How PRISMS Powers Better Proposals
PRISMS transforms grant writing by surfacing key insights early. It aligns your strategy with funder expectations, making each proposal faster, clearer, and stronger, starting not from scratch, but from strength.
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How PRISMS Powers Better Proposals
Grant writing isn’t just about filling in boxes. It’s about making a compelling case. But too often, proposals are built from scratch, disconnected from a larger system of thinking. That’s where PRISMS comes in.
The PRISMS framework was designed to clarify strategy. But it turns out, it does something even more powerful.
PRISMS doesn’t just clarify your strategy. It pre-organizes the building blocks of your strongest proposal.
Each of the six phases maps directly onto sections funders expect:
Position helps articulate the needs statement and root context.
Resonance gives life to your vision, values, and DEI commitments.
Infrastructure reveals organizational readiness and partnerships.
Solution Delivery structures your plan with clarity and flow.
Monitoring & Learning anchors your evaluation.
Sustainment sets you up for long-term success.
Instead of chasing information later, PRISMS surfaces it early and strengthens it along the way.
So rather than treating proposal development as a blank slate every time, the PRISMS system becomes your intel engine. It forces out what funders need to hear, but with more clarity, alignment, and narrative power.
It’s not just strategy work. It’s proposal prep, disguised as insight.
And it means your next grant application won’t start from scratch. It will start from strength.
