AI for Nonprofit Leaders
Use ChatGPT and other AI tools to do more with less — without putting your donors, mission, or reputation at risk.
For: Nonprofit executive directors, managers, and staff
What you’ll learn
- Explain in plain language what generative AI is, what it is good at, and where it fails
- Apply AI to real nonprofit work — drafting, grants, donor communications, social media, and meeting notes — with a human-in-the-loop
- Write clearer prompts and protect donor and client PII when using public AI tools
- Recognize hallucination and bias risks and lead your team to a simple, written AI policy
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Create a free account →Course outline
- 1
What generative AI actually is
6 min
- 2
Practical use cases that save real hours
7 min
- 3
Prompt-writing basics
6 min
- 4
Donor data, client PII & privacy
7 min
- 5
Hallucinations, bias & accuracy
7 min
- 6
Human-in-the-loop review
5 min
- 7
Building your AI policy
7 min
Sources & further reading
- NTEN — AI for Nonprofits Resource Hub & Generative AI Use Policy template
- Candid — Getting started on a responsible AI use policy for nonprofits
- Stanford HAI — AI Index Report — Responsible AI (bias, hallucination, governance)
- Stanford Social Innovation Review — 8 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Adopt AI Responsibly
- Anthropic — Usage Policies (acceptable use of AI assistants)
This course is educational and provides general information about the Fair Credit Reporting Act and volunteer-screening best practices. It is not legal advice. Laws vary by state and change over time — consult a qualified attorney about your organization’s specific obligations.