Explainable AI in Grantmaking: Why Transparency Builds Trust
What explainable AI means for foundations, how to keep AI advisory in grant review, and how to explain decisions to applicants.
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Research notes on how artificial intelligence is changing donors, nonprofits, giving platforms and the ethics of philanthropy.
AI for Small Nonprofits: Closing the Capacity Gap
A practical guide for small nonprofit teams: where AI saves real hours, which uses to avoid, and how funders can help close the gap.
Measuring Impact with AI: Better Evidence for Grantmakers
How AI can help funders read grantee reports, code feedback and clean data, and where it risks producing confident but thin impact evidence.
Building an AI Policy for Your Nonprofit: A Practical Framework
A step-by-step framework for a nonprofit AI policy: inventory, principles, risk tiers, data and vendor rules, disclosure and regular review.
Chatbots in Donor Services: When Conversational AI Helps and When It Hurts
Which donor requests a chatbot can handle well, which ones need a person, and how to design a bot that knows when to step aside.
Generative AI for Grant Writing: Speed, Quality and the Limits of Automation
Where generative AI saves time in grant writing, where it weakens proposals, and how to keep facts, voice and confidential data under control.
Predictive Analytics for Donor Retention: What Nonprofits Need to Know
How donor retention models work, what data they need, which questions to ask vendors and how to turn risk scores into real stewardship.
Beyond Initial Attraction: Using AI to Convert Donors into Long-Term Philanthropic Partners
The philanthropic sector is witnessing a significant transformation in how organizations attract and retain donors. Initial engagement strategies have evolved from simple appeals to sophisticated, data-driven approaches that leverage artificial…
How AI Is Reshaping Philanthropy—for Better and Worse
The philanthropic sector is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This technological advancement is changing the way charitable organizations operate, making them more efficient…