AI for nonprofits

You're running a mission
with a business underneath it.

Practical AI education, governance tools, and implementation support built specifically for mission-driven organizations — from someone who spent a decade in the sector.

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92%
Of nonprofits are already using AI in some form
4%
Have a documented workflow to show for it
65%
Of use is one person, one prompt, no shared process

The real picture

The gap isn't awareness.
It's implementation.

$8M+
Raised in the sector before building Aligned-AI. This work is built from the inside, not from a tech blog.

Most nonprofits have staff using AI every day. Almost none of them have a policy, a shared workflow, or a way to measure whether it's actually helping.

That's not a technology problem. It's a governance and implementation problem. And it creates real risk — inconsistent outputs, undocumented processes, staff making individual decisions that should be organizational ones.

The organizations that get this right don't adopt more tools. They build better systems around the ones they already have.

What we build

Four ways we work with nonprofits.

01

Free tools

Assessments, policy builders, scorecards, and planning tools built for nonprofit teams. No login, no cost. Start wherever you are.

02

Field guide

A plain-language guide to getting started with AI responsibly. Covers foundations, ethics, real workflows, and where to begin — built for practitioners.

03

Workshops

Half-day virtual sessions for your whole team. Build your AI policy, map your workflows, and leave with a plan you can actually use.

04

Custom implementation

Dashboards, agentic reporting systems, and AI-driven data workflows built for your organization's specific tools and questions.

Free tools

Start where you are.
No login required.

Nine tools built for nonprofit teams at every stage of AI adoption. Use one or use all of them.

Assessment

AI Readiness Assessment

25 questions across 4 domains. Scored profile and action list.

Governance

AI Policy Builder

6 sections. Generates a draft policy your board can actually review.

Evaluation

Vendor Evaluation Scorecard

18 questions, 5 categories. Tiered recommendation by score.

Planning

Use Case Prioritizer

12 questions. Returns a prioritized list of where to start.

Governance

Board Briefing Builder

Board-specific framing. Links to workshop and coaching.

Calculator

AI ROI Estimator

Hours and dollar value by workflow. Tiered CTA by result.

Individual

Personal AI Use Assessment

For individual staff. Points to the field guide and coaching.

Resource

Prompt Starter Kit

Curated prompt library organized by nonprofit function.

Planning

AI Opportunity Finder

Find the highest-value starting points for your specific team.

Field guide

Start here if you're starting from scratch.

A practical, plain-language guide to responsible AI adoption in the social sector. Built for practitioners, not tech experts. Free to download, pay what you can.

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The Nonprofit AI Field Guide

  • → AI foundations for mission-driven teams
  • → Ethics and responsible use in context
  • → Real workflows, not theoretical use cases
  • → Where to begin based on where you are
  • → Built for practitioners, not tech experts
Free download — pay what you can

ROI estimator

See what AI could give back to your organization.

The full estimator walks through six specific workflow areas and calculates hours and dollar value based on your org's size and hourly cost. Built for the board conversation, not a sales pitch.

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Grant writing & reporting 35% saved
Donor communications 45% saved
Internal reporting 40% saved
Program data analysis 35% saved
Staff onboarding 40% saved
Example: 10-person org $47,000/yr

Webinar series

Eight sessions. Find the one that fits where you are.

Join the waitlist and tell us which sessions matter most to your team.

AI Foundations
AI Ethics and Responsible Use
Responsible AI for Fundraisers
AI in Your Development Office
AI for Nonprofit Storytelling
AI Strategy for Nonprofit Leaders
AI at Work
Using Data Better with AI
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Workshop

Your whole team.
Half a day. A plan you can use.

A virtual workshop built for nonprofit teams. Build your AI policy, map your workflows, and leave with something actionable — not just slides.

  • → Half-day virtual format, built around your team
  • → Hands-on policy and workflow building
  • → Pricing: $750–$1,500 depending on org size
  • → Custom run-of-show for your context

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1:1 Coaching

Personalized guidance for where you actually are.

Not sure where to start, or want help implementing AI in your specific context? Coaching sessions are scoped individually based on your role, your org, and what you're trying to do.

  • → Scoped to your context and goals
  • → Individual or small team sessions
  • → Built around what you're actually trying to do
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What coaching covers

Where to start with AI in your role
Building workflows that actually stick
Reviewing and improving what you've built
Preparing for board or leadership conversations
Making the case for AI investment internally

Tool graveyard

What we've retired, and why.

Building in public means being honest about what didn't work. These tools were real experiments. Some had the right concept but the wrong implementation. We document them here because the reasoning matters.

Retired · May return

The Appeal Reviewer

Synthetic Expert Panel

What it was

A six-persona AI review panel that evaluated nonprofit fundraising appeals and grant narratives. Each persona represented a distinct donor or funder perspective — returning a score, qualitative feedback, and a revision roadmap.

Why it's retired

Security. The tool required users to paste real donor data, appeal copy, and grant narratives into a shared AI interface. That creates real risk — data handling, confidentiality, and organizational liability — that we weren't comfortable with once we understood it more deeply.

What we'd do differently

The concept is sound. If this comes back, it comes back with proper data architecture, no shared inputs, clear security documentation, and explicit guidance on what should and shouldn't go into an AI tool.

You put in the work to get here.

The systems should reflect that.

20 minutes. No pitch. Just a clear look at what's in the way.

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