educational delays, and NOW helping nonprofit and small business Founders secure MILLIONS (and soon Billions) in grants (my business in that number too). And I’m not just the spokesperson, I’m also my own client having JUST recently won a $125,000 grant for our own Creative Careers Initiative!

Here’s the truth: there are still BILLIONS of dollars available in grants (some go unclaimed) — not because they don’t exist, but because YOU don’t know they exist! And most entrepreneurs or people who have nonprofit missions miss out because they don’t know where to look or how to structure their business to win. Well, we’re gonna tackle that first problem…where to look by asking AI the RIGHT question.

I️ attached a little motivation…KEEP APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS!

Yall go thank me for this one!

Here’s one of my favorite AI Grants prompts (I have hundreds) but you can try this right now:

💬 Prompt: Before you copy the prompt below, add this statement: “You are a professional grant writer with over 20 years of experience writing foundation and government grants for (type the name of your business or nonprofit organization).”

THEN insert this prompt….

“Act as an experienced nonprofit grant strategist. Show me 5 current and active grantmakers — including government offices, private foundations, donor-advised funds, or nonprofit organizations — located in [insert your city, county, and state] that provide funding or free capacity-building resources for organizations focused on [insert your mission or program, e.g., youth workforce development, arts education, food insecurity, etc.].

For each funder, provide:

Grantmaker Name
Website (direct to grant or funding page)
Contact Email and Program Officer (if available)
Average Award Range or Typical Funding Amounts
Funding Purpose / Program Description (why they fund and what types of organizations or programs they support)
Eligibility Requirements (include 501(c)(3) status, geographic restrictions, mission focus, or budget size, if stated)

Then, prioritize the list in order of “best grant fit” based on:

Alignment between my mission and their funding purpose
Eligibility match
Recent giving history

Exclude:

Any opportunities that are expired, paused, invite-only, or outside my location or mission focus.
Any funders that do not provide direct grants to nonprofits.

Present your results in a numbered, easy-to-read format and include a short sentence for each explaining why it’s a strong fit for my organization.”

Copy that straight into ChatGPT and see how fast you uncover opportunities you didn’t even know existed.

Let’s make sure no one in this group leaves money on the table. 💰

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