Grant Seeking Nonprofits | Build Your AI-Powered Body of Knowledge

Grant Seeking Nonprofits | Build Your AI-Powered Body of Knowledge

90-minute hands-on workshop teaching nonprofit leaders to capture institutional knowledge using AI

The Problem You're Solving Right Now:

You're tired of:

• Losing critical knowledge when staff transition
• Paying consultants to re-learn your organization every time
• Recreating docments from scratch for every grant
• Searching old emails for "that document we created last year"
• Training new staff with scattered Google Docs and tribal knowledge

What if you could capture everything once—and never lose it again?

What You'll Learn in This 90-Minute Workshop:

This is a live, hands-on workshop where you'll build the foundation of your organization's Body of Knowledge using AI—the same system I use to run FundReady.

You'll walk away with:

✅ A working Body of Knowledge template for your organization
✅ Prompting strategies that actually work (no more "I don't know what to ask AI")
✅ Live demonstration of building organizational intelligence in real-time
✅ Fortune 500-grade knowledge management adapted for nonprofits
✅ Clear understanding of what DIY AI can do (and what requires a platform - Fundready.app)

By the end of this workshop, you'll have:

• A framework for developing and orgnaing your strategic documents
• Prompts that make AI understand YOUR organization
• Tools that you can 'share' with staff
• Knowledge that stays with you—even when people leave

What Makes This Different:

Most workshops teach you tactics. This teaches you systems.

I'm not a nonprofit person teaching nonprofit hacks. I spent 25+ years in Fortune 500 companies (DTE Energy, Google Fiber, GM, Ford) building the exact knowledge management systems that corporations use to scale.

Then I translated them for nonprofits.

My breakthrough moment:
COVID. I submitted a grant for my business. Rejected.
Strengthened my Logic Model. Resubmitted. Rejected again.

Then it hit me: Funders speak corporate language.

I rewrote everything using Fortune 500 strategic frameworks.
Third submission. Same funder. $180,000. Funded.

The mission never changed. The LANGUAGE did.

That's what you'll learn in this workshop—how to think strategically like Fortune 500 companies, capture that knowledge in AI, and use it forever.

Who Should Attend:

This workshop is perfect for:

• Executive Directors who are tired of recreating infrastructure
• Development Directors managing grant proposals and funder relationships
• Program Directors running complex initiatives with scattered documentation
• Operations Managers onboarding staff and documenting systems
• Anyone who's ever thought: "I wish we had this written down somewhere"

You don't need:

• A tech background (I'll walk you through everything)
• Prior AI experience (we start from zero)
• Fancy tools (just a free Claude.ai account)

You DO need:

• A laptop or computer
• Organizational documents you want to organize (grants, reports, strategic plans)
• 90 minutes of focused time
• Willingness to think differently about knowledge management

What to Bring:

1. Laptop or computer (tablets won't work well for this)
2. Free Claude.ai account (we'll help you set up at the beginning if needed)
3. 2-3 organizational documents you want to start organizing:
4. • Strategic plans
   • Past grant proposals
   • Logic Models or Theory of Change
   • Annual reports
   • Program frameworks

Don't stress about what to bring—we'll work with whatever you have. You're going to learn the methods that will save you time down the road and you'll be able to apply that to whatever documents you need to build.

Workshop Format:

Part 1: The Problem (15 min)

• Why institutional knowledge disappears
• The consultant dependency trap
• How Fortune 500 companies solve this (and why nonprofits can too)

Part 2: The Build (45 min)

• LIVE: Building a Body of Knowledge in real-time
• How to structure project files for AI
• Prompting strategies that work
• Common mistakes to avoid
• Working with your own documents & information

Part 3: What's Next (30 min)

• What DIY Claude CAN do (a lot!)
• What DIY Claude CAN'T do (platform-level features)
• How this prepares you for advanced tools
• Q&A + Next steps

About Your Instructor:

Stephanie Willis
Founder & CEO, FundReady

• 25+ years Fortune 500 business operations (DTE Energy, Google Fiber, GM, Ford)
• Former Business/Data Analyst and SCRUM-certified Project Manager
• Expert in SQL, data analytics, KPI development, systems building
• 3 years as Grant Strategist for nonprofits
• Secured first grant for $180K after learning to "speak corporate"

Stephanie's superpower: Translating Fortune 500 strategic thinking into frameworks nonprofits can actually use—without the Fortune 500 budget.

Workshop Investment:

Early Bird Price: $49 - ends November 10th!
(Regular price: $69 - save $20 by registering now)

What's included:

• 90-minute live workshop with expert instruction
• Stephanie's Organizational "Body of Knowledge" framework
• Prompting guide you can reference forever
• Access to workshop recording for 30 days
• Community support in workshop chat

ROI Reality Check:

• Grant consultants charge $1,500-$5,000 per proposal (3-5% of grant amount)
• DIY Googling = 10-20 hours per grant application
• This workshop = One-time $49 investment in knowledge that never leaves

If this workshop helps you write ONE grant faster or avoid ONE consultant fee, you've paid for it 30x over.

What Happens After:

This workshop is standalone—you'll get immediate value.

But if you want to go deeper:

• Our 28-Day Grant Readiness Sprint ($797) builds on this foundation
• Our 12-Week Grant Accelerator ($$$) is a hands on team building accelerator that creates comprehensive strategic infrastructure for your team.
• Our FundReady platform (launching 2026) takes this to enterprise level (fundready.app to get on the waitlist).

No pressure. No upsells during the workshop. Just pure value.

A Note from Stephanie:

Thank you for the work you do in the community. Let's build foundational tools that help scale your impact!

See you in the workshop.

— Stephanie Willis
Founder & CEO, FundReady
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fundready/