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of 7— Gather Your Grant Materials

What you'll accomplish

By the end of this guide, you'll have a process for using Claude to produce first-draft grant narrative sections — need statements, program design narratives, and evaluation plans — in a fraction of the time it normally takes. A grant proposal that used to take 3-6 hours of writing gets drafted in under 1 hour.

What you'll need

  • Claude account at claude.ai — {{tool:Claude.plan}} ({{tool:Claude.price}}) recommended for long documents; free tier works for individual sections
  • The grant opportunity description or RFP (Request for Proposal)
  • Basic program data: target population, number of teachers, school context, expected outcomes
  • Time needed: 45-60 minutes for a complete first draft
  • Cost: {{tool:Claude.free_tier}} / {{tool:Claude.price}} (Pro)

How-To Guide: Use Claude to Draft Grant Proposals for Coaching Programs

Step 1: Gather Your Grant Materials

Before writing anything, collect:

  1. The grant RFP: the official document describing what funders want to see
  2. Your program summary: what you're proposing to do, for whom, and why
  3. Existing data: current achievement data, past program results, school demographics
  4. Budget sketch: even rough numbers — how many teachers? what will the money cover?
  5. Logic model or theory of change (if your district uses these)

You don't need all of these — but the more context you give Claude, the better the narrative.

Tools:Claude