Will AI leave grant writers out of work?

The consensus is . . . not yet. AI can make some parts of your job easier (it’s good at summaries and helping create outlines), but writing a compelling narrative is still part of the human skillset.

AI lacks empathy, according to experienced grant writers and funders. It cannot convey the emotional connections that make grantors want to write you a check. An AI bot also cannot sustain relationships that only come with a deeper understanding of what funders care about. As of now, AI is more of a helper than a competitor.

Read more:

• If you write medical grants, check out this story that advises caution when it comes to scientific text.
• If your clients use Salesforce, the company says a new generative AI tool in the Nonprofit Cloud platform can help uncover more funding sources and personalize donor engagements and LOIs. And in seconds, AI can create summaries of program success and grants. Read an article about this.
• And if you’re a funder, please seek middle ground. Don’t ask grant writers to rewrite basic information with each new application. Read more here.