{"id":"wri-np-corporate-giving-application","audience":"nonprofit","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Answer a corporate giving form within its rules","free":false,"task":"You're applying to a local company's community giving program. The request box needs under 80 words and must start with the line 'EIN: 47-1182930': name the program, request an amount within the company's limit, show what it pays for on one line, and give the number of people served from the current year. No emotional adjectives ('heartbreaking', 'desperate', 'life-changing'). Write a prompt that gets that request.","materialLabel":"Giving program rules and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"HARBORLINE BANK - Community Giving Program (2027 cycle)\n- Grants up to $5,000 per organization per year.\n- Priority: programs serving residents of Harbor County.\n- Request box: 100 words max. Be specific about what the money buys.\n\nMY NOTES (Eastside Tool Library)\n- Program: Fix-It Saturdays - free monthly repair clinics where volunteers fix household items and teach repairs.\n- People served: 2026 (through October): 1,140 residents. (2025 full year: 860. Use the current year.)\n- 92% are Harbor County residents.\n- What we need: $7,500 total for 2027:\n  - 2 tool sets for new volunteers: $1,800\n  - Replacement parts budget: $2,400\n  - Venue rental for 12 clinics: $3,300\n- Our board chair thinks we should \"tug at heartstrings.\"","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"3 sentences under 18 words plus one budget line.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Asking for too much","why":"Your notes show the full $7,500 need. The AI may request it, over the bank's cap.","fix":"Say it: \"Start with EIN: 47-1182930. Request $5,000 for Fix-It Saturdays.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Vague use of funds","why":"The AI says \"support our programs\" without what the money buys.","fix":"Add: \"Budget line: venue $3,300 + parts $1,700 = $5,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Old numbers and emotion","why":"The AI may use last year's 860 and add \"life-changing\".","fix":"Add: \"Use 1,140 residents in 2026. No heartbreaking, desperate or life-changing.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Requests within the cap","patterns":["5,?000","maximum","limit"]},{"label":"Shows the budget","patterns":["budget","3,?300","1,?700"]},{"label":"Uses current numbers","patterns":["1,?140","2026","current"]},{"label":"Bans emotional words","patterns":["emotional","heartbreaking","life.changing"]}],"hint":"Corporate funders want a request that fits their rules. Give the AI the cap, the line of math and the current number.","rubricLabels":["Starts with the line 'EIN: 47-1182930', names Fix-It Saturdays and requests $5,000 (not $7,500)","Shows on one line what the $5,000 pays for (venue rental $3,300 + $1,700 in replacement parts = $5,000)","Gives 1,140 residents served in 2026 (not 860) and uses none of these: heartbreaking, desperate, life-changing"]}