A Grantable series
Getting Started with AI in Grants
For the skeptic, the curious, and the person whose board just forwarded them an article about AI.
Your Board Is Skeptical About AI. Here's How to Coach That Conversation.
Your staff is excited about AI but your board won't budge. Here's how to move past fear, build trust, and run a low-risk pilot that gets everyone on the same page.
The Science Fair Model: How to Roll Out AI When Half Your Team Is Terrified
A practical framework for introducing AI to your nonprofit team — no matter where they fall on the comfort spectrum.
Where AI Belongs in Fundraising — And Where It Absolutely Doesn't
AI is indispensable for research and drafting. It has no business in your donor relationships. Here's the line.
Three Things Every Grant Professional Gets Wrong About AI
AI doesn't know anything, free tiers use your data for training, and prompting skill is the difference between useless and transformative.
Who Should Own AI Adoption at a 5-Person Nonprofit?
Everyone's waiting for someone else to figure out AI. Here's why the person who cares most should just start — and what 'starting' actually looks like.
The Recent History of AI, in Six Eras
If your picture of AI is basically 2024, that's fine — nobody has time to chase this field. But AI moves in eras, not updates, and six have opened since late 2022. A short history to catch you all the way up: what changed, when, and the one number to watch.