Krista Kurlinkus LLC uses AI, including large language models, as a collaborative copilot to speed research, drafting, and analysis while our expert consultants retain full control over voice, accuracy, and final decisions. We follow strict ethical and privacy practices, avoid sharing sensitive data with public models, and work in secure systems with clear human-led boundaries and rigorous review.
AI is a newer tool and we know some people are skeptical; we address this with transparency, careful oversight, and policies that keep client trust at the center. Used responsibly, we believe that AI helps democratize access to grant funding so mission‑driven organizations of any size can compete for opportunities that once seemed unattainable.
Importantly, we view AI as a tool to enhance human expertise, not replace it.
Large Language Models (LLMs) are AI systems trained on vast amounts of text that can generate human-like content, assist with research, and help streamline the grant writing process. As grant writing consultants, we use these tools to enhance our efficiency while maintaining the quality and authenticity of our work.
Beyond LLMs, our consultancy leverages a broader ecosystem of AI technologies to provide comprehensive support:
This integrated approach allows us to offer more thorough, data-driven, and strategic grant writing services while still centering human expertise and judgment.
We use AI as a collaborative tool throughout our grant writing process to:
However, all AI-generated content is thoroughly reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by our expert consultants to ensure it aligns with your organization's unique voice and goals.
We utilize several AI tools in our workflow, including:
These tools help us maintain consistency, quality, and efficiency across all our client work.
The final product is always a thoughtful collaboration between our expert consultants and AI tools, tailored specifically to your organization.
Is using AI ethical in grant writing?
Yes, when used responsibly. We follow ethical AI practices by maintaining human oversight, verifying all information, and being transparent with clients. Our consultants make all final decisions about content, ensuring grants remain authentic to your organization's mission and voice. We view AI as a tool to enhance human expertise, not replace it.
Moreover, we see AI as an opportunity to democratize the grant seeking process. Smaller, under-resourced organizations often lack the staff capacity, specialized knowledge, or financial resources to compete with larger institutions for funding. By leveraging AI responsibly, we can help level the playing field, allowing mission-driven organizations of all sizes to access funding opportunities previously out of reach. This approach helps redistribute power in the philanthropic landscape, ensuring that good ideas and important community work can be funded regardless of an organization's size or resources.
We also acknowledge the significant environmental impact of AI data centers, which consume substantial energy and resources. We believe individuals and organizations must decide for themselves whether they can reconcile this impact with their ethical values. However, it's important to recognize that whether we as individuals use these tools or not, the infrastructure supporting AI systems will continue to expand because individual users are not the primary audience for these technologies. Our approach is to use these tools mindfully while advocating for more sustainable AI infrastructure.
How do you manage and protect client data when using AI tools?
We take client data protection very seriously. Our policies around AI use and client data include:
What is the AI Grants Hub™?
The AI Grants Hub™ is a series of integrated Notion templates we developed to provide our clients with comprehensive workspaces that streamline and optimize the entire grantseeking process. This powerful toolkit combines strategic grant planning, writing support, and project management. It includes an AI component that allows clients to leverage everything we create for their organization in the Grant Launch process, all of their existing grants and materials, and our proprietary AI prompts and frameworks to help them secure and manage funding more successfully.
Will funders know we used AI in our grant application?
Transparency is important to us. We write for both humans and machines, making proposals clear, structured, and scannable. Our approach ensures the final grant applications maintain authenticity while benefiting from AI's efficiency. Many funders now expect grant writers to use modern tools to produce high-quality applications, but we always prioritize your organization's unique voice and story.
It’s also important to note that there is no reliable way for software to accurately detect AI writing.
