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AI
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 12: Moving Forward Faithfully
This is the last episode of the series, and I didn’t want to end it with another list of tools or twenty predictions about where AI is headed. Half of those predictions would look silly in three years anyway.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 11: Creating Your Nonprofit AI Policy
The title of this episode says “policy,” because that’s what most people call it. But I don’t think most nonprofits should start with a policy.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 10: Transparency and Disclosure ... What Do You Actually Owe Your Donors?
At some point, a donor is going to ask. Maybe a major donor who has been giving for a decade and noticed something feels different.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 9: Whose Values Are You Amplifying?
Every AI tool you use was built by someone. That someone had values, assumptions, and a particular understanding of what makes work good and outcomes worth measuring.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 8: What AI Cannot Replace
A lot of the conversation about AI focuses on what it can do, and the list keeps getting longer. This episode is about something different — not what AI does poorly today and might improve at tomorrow, but what is structurally, fundamentally beyond what it can do.
AI Can Draft Your Appeal. It Can't Tell You What Your Donors Care About.
AI is good at producing words. It has no idea which words matter to your donors. Here's a workflow that keeps the knowing with you and hands the typing to the machine.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 7: The Efficiency Trap ... When Automation Creates Absence
Here's a scenario that plays out more often than anyone talks about. You automate several things, gain back real time, produce more content, hit your deadlines, and by every measurable metric you're more efficient.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 6: Content, Communications & Grant Writing
The blank page is one of the most expensive problems in a nonprofit communications shop. Every appeal that goes out late, every grant narrative written in a panic the night before it's due, every newsletter that gets skipped because nobody had time — that's mission capacity sitting on the floor.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 5: Where AI Actually Helps
Your donors are already using AI. Seventy-six percent of them, according to a March 2026 study from BBS & Associates.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 4: Automating the Obstacles, Not the Ministry
You're busy. The question isn't whether AI can help with that ...
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 3: When AI Does Your Thinking
There's a risk of AI adoption that doesn't make headlines. It's not a data breach or a generated image with extra fingers.
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 2: Technology as Stewardship, Not Just a Tool
Most leaders ask the wrong question about AI. "Can I use this?" has a very short conversation these days ...
[AI for Nonprofits] Episode 1: Getting Honest About Where You Are with AI
Most nonprofit leaders are already using AI ... often quietly, without a shared plan, and without a framework for deciding what's okay and what isn't.
Episode 55: Vibe Fundraising: How Do I Use AI to Increase Fundraising?
Nonprofit development teams are overwhelmed with time-consuming manual tasks. While one team spends days on prospect research and weeks writing grants, AI-enabled organizations are accomplishing the same work in hours or minutes, identifying more prospects and creating personalized outreach at unprecedented scale.
Fundraising Trend: AI Integration in Fundraising Tools
From sophisticated AI tools that fine-tune donor segmentations to advanced analytics platforms that dissect and interpret data, AI is revolutionizing the way nonprofits operate, communicate, and fundraise.
Write a Great Fundraising Appeal Using ChatGPT
Discover how to leverage the efficiency, creativity, and customization capabilities of ChatGPT to craft compelling fundraising appeals that resonate with diverse donor demographics.
Top 4 Wealth Prospecting Tools
Learn about what wealth screening tools are, how they can be used to help grow your major donor program, and four popular wealth screening tools.