Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

This could be a good use case for a generative AI tool (just make sure you have a good AI policy in place first). Free Checklist Grant Management System Functionality Scorecard Download now The post 4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them) first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

Grants

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

Longwood University uses AI to identify best-fit prospects : See how it works For Frank Jenkins, Managing Director at the Austin Chamber Music Center, employing technology-enhanced personalization as a beta tester of the AI assistant, WIZE , has helped him produce significantly higher response rates from donors.

Fundraising

CauseVox

AUGUST 4, 2025

Download our free Complete Guide to CRMs for Nonprofits : Why SOPs Matter for Your CRM Your nonprofit’s CRM is only as powerful as your team’s process for using it. How to merge or archive records correctly CauseVox’s CRM makes this process a lot easier with AI-based deduplication. Stewardship doesn’t have to be overwhelming.

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Lean on AI: Leverage AI-powered predictive analytics to help you identify the right donors and generative AI to help you draft and personalize donor communications. While you always want to review what AI writes, it’s a helpful starting point and can spark creative ways to approach donor messaging.

Donation

Bonterra

JUNE 18, 2025

In this guide, we show how today’s leading nonprofits are breaking that cycle — and what becomes possible when advocacy, engagement, and AI-powered fundraising finally live in one place. The most essential unlock for consistent wins is also the most overlooked: your software.

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

Borealis emphasizes transparency, especially when integrating tech and AI tools into reporting. We have curated tools from the field, including a downloadable conversation guide and reflection questions. This participatory approach allows Borealis to adapt funding and support based on real-time feedback, not just static metrics.

Burnout

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

The Difference Between AI and Automation Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are two separate functions. You can automate processes without AI, and you can use AI without automating any processes. AI, on the other hand, involves using machines that can analyze data and carry out tasks based on that data.

Finance

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 9, 2024

First, generative AI is now a viable competitor to traditional search engines, largely without people having to leave their generative AI hosts. Google is competing back with AI overviews at the top of search results. So: Generative AI systems are increasingly relevant, and they prioritize answers with no clicks.

Engineering

NonProfit PRO

MAY 7, 2025

If youre training an AI model, make sure your data is clean and correct or your output will be full of errors.

AI

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Click here to download the slides. The time is now to capitalize on this massive inter-generational wealth transfer. Click the image below to view this training.

AI

Pamela Grow

APRIL 25, 2024

The growth of AI in nonprofit donor communications means that lately my inbox has been filled to the brim with nonsense like this: We hope this message finds you well and filled with the same warmth and gratitude that we feel as we reach out to express our deepest thanks for your unwavering support of XYZ. Click the image to download.

AI

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Fortunately, you now have access to hundreds of AI tools which can save you time. However, current AI tools cannot replace an effective grant writer. But they can be used as a well-trained assistant, which means you must understand AI’s strengths and weaknesses to maximize its value. You are not alone.

AI

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Download the example below. The post What’s in My Inbox | In a time of AI, keeping your emails human appeared first on Pamela Grow. Take note of the excellent best practices on the donate page as well, including the prefilled donor information and the extreme ease of use.

AI

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 3, 2023

The other day I saw a video about an AI app that writes fundraising letters for you. In a world that gets scarier every day, we don’t need more AI. Click the image to download this email. Can you believe it? Or something like that. It was left behind on a bookshelf at one of my jobs. A beautiful message to hear right now.

AI

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services recently said, “there is no AI without the AWS cloud”. Simply put, the cloud allows organizations to transfer, store and analyze data using AI models – making it essential. Download Powering Purpose a guide for cloud adoption in the nonprofit sector today.

AI

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nonprofit leaders often have an all-or-nothing response to the question of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Either they’re all in from the start—“What if AI solves all our problems?”—or or they opt out before they even understand what AI could do for them. How Will AI Help Your Team? That’s okay, too.

AI

Critical Fundraising

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers exciting opportunities for charities and nonprofits, from automating administrative tasks to gaining insight from data. The report examines ethical issues arising both from applying AI in fundraising, and using AI to resolve fundraising dilemmas.

Ethics

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 18, 2024

New this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is proud to announce the Pathfinder – Generative AI Award. Part of the IMAGINE Grant program, funding will be provided to nonprofits pursuing scaled, repeatable solutions that directly accelerate mission through the purposefully application of Generative AI.

AI

NonProfit PRO

MAY 8, 2024

Wondering how Generative AI can help accelerate your impact? This year’s 2024 AWS IMAGINE Grant cycle offers the Pathfinder Generative AI Award which includes $200,000 unrestricted financial support, $100,000 In AWS Promotional Credit, and numerous technical, training and marketing resources. Looking for funding to get started?

