100+ ways nonprofits use AI
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113 of 113 use cases
- Fundraising and grant writing
Draft a grant narrative from your program outline
Turns your bullet points into a first draft you can edit, in minutes instead of hours.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Turn a funder's request for proposals into a requirements checklist
Finds every required section, page limit and deadline so nothing gets missed.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Write a letter of inquiry
Gives you a clear one-to-two page letter that introduces your work to a new funder.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Brainstorm funder types that might fit your mission, from public information
Sparks ideas for kinds of funders to research, so your prospecting list starts with more options.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Draft an annual appeal letter
Produces a warm, focused first draft of your yearly ask in one sitting.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Write a year-end giving email series
Creates a connected set of emails so your end-of-year campaign has a clear arc.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Build a case for support
Pulls your need, plan and results into one document you can reuse in many asks.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Draft a sponsorship pitch letter to local businesses
Gives you a short, friendly first-contact letter that invites a local business to sponsor, before you send the details.
Lower risk: public info only - Fundraising and grant writing
Write the text for a peer-to-peer fundraising page
Gives your supporters ready-made words they can personalize when they fundraise for you.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Write a personal thank-you note template
Gives you a warm, reusable note that sounds like a person wrote it.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Draft a donor stewardship calendar
Maps out thank-yous and updates across the year so donors hear from you for more than asks.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Write a lapsed-donor win-back email
Drafts a kind, no-guilt note that invites past donors to come back.
Take care first - Donor and supporter relations
Prepare a meeting prep sheet from public information about a prospect
Organizes what you already know publicly into talking points and questions for a donor meeting.
Take care first - Donor and supporter relations
Create a monthly-giving pitch
Explains why small, steady gifts matter in language supporters will understand.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Summarize your impact for a donor report using anonymized numbers
Turns totals and highlights into a readable report donors will actually finish.
Take care first - Donor and supporter relations
Explain planned giving in plain language
Makes bequests and legacy gifts feel approachable instead of confusing.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Write an in-memoriam gift acknowledgment template
Helps you respond to memorial gifts with care and the right words.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Create a donor survey
Drafts short, clear questions to learn why supporters give and what they want to hear.
Lower risk: public info only - Donor and supporter relations
Analyze your full donor database with names and gift amounts
Looks tempting for finding patterns fast, but there is a safer way to get the same answers.
Don't paste this into an AI tool - Volunteer management
Write a volunteer role description
Gives volunteers a clear picture of what they are signing up for.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Draft a volunteer recruitment post
Makes it quick to produce posts that attract the right volunteers.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Create a volunteer orientation checklist
Helps every new volunteer get the same warm, complete welcome.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Write a shift reminder message template
Reduces no-shows with a friendly, clear message you can reuse.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Draft a volunteer appreciation message
Helps you say thank you in a way that feels genuine, not generic.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Build a training outline for new volunteers
Turns what you know into a simple session plan with clear learning goals.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Write a section of your volunteer handbook
Drafts clear policy language so volunteers know what is expected.
Take care first - Volunteer management
Draft interview questions for volunteer roles
Helps you find a good fit without making the conversation feel like a job interview.
Lower risk: public info only - Volunteer management
Write a re-engagement message for inactive volunteers
Invites people back kindly, with no pressure.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Draft a newsletter
Turns your notes into a friendly, well-organized newsletter in minutes.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Turn a program win into a set of social posts
Stretches one good piece of news into several posts across platforms.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Write a press release
Gets the structure and news-style tone right so you can focus on the facts.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Rewrite a client story so no one can be identified
Helps you share powerful stories while protecting the people in them.
Take care first - Communications and storytelling
Plan a content calendar
Lays out what to post and when, so you stop scrambling for ideas.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Write your website "About us" page
Gives you a clear, human page that explains who you are and why you exist.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Draft a holding statement for a crisis
Prepares a holding statement (a short, careful first public response) ahead of time so you aren't writing under pressure.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Write alt text for your photos
Makes your images understandable to people who use screen readers.
