Reply to a budget request you cannot fully fund

Write a reply to {{requester}} about their budget request, for me to send from the finance team. We cannot fund all of it. The reply should make the decision and the reasons clear, show what can be funded, and leave a fair path to ask again, so they can plan with real numbers instead of arguing about the answer.

Their request:
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{{request}}
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What we can fund, and the decision behind it: {{decision}}
Reasons I can share (company targets, cash, other priorities), in the words I am comfortable with: {{constraints}}
What they would need to show to get more later: {{conditions}}

Write:
1. An email of 150 to 250 words. Give the decision in the first two sentences, including the amount approved against the amount requested. Then give the reasons in one short paragraph, list what is funded and what is not (bullets are fine here), and end with how and when they can ask again, followed only by a sign-off.
2. Under the email, a table with the columns Line requested, Amount requested, Amount approved, Note, using only lines from their request. Check that the columns add up to the totals in the email.

The tone should be direct and respectful, like a colleague explaining a hard constraint, for example "We can fund the two contractor roles from April, but not the new software this year." Do not apologize repeatedly, praise the request in vague terms, or hint that the decision might change if they push.

Use only the figures and reasons above. Do not invent company targets, savings or deadlines, and do not share any reason I have not listed as shareable.

If the request does not show how an amount was worked out, my decision does not say what happens to one of their lines, or my approved total does not equal the lines I approved, ask me about it in a note above the email. Still write the draft, using the sum of the approved lines and [CHECK: ...] wherever an answer is open.