AI

Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Only to be interrupted by a notification on your phone for a new *free* webinar promising the latest in fundraising innovation (probably something AI-related). Download your free Heartable Fundraising Writing Book and you’ll also get a free subscription to their “never-miss” weekly newsletter. All day long your goals are hijacked.

Publishing

NextAfter

MARCH 8, 2023

Discover the types of content AI can help you improve, how to use templates, craft more effective prompts, generate new marketing angles, and a handful of other tricks to get the most out of your next chat session. When to Use AI for Your Copywriting Writing Body Copy Creating Headlines/Descriptions Generating Value Props 2.

AI

Pamela Grow

AUGUST 28, 2024

Click here to download the slides. Settle in for roughly 30 minutes as Rachel Zant from Pen With Purpose shares her tips for conducting an interview geared toward making an emotional connection. Click the image below for the recording.

AI

Pamela Grow

AUGUST 14, 2024

Click here to download the slides. Together they have more than 50 years of grants and fundraising experience, have raised millions of dollars, and have trained more than 20,000 grant seekers in the art and science of raising more money to transform communities. Click the image below to view the recording on Vimeo.

Funding

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Download the report to glean insights from 939 fundraising professionals, benchmark your nonprofit's success, see where other nonprofits plan to invest their budget, learn how the nonprofit sector feels about AI, and more.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 8, 2025

If youre training an AI model, make sure your data is clean and correct or your output will be full of errors.

AI

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 18, 2024

And new this year, if you’re looking to leverage generative AI, submit a proposal for the Pathfinder – Generative AI Award, inclusive of up to $200,000. The choice is yours and the possibilities are endless, so download application instructions today.

AI

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this article, we share a glimpse of what 1500+ participants globally told us about their recent performance, current fundraising strategies and opportunities, use of technology and CRMs, and attitudes and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Only a few are prioritising and truly embracing AI—as we will explore later on in this article.

AI

Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

And now AI will magically “transform” your fundraising. If your nonprofit’s culture could use some work, download 17 Ways to Lead, our free guide. It’s their key to loyalty — and new customers. We’re always looking for that magic bullet in fundraising. One year it’s Facebook. One year peer-to-peer is everything.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

MAY 1, 2023

Many AI tools, like ChatGPT , can be a major asset in the workplace, saving hours of time and energy on everyday tasks. Whether you’ve been on the AI train for a while or are just now warming up to the idea, this guide will have you directing ChatGPT to do exactly what you want in no time. View and download the guide for free:

ChatGPT

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Theres a scene where Neo discovers that most of the population is asleep in pods where they are being used like a battery by the sentient AI that put them there. Far too many nonprofits welcomed AI as a means of getting out of writing. I ask, too, how can we continue to ignore the blatant racism and misogyny inherent in AI?

AI

NonProfit PRO

MAY 8, 2024

Whether you want to accelerate foundational IT projects or think big with Generative AI, each grant includes unrestricted funding, AWS cloud credits and numerous technical, training and marketing resources. Visit the submission portal to download the Grant Guidelines and review the six factors that will be used to evaluate submissions!

Grants

CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2023

As a new model for conversational AI, ChatGPT has the ability to generate content that sounds remarkably human. View and download the guide for free: Proven to be highly effective, peer-to-peer campaigns typically raise 2x as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. Luckily, ChatGPT is here to help. What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Unfortunately, even an AI prompt is likely to bring up something like this… Dear Fill in Name, Now in existence for over insert number of years, fill in name of organization continues to strive to expand its programs and offerings to the community. Download your Template below and follow along: 1. We’ve all been there.

Template

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2024

Here’s how targeted appeals are working for us: Promoting matching gifts Focusing on a theme Experimenting with AI I am the Development Manager for After School Matters (ASM), a medium-large nonprofit that provides after-school programs for high school teenagers in Chicago. I suggest trying out AI for this.

Funding

Blackbaud

APRIL 15, 2024

Grantmakers were dealing with cluttered files full of documents that they had to constantly re-download to view or make changes to. The Future Is Bright: Where We are Headed Next Looking to the future, we are constantly keeping an eye out for new AI use cases for grantmakers that can help solve real and meaningful challenges.

AI

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“You don’t have to solve the problem of generative AI or answer machine learning questions on your own or do it all at once,” Hecht said. Free Resource Playing the Long Game: Stewardship Toolkit for Nonprofit Organizations Download Now The post Think Big (but Start Small) with Nonprofit Innovation first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

Nonprofit

Soapbox Exchange

JUNE 17, 2024

You can download the Complete Guide to Online Donations for free here ! Keep scrolling for the latest fundraising ideas and strategies related to nonprofit finance, implementing AI, and fundraising renewal appeals! I’d love to share another free resource with you all this week.

Fundraising