AI Grant Writing

Write Stronger Grants Backed by Your Real Data

Northstar Toolkit's AI drafting tools generate grant proposals that cite your actual program outcomes and organizational data. Every statistic is traceable — no hallucinated numbers.

The Problem with the Status Quo

Most nonprofits work around these challenges every day. Northstar Toolkit is built to solve them.

Starting from Scratch Every Time

Each new application means digging through old proposals, reports, and files to find relevant statistics and evidence. The writing starts over every time.

Today: Grant writers copy-paste from previous applications and manually update numbers — a process that's slow and error-prone.

Generic AI Produces Generic Proposals

Tools like ChatGPT can draft text, but they invent statistics, fabricate outcomes, and produce language that sounds like every other application.

Today: Teams either avoid AI entirely or spend as much time fact-checking AI output as they would have spent writing from scratch.

Evidence and Writing Are Separate

Program data lives in reports and spreadsheets. Grant writing happens in Word or Google Docs. There's no connection between evidence and the claims made in proposals.

Today: Writers manually reference separate documents while drafting, often citing numbers from memory rather than verified sources.

Evidence-Based AI Drafting

Generate grant proposals that draw directly from your evidence library. Every claim, statistic, and outcome cites a verified source document. Anti-hallucination safeguards ensure accuracy.

  • AI drafts grounded in your uploaded evidence and organizational data
  • Anti-hallucination safeguards verify every cited statistic
  • Full source transparency — see where every claim comes from
  • Evidence library with document uploads, Q&A insights, and manual entries
  • Edit and refine drafts while maintaining citation integrity
  • Outline assistance with evidence mapping before drafting
  • Gap analysis identifies missing evidence before submission
Draft Assistant
Section: Organizational Capacity
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The Urban Sustainability Coalition has demonstrated measurable impact in climate resilience programming since 2015. In FY2023, we served 2,847 community members across 12 urban neighborhoods.

Source: 2023 Annual Impact Report, p.12
"Direct program participants increased 34% year-over-year..."

Our annual budget of $1.2M supports a team of 8 full-time staff with expertise in environmental justice and community organizing.

3 sources cited
All verified
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Everything You Need in One Platform

Evidence Library

Build a reusable evidence base from program reports, outcomes data, and organizational documents. Evidence follows you across every grant.

  • Upload PDFs, reports, and evaluation documents
  • AI extracts key data points for citation
  • Reuse evidence across multiple grant applications

Funder Research

Understand what funders care about before you write. 990 data analysis and alignment scoring help you tailor applications to funder priorities.

  • 10+ years of funder giving history from 990 filings
  • AI alignment scoring based on your programs
  • Research insights available during drafting

How Northstar Compares

What sets Northstar Toolkit apart from other solutions.

vs ChatGPT / Generic AI

Northstar cites your actual evidence — it doesn't hallucinate statistics or fabricate outcomes. Every number traces back to a source document.

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vs Grantable

Northstar includes integrated funder research with 990 data, so you can research and write without switching platforms.

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vs GrantBoost

Northstar's evidence library creates a reusable knowledge base across all your grants — not just one-off document analysis.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can AI really write grant proposals?

AI is a powerful drafting assistant, but generic AI tools often hallucinate statistics and produce generic language. Northstar Toolkit's AI draws exclusively from your uploaded evidence and organizational data, so every claim is verifiable. You review and refine the output — the AI handles the heavy lifting of assembling evidence into narrative.

How is this different from using ChatGPT?

ChatGPT generates plausible-sounding text but invents statistics and outcomes. Northstar's AI cites your actual program data with anti-hallucination safeguards — every statistic traces back to a source document you uploaded.

What is the evidence library?

The evidence library is a structured collection of your organizational data — program reports, outcome metrics, evaluation documents, and more. You upload evidence once and reuse it across every grant application. The AI draws from this library when generating drafts.

How much does Northstar Toolkit cost?

Plans start at $79/month billed annually (or $99/month billed monthly). Every plan includes a 7-day free trial with full access, 5 team seats included, and additional seats at $10/month.

What are the 5 R's of grant writing?

The 5 R's of grant writing are: Research (understanding the funder), Relationships (building connections), wRiting (crafting the proposal), Reporting (following through on deliverables), and Retention (maintaining funder relationships). Northstar Toolkit helps with the first three — researching funders with 990 data, and writing evidence-based proposals.

Ready to Get Started?

Try Northstar Toolkit free for 7 days. Full platform access, 5 team seats included, starting at $79/mo billed annually.

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