AI for Nonprofits
Help a small team do more with AI — grants, donor communications, marketing, and impact reporting — affordably and ethically. Where AI genuinely adds capacity, and the trust, data, and honesty lines you must never cross.
For resource-constrained nonprofits, AI can add real capacity without new hires — drafting grant proposals, donor communications, and reports, and taking repetitive work off scarce staff. But nonprofits run on trust and often serve vulnerable people, so AI use here carries special responsibilities: never fabricate or inflate impact, protect donor and beneficiary data, be transparent, and take extra care where AI touches the people you serve.
This course is built for the reality of a small, mission-driven team: honest about where AI genuinely helps versus hype, practical about doing it cheaply (free tiers and nonprofit discounts), and clear about the ethics. The throughline: AI boosts a small team's capacity, but it doesn't replace your mission, your relationships, or human judgment — and it must never undermine the trust your organization depends on. This is general information, not legal advice. Module 1 is free.
What you'll be able to do
- Use AI to add capacity across fundraising, grants, marketing, and reporting
- Draft donor communications and grant proposals with AI while keeping authenticity and truth
- Never fabricate or inflate impact — verify data and report honestly
- Protect donor and beneficiary data, and take special care with vulnerable populations
- Use AI affordably and set a simple, sensible AI policy for your organization
Curriculum
Module 1: AI for a Small Nonprofit Team
FreeHow nonprofits use AI, fundraising and donor comms, grant-writing basics, and getting started affordably.
Module 2: Fundraising, Grants & Impact
PremiumDonor communications that connect, grant writing and funder rules, honest impact reporting, and marketing.
- Donor communications that connect11 min
- Grant writing and funder rules11 min
- Impact reporting, honestly11 min
- Marketing and repurposing9 min
Module 3: Ethics, Data & Trust
PremiumEthics with vulnerable populations, donor-data privacy, transparency and disclosure, and service-delivery chatbots.
- Ethics with vulnerable populations11 min
- Donor and beneficiary data privacy10 min
- Transparency and disclosure10 min
- Service-delivery chatbots10 min
Module 4: Capacity, Cost & Your Plan
PremiumAffordable AI for nonprofits, building staff capacity, a simple AI policy, and your nonprofit AI plan.
- Affordable AI for nonprofits10 min
- Building staff capacity9 min
- A simple AI policy10 min
- Your nonprofit AI plan10 min
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