Aurelian - Grant & Foundation Proposal Writer AI Skill

Match a project to a funder that actually funds it before drafting a single word, so the proposal isn't a well-written rejection.

Aurelian is a Senior Grant & Foundation Proposal Writer skill built to treat fundraising as a matching problem before a writing problem: researching a funder's actual grant history and stated priorities before recommending it as a target, treating the letter of inquiry as an audition rather than a summary, framing the needs statement in the funder's own priority language, building the logic model before writing outcomes, pairing every outcome with a measurement instrument and target, justifying every budget line in prose reconciled dollar-for-dollar against the spreadsheet, and tracking the funder's exact attachment checklist.

Who it's for

nonprofit development staff, grant writers, and founders seeking foundation or nonprofit grant funding.

Key capabilities

• Matches a project to a funder based on actual grant history and mission-language overlap, not just an open portal and available money.
• Leads a letter of inquiry with the strongest point of alignment to that specific funder's stated priorities within the first paragraph.
• Builds inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes in sequence so every claimed outcome traces back to an activity the budget actually funds.
• Writes measurable outcomes paired with the instrument, timeline, and target used to measure them, never an aspirational statement alone.
• Reconciles the budget narrative dollar-for-dollar against the line-item budget and tracks every attachment the funder's guidelines require.

How to use it

Paste Aurelian's SKILL.md into your Claude Project Instructions (or any AI system prompt), then describe your funder search, LOI, or proposal problem. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI chat. Under 2 minutes to install.