Lower risk: public info only - Communications and storytelling
Write a short video script
Gives you a scene-by-scene script for a 60 to 90 second video.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Draft a program logic model
Lays out how your activities lead to results in a simple chart.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Rewrite your intake form in plain language
Makes forms easier to understand and complete, especially for people who are stressed.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Create a client resource guide from public resources
Organizes help available in your area into one easy-to-read handout.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Draft FAQs for your front desk or hotline
Prepares clear answers to the questions your team hears every day.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Design a workshop outline
Gives you a timed agenda with activities that keep people engaged.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Write a lesson plan for a youth program
Saves prep time with an age-appropriate plan you can adapt.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Draft an outreach note to a referral partner
Helps you build relationships with agencies that can send clients to you, and the other way around.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Explain a public benefit program in client-friendly words
Turns confusing government rules into steps people can follow.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Brainstorm program ideas for an unmet community need
Opens up creative options you can discuss with your team and community.
Lower risk: public info only - Program design and client services
Summarize real client case notes
Looks like a time saver, but real case notes hold some of the most sensitive information you have.
Don't paste this into an AI tool - Program design and client services
Draft a note about a named client's immigration or health situation
Feels like a faster way to write letters or referrals, but immigration and health details can put a person at real risk.
Don't paste this into an AI tool - Impact measurement and evaluation
Draft survey questions for program participants
Produces clear, unbiased questions that people can answer quickly.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Find themes in anonymized survey comments
Groups open-ended answers into themes so you can see patterns quickly.
Take care first - Impact measurement and evaluation
Build an evaluation plan
Sketches what to measure, how and when, so your evaluation is realistic.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Get a spreadsheet formula explained for tracking outcomes
Helps you build and understand formulas and pivot tables (tools that summarize rows of data) without being a spreadsheet expert.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Turn outcome numbers into a plain-language impact story
Helps you explain results so board members and funders actually remember them.
Take care first - Impact measurement and evaluation
Create a data dictionary
Documents what each field means (a data dictionary is a simple glossary of your data) so everyone records it the same way.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Draft a theory of change
Gives you a clear starting story of how your work leads to change.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Write the methods section of an evaluation report
Explains how you gathered and analyzed data in clear, honest language.
Lower risk: public info only - Impact measurement and evaluation
Suggest charts for presenting your results
Helps you pick clear visuals for each message in your data.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Draft a budget narrative
Explains each budget line in words a grant reviewer can follow.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Explain a financial report in plain language for your board
Helps non-financial board members understand where the organization stands.
Take care first - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Create a month-end close checklist
Gives your finance routine a clear, repeatable list of steps, including accruals (costs or income recorded before cash moves), for closing out the month.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Outline an internal financial controls policy
Gives you a starting structure for protecting the organization's money.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Prepare questions to ask your auditor
Helps you get more from your audit by walking in prepared.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Explain a new grant's reporting requirements
Translates dense award terms into a task list with dates.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Draft a reserve policy
Gives your board a starting point for deciding how much to save and when to spend it.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Design a grant-tracking spreadsheet
Sets up a system to track deadlines, amounts and reporting in one place.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Build a cash-flow scenario worksheet using made-up numbers
Lets you practice 'what if' planning without exposing real financial data.
Lower risk: public info only - Finance, budgeting and compliance
Reconcile real bank transactions
It sounds efficient, but real bank data holds account numbers and donor and vendor details.
Don't paste this into an AI tool - Board and governance
Draft a board meeting agenda
Builds a focused agenda, with a consent agenda (routine items approved in one vote) and an executive session (a private board-only portion), that uses meeting time well.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Summarize long public documents for a board packet
Saves board members time by boiling long reports down to what they need.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Write a board member recruitment profile
Describes the skills and commitments you need so recruitment is clear and fair.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Outline a board orientation packet
Helps new board members get up to speed faster.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Draft a conflict-of-interest policy starting point
Gives you a draft to bring to your board and attorney.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Write a board self-assessment survey
Creates a way for your board to honestly check how it is doing.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Outline a strategic planning session
Gives you a structured agenda for a productive planning retreat.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Create a meeting minutes template
Makes taking minutes quicker and more consistent.
