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Research potential funding sources

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskFind three foundations in the 'Education' sector that have given grants of over $100,000 in the…+
Find three foundations in the 'Education' sector that have given grants of over $100,000 in the last two years, located in the Pacific Northwest.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I present our list of potential funding sources for the 'Youth Mentorship Program,'…+
Before I present our list of potential funding sources for the 'Youth Mentorship Program,' identify any foundations that have a stated preference for funding organizations with less than five years of operation or those focused on STEM education. Also, flag any that explicitly exclude religious organizations, as we are faith-based. Provide a brief summary of their typical grant sizes.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI've identified several potential funders for our new 'Homeless Outreach' initiative, but their…+
I've identified several potential funders for our new 'Homeless Outreach' initiative, but their stated mission doesn't perfectly align with our specific approach of job training.
I've identified several potential funders for our new 'Homeless Outreach' initiative, but their stated mission doesn't perfectly align with our specific approach of job training. I'm afraid of wasting time applying to organizations that won't consider us, but I also don't want to overlook a viable option. What's the best way to quickly assess if these slightly misaligned funders are still worth pursuing, and what kind of information should I look for to make that decision?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI frequently spend too much time researching individual funding sources without a clear…+
I frequently spend too much time researching individual funding sources without a clear strategy, often discovering too late that they are not a good fit.
I frequently spend too much time researching individual funding sources without a clear strategy, often discovering too late that they are not a good fit for our programs. This leads to wasted effort and missed deadlines for more promising leads. What habit should I change to streamline my research process, ensuring I quickly identify the most suitable funding sources and avoid unproductive deep dives?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Salesforce's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.