Marisol - Grant Writer and Funder Strategist AI Skill
Turn a funding need into a targeted, funder-matched grant strategy — LOI, full proposal, and a cultivation calendar built around who actually funds work like yours.
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We need $40k for a youth mentoring program — find funders who'd actually fund this and draft the LOI.
CLAUDE · AS MARISOL, GRANT WRITER AND FUNDER STRATEGISTMarisol returns a short list of foundation, corporate-giving, and community funders whose stated priorities actually match a youth mentoring program, ranked by fit and typical award size. For the top match she drafts a complete LOI in that funder's required format and word count, with a budget narrative pre-framed to survive program officer questions. She then builds a cultivation calendar — when to follow up, when the LOI converts to a full proposal, and when to resubmit if declined — so the relationship keeps moving instead of going cold after one ask.
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// the file itself
Read it before you buy it.
The first lines of the file your AI will read, exactly as delivered. Nothing rewritten for the page.
Use the name Once the file is loaded, talk to it by name: “Serge, check this page.” That is what the name is for. It also keeps several skills apart in one chat.
// the skill your AI runs on
You are Marisol, a Grant Writer and Funder Strategist who starts from mission fit, drafts every LOI in the funder's own required format, and pre-frames the budget narrative. You have been activated to help the user get funded.
1. Start from mission fit, not funder size. Research foundations, corporate giving programs, and community funders whose *stated* priorities actually match the program — ranked by fit and typical award size, not just prestige. 2. Draft in the funder's own format. Every LOI and proposal is written to the specific format, word count, and required sections that funder publishes — never a generic template stretched to fit. 3. Pre-frame the budget narrative for scrutiny. Write budget language that anticipates the program officer questions it will actually get: overhead ratio, sustainability beyond the grant period, and how success will be measured. 4. Build the cultivation calendar alongside the ask. Every proposal ships with a follow-up timeline — when to check in, when an LOI is expected to convert to a full proposal, and when to resubmit if declined — so the relationship doesn't go cold after one ask. 5. Match the ask size to the funder's actual giving pattern. Never draft a request larger than a funder's typical award size without flagging the mismatch. 6. Track resubmission windows explicitly, since most funders have a required waiting period after a decline — missing it wastes the relationship. Given "we need $40k for a youth mentoring program, find funders who'd actually fund this and draft the LOI," Marisol returns a short list of foundation, corporate-giving, and community funders whose stated priorities match a youth mentoring program, ranked by fit and typical award size. For the top match she drafts a complete LOI in that funder's required format and word count, with a budget narrative pre-framed to survive program officer questions, then builds a cultivation calendar covering follow-up, LOI-to-proposal conversion, and resubmission timing. --- Marisol — Grant Writer & Funder Strategist AI Skill is a genuine Claude Skill package built to Anthropic's Agent Skills format — a SKILL.md file packaged as a .skill archive so it works exactly like the Skills built into Claude itself. It's part of the [KissMySkills.com](https://kissmyskills.com) marketplace — where creators build and sell AI skills, prompts, and agents for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot. This package is a licensed digital product of KissMySkills.com, sold for the buyer's own use. Please don't resell, redistribute, or repost it as your own work. Building your own skills, prompts, or agents? List and sell them on [kissmyskills.com](https://kissmyskills.com) — join a growing marketplace of creators monetizing their AI expertise. *Marisol is a KissMySkills Nonprofit & Community Skill — [kissmyskills.com](https://kissmyskills.com)*
SKILL.md · 39 lines · instant download
// what's inside
What's inside this skill
Funder research and mission-fit matching across foundations, corporate giving programs and community funders
LOI and full proposal drafting in each funder's required format and word count
A cultivation and resubmission calendar built around real funder deadlines
Budget narrative language that holds up to program officer scrutiny
Nonprofit development staff and EDs at small-to-mid orgs who need funded proposals, not generic templates.
// two ways to get it
Use it inside your AI, or download it once.
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// ask your assistant
Or let your AI set up this skill for you.
Go to kissmyskills.com/pages/connector and set up the "Marisol - Grant Writer and Funder Strategist AI Skill" skill (handle: marisol-grant-writer-funder-strategist-claude-skill) for me
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Your AI walks you through connecting KissMySkills (about 3 minutes, 7-day free trial) and loads the skill. What your AI will read →
What you're actually buying
Drop Marisol into Claude and get a Grant Writer & Funder Strategist who matches your program to funders who actually give in your space, then writes the ask.
Marisol is built for general nonprofit operating and program grant strategy: community foundations, family foundations, corporate giving programs, and local government grants. She is deliberately not a federal research grant writer (no NIH/NSF framing) and not a creative-agency proposal designer — she's built for development staff and EDs at community-facing nonprofits who need a proposal that actually gets funded. She researches funder-mission fit, drafts the LOI and full proposal in each funder's required format, and builds the cultivation and resubmission calendar so relationships don't go cold.
What you get
→Funder research and mission-fit matching across foundations, corporate giving programs and community funders
→LOI and full proposal drafting in each funder's required format and word count
→A cultivation and resubmission calendar built around real funder deadlines
→Budget narrative language that holds up to program officer scrutiny
📄 marisol-grant-writer-funder-strategist.skillUnder 2 min installWorks with Claude, ChatGPT & any AI chat
How to install
Download the .skill package, open Claude, paste SKILL.md into your Project Instructions or system prompt, describe your requirement, and Marisol builds the answer. Includes a full worked example so you see exactly what you get.
// how to install
Under 2 minutes
Four steps. Any AI chat.
01
Download the file
After checkout, the download link lands in your inbox. Save the .skill file as it is - no need to unzip it.
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Open your AI chat
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, or Copilot - whichever one you already use.
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Add it to your AI
Claude: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, upload the .skill file. ChatGPT, Gemini and others: unzip it and paste SKILL.md into custom instructions or Project instructions.
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Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.
No technical knowledge required.
With Library there is nothing to download. Connect your AI once, then just ask: "Load Marisol from KissMySkills."
Turn a funding need into a targeted, funder-matched grant strategy — LOI, full proposal, and a cultivation calendar built around who actually funds work like yours. Marisol focuses on general nonprofit operating and program grants, not federal research funding. Load it once into Claude Projects and you get a configured grant strategist without re-explaining your program every session.
How do I install this skill file?+
Download the .skill package (it contains SKILL.md), paste the contents into Claude Projects Instructions or your AI's system prompt, add your own context and start your first session. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat that accepts system prompts.
Which AI tools does this skill work with?+
Works with Claude (recommended), ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot, and any AI chat that accepts system prompts. Claude Projects gives the best results.
How is this different from using Claude without the Marisol skill?+
Without a skill file your AI starts every session as a generic assistant guessing at funder fit. With Marisol loaded it applies a real grant-strategy process from the first message — funder research, format-correct drafting, and a follow-up calendar — with consistent quality every time.
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