Lower risk: public info only - Board and governance
Write a script for a board giving ask
Helps the board chair make a confident, comfortable ask for board gifts.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Summarize a public bill in plain language
Helps you understand and explain legislation without wading through legal text.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Draft a letter to a legislator
Creates a respectful, persuasive letter that is easy to personalize.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Write testimony talking points
Helps you shape a clear, timed statement for a hearing.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Create a one-page issue brief
Distills a complex issue into a page decision-makers can read in a minute.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Draft an op-ed
Gives you a strong starting draft for a local newspaper opinion piece.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Prepare talking points for a community meeting
Helps you speak clearly and calmly, and prepare for hard questions.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Write a call script for supporters
Makes it simple for supporters to call decision-makers with confidence.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Draft a coalition partnership proposal
Helps you invite other groups to join forces with a clear, fair proposal.
Lower risk: public info only - Advocacy and policy
Write petition text
Gives you a short, clear statement people can sign with confidence.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Organize your own non-sensitive meeting notes into action items
Turns messy notes into a clear list of who does what by when.
Take care first - Operations and admin
Write a standard operating procedure
Captures how a task is done so staff and rotating volunteers can follow it.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Create an email template library
Saves time with ready-to-use messages for common situations.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Draft a social media policy
Gives staff and volunteers clear, fair guidelines.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Plan a move to a new software system
Breaks a big change into manageable steps with a timeline.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Write a front-desk job aid checklist
Gives front-desk staff and volunteers a quick guide to follow.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Draft a data-retention schedule starting point
Gives you a draft list of how long to keep each kind of record.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Outline a continuity plan for emergencies
Helps you prepare for disruptions like outages, storms or staff loss.
Lower risk: public info only - Operations and admin
Write a request for proposals for a vendor
Creates a clear document that helps vendors respond with comparable bids.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Write a job posting
Produces a clear, inclusive posting that attracts good candidates.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Draft interview questions
Builds a fair, consistent set of questions for every candidate.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Create a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan
Gives new hires a clear path through their first three months.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Write a staff appreciation message
Helps you say thanks in a specific, sincere way.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Create a performance review template
Sets up a fair, consistent format for feedback and goal setting.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Make a training plan for a new skill
Helps your staff learn something new with a structured, low-cost plan.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Outline a remote work policy
Provides a framework for fair, clear remote and hybrid work rules.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Draft a staff wellbeing and burnout-prevention plan
Offers practical ideas for supporting a team doing demanding work.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Practice a hard conversation by role-play, with made-up details
Lets you rehearse a tough talk in a safe space before the real one.
Lower risk: public info only - HR and staff development
Summarize a staff complaint or investigation
Seems like a quick way to organize a hard situation, but it exposes very sensitive personnel information.
Don't paste this into an AI tool - Events, outreach and accessibility
Plan a gala run-of-show
Builds a run-of-show (a minute-by-minute schedule) so the night runs smoothly.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Write event invitation copy
Drafts welcoming invitations for email, print and social.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Draft a sponsor-benefit sheet
Lays out what each sponsor level receives in a detailed one-page sheet to send after a first-contact letter.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Translate a flyer into another language, then have a fluent speaker review it
Gets you a quick draft translation so more neighbors can read your information.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Rewrite a document in plain language
Makes information easier to read for everyone, including people with limited time or reading support.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Create an accessible event checklist
Helps you include more people from the start.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Write a post-event thank-you and survey
Closes the loop with attendees and learns how to improve next time.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Write a tabling script for community outreach
Gives volunteers friendly words to start conversations at an info table.
Lower risk: public info only - Events, outreach and accessibility
Write an event-day volunteer briefing
Gives volunteers everything they need to know in one short briefing.
Lower risk: public info only