Practical AI toolkits for U.S. freelancers and small agencies
Prompt packs, fillable templates, and free calculators built around one specific job at a time — not generic "AI for freelancers" advice. First up: grant writing.
Featured: The Freelance Grant Writer's AI Toolkit
$34
30 AI prompts and 7 fillable templates that walk a freelance grant writer through funder research, the Letter of Inquiry, the grant narrative, the budget narrative, the executive summary, and a pre-submission compliance check. Built for freelance and independent grant writers and nonprofit consultants who already use an AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) and want to draft faster without losing their own judgment.
It's a prompt-and-template pack, not software — there's no AI built into the download, and no prompt or template can guarantee a funder says yes. Every prompt that touches numbers or funder names reminds you to verify them before you trust them.
$79 · Pro
Want the business side too? The Freelance Grant Writer's AI Toolkit — Pro includes everything in the $34 toolkit above, plus a Freelance Business Toolkit module: 8 more prompts and 4 more templates for rate-setting, engagement letters, client intake, and tracking more than one active client at a time. 38 prompts and 11 templates in total.
The standard toolkit above is complete on its own for the proposal-writing workflow — Pro is an option if you also want structured help running the business side, not something missing from what you already have.
Free tools
No signup, no account, nothing saved or sent anywhere — these run entirely in your browser.
Grant Budget Narrative Builder
Enter your grant budget line items — personnel, fringe, travel, equipment, supplies, indirect costs — and get calculated totals plus a first-draft narrative paragraph for each budget category, ready to copy and refine.
Open the toolIndirect Cost Rate & De Minimis Calculator
Enter your Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) base and see indirect costs at the 15% federal de minimis rate, your own negotiated rate, or both side by side — plus the dollar difference between them.
Open the toolFree templates
Blank, fillable templates you can copy into your own document — no signup, no account.
Grant Proposal Template
A blank, 12-section outline covering the full shape of a grant proposal — cover sheet, executive summary, statement of need, goals and objectives, methods, evaluation, budget summary, sustainability, conclusion, and an attachments list. No filled-in example, just the shape to fill in yourself.
Open the templateLetter of Inquiry / Letter of Intent Template
A blank outline for the foundation Letter of Inquiry — the short, competitive letter many private and family foundations require before they'll accept a full proposal. Opening paragraph, organizational background, problem and proposed project, funding request, and closing, ready to fill in.
Open the templateBudget Narrative Template
A blank, 11-section outline for the written explanation that goes with your line-item budget — introduction, personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, contractual, other, indirect costs, in-kind/matching, and budget summary. Pair it with the free calculator below or write it by hand.
Open the templateGrant Budget Template
A blank, fillable table with the 8 standard cost categories a funder expects — personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies & materials, contractual/consultants, other, and indirect costs — plus a total row. No formulas, no filled-in numbers, just the shape to enter your own.
Open the templateGrant Application Template
A blank administrative face sheet for funders without their own online portal — organization info, EIN, contact person, project title, amount requested, a short project summary, funder priority alignment, and a certification block. Not the narrative itself, just the cover sheet many funders ask for on top of it.
Open the templateCover Letter for Grant Proposal Template
A blank, short cover letter to send on top of a complete proposal package — opening paragraph, what's enclosed, funding request, and a closing thank-you. Not a Letter of Inquiry or Letter of Intent; that's a separate document sent before you write a full proposal.
Open the templateAbout Freelance Ops Kit
Freelance Ops Kit is an independent, solo-run project that builds practical AI-assisted resources for U.S. freelancers and small agencies — one specific job at a time, starting with grant writing. It is brand new: there are no customer reviews or testimonials yet, and none will be invented. When they exist, they'll be real.
A note on how this is made: the products, tools, and text on this site are drafted with AI assistance, working from a detailed brief and then checked for accuracy and internal consistency before publishing. That's true of the toolkit, the free tools, and this page. Using AI here isn't hidden — it's how a small, independent project can produce a specific, well-built resource without a team. You're still the one who reviews, verifies, and applies judgment to anything you use from here.
Freelance Ops Kit does not promise income, time savings, or results, and doesn't use urgency tactics, countdowns, or inflated "was/now" pricing. What you see is the actual price and the actual product.