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The Giving Opportunities Builder
User Guide

Turn fundraising priorities into an editable, donor-ready document without starting from a blank page.

What the Builder Does

The Giving Opportunities Builder helps you describe funding opportunities and produce branded assets to share with donors. Enter each project’s budget and an overall campaign goal estimate if you have one. Then create the document you choose on the same page.

You choose the format, the audience, and what should appear. Optional brand details let you add a primary color, logo, image, contact information, or a verified proof point. The finished draft is editable before you copy, download, or print it.

How to Use It

  1. Describe the fundraising priority. Add organization initials (or an alias like ACME :) and the background material you already have. You can paste notes or upload text-based files. Paste saved Campaign Readiness Self-Assessment results, or use the assessment’s “Use in Giving Opportunities Builder” button to bring them here automatically.
  2. Describe each giving opportunity. Enter a title and one description of what the project will fund and who benefits. The project budget is optional. Internal notes stay out of the finished donor document.
  3. Choose the document. Select a one-page giving opportunity, a set of selected opportunities, a full menu, a proposal, or a gift agreement draft. You can create a general version or shape it around relationship context you already know.
  4. Add optional presentation details. Enter a hex code for the primary brand color. You can also add a logo, image, contact information, or a verified quote or proof point. Logo and image files stay in your browser.
  5. Create the document. Select Create my document. Review the facts, edit any wording you want, then copy the text, download the HTML, or print it as a PDF.

If you’re comfortable sharing a public campaign page, add its URL and select Load campaign page. Review the loaded wording in Voice and messaging sample. You can edit it or paste a sample directly. The writer uses this sample for voice; verified project facts belong in the fundraising priority and opportunity fields. The initials or alias you entered remain the organization identifier in the draft.

What You Can Customize

The same giving opportunity can serve different conversations. Choose only the details that help with the version you need.

Writing Style

Your approved sample guides vocabulary and sentence rhythm. The style choice guides emphasis and formality. The writer applies Vera’s donor-writing guidance, fetches the current Words AI Ruined list and uses the supporting rules with their exceptions. It then reviews the draft again and flags remaining literal word matches. Any unavailable step is disclosed. Differences between styles may be subtle when the source material is brief. Review the result for voice and accuracy before sharing.

Gift Agreements

Enter the proposed gift commitment separately from the project budget. You can include a payment schedule and giving instructions. Donor and organization signature lines are optional. The agreement is assembled directly from your entries, preserving the supplied purpose and approved terms. Writing style applies to the other document formats.

An estate-obligation clause addresses an unpaid pledge and the donor’s estate. Force majeure addresses extraordinary events that prevent contractual performance. Paste organization-approved wording when it applies. The agreement is a draft for legal review before signing.

Saving and Recovery

The saved-work status confirms when this browser has saved your entries, document edits and images. Reopening the same Builder address in the same browser restores them. If saving fails, keep the page open and select Download backup. A backup includes internal notes, so store it accordingly.

Download a backup before changing devices or using another Builder address. Select Restore backup to reopen it. You review the replacement choice before the current page changes. Browser data can be cleared or lost, so keep a downloaded copy of work you need.

Information and Privacy

The text you enter is sent to the AI service used by Empowered Fundraiser when you create a draft. Keep donor names, contact information, and private information out unless your organization permits you to share it. Logo and image uploads stay in your browser and are added to the document locally.

The Builder tells the writer to use only the facts you supplied. Review amounts, commitments, recognition information, and other factual claims before sharing the document.

A Complete Example

This example shows the full path from rough information to a finished one-page giving opportunity.

Dummy information

  • Organization Riverbend Community Arts Center
  • Project A $3.2 million expansion of the community arts center
  • Opportunity Community Arts Studio
  • Project budget $250,000
  • The gift funds Construction, sinks, storage, work surfaces, specialized equipment, and furnishings
  • Impact More year-round arts classes for children and adults

Choices in the Builder

  • Document type One-page giving opportunity
  • Audience General donor audience
  • Writing style Warm and confident
  • Show project budget Yes
  • Why now Construction planning is underway, and equipment decisions are being made with the project
  • Primary brand color #6B3FA0
  • Logo and image Skipped for this example

The finished document

Create a Community Arts Studio

Project budget · $250,000

Riverbend’s expansion will create a dedicated studio where children and adults can learn, experiment, and make art throughout the year.

What your gift makes possible

The project will complete and equip the studio with specialized work areas, sinks, storage, furnishings, and the equipment instructors need for hands-on arts programs.

The new studio gives Riverbend room to offer more year-round classes in a space designed for making art.

Why now

Construction planning is underway, and equipment and furnishing decisions are being made with the rest of the project.

Giving instructions

We would welcome a conversation about this opportunity and the role your philanthropy could play.

Riverbend Community Arts Center · riverbendarts.example

Reuse the Content Later

The underlying information stays useful after the one-page document is finished. Keep the same verified descriptions and impact language available for a later proposal, stewardship update, impact report, campaign page, or follow-up conversation.

Get to a Useful First Version

The Builder is designed to get you to a solid first version quickly. Edit the wording, swap the image, adjust the layout, or pass the draft to a designer when the situation calls for more production. You do not have to solve the content and the design at the same time.

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Questions About Preparing a Giving Opportunities Document

What should we prepare before using the Builder?

Gather your campaign context and verified funding priorities. For each opportunity, confirm the proposed amount and intended use of the gift. An existing Campaign Readiness Assessment report can provide additional context.

Can we add our organization’s branding?

Yes. You can add a primary color and optional logo or image, with contact information and a verified proof point. Review the finished document’s wording and presentation before sharing it.

What should we verify before sending a giving opportunities document to donors?

Confirm the amounts and intended use of funds, along with any recognition or stewardship commitments. Check that the people responsible for those commitments have approved them. Review the AI-assisted draft against your source information.