# AI for Non-Profits Network Where non-profit leaders learn, share, and lead with AI. Page: Feed: --- ## [Your donor used AI to give to your cause; but what are the consequences.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/your-donor-used-ai-to-give-to-your) _2026-08-18 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ A new Senate bill, a payments protocol - Plus the Cohort 2 waitlist is open, we're in Chicago, and this week's funding radar. ## [Six nonprofits selected to pioneer agentic giving. Everything they learn, we publish here.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/six-nonprofits-selected-to-pioneer) _2026-08-12 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Introducing our grant-backed co-design cohort: five months of open experiments in agentic fundraising, with the results published as we go - failures included. ## [You can't blast your way out of a shrinking donor base](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/you-cant-blast-your-way-out-of-a) _2026-08-04 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Fewer donors, a thinner pipeline, a decaying channel - the data in one place. Plus: what to do about it, this week's funding radar, and news worth your time. ## [Ten foundations. $500 million. One open call.](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ten-foundations-500-million-one-open) _2026-07-28 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ Humanity AI's first $18M reveals what big philanthropy will fund next - plus a $25K accelerator opens Wednesday ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/21 - Building in the Open is out](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-2fc) _2026-07-22 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ The peer-learning paper from the OpenAI Foundation's first grantee cohort is now public - and this week we take you inside the room that produced it. Plus a free forum this afternoon. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/14](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-859) _2026-07-14 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ This week: free cybersecurity help arrives as AI industrializes the attack on nonprofit trust; what Uber's oddest org-chart experiment teaches a sector stuck on the efficiency plateau. Plus a grant closing tomorrow and a fellowship closing Friday. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 07/07 - special issue](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-51f) _2026-07-07_ Something different this week. We spent this morning on a panel in front of a room full of charity finance leaders, and came back with one idea worth sharing: the segment of one. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 06/30](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-be5) _2026-06-30_ This week: new data showing the organizations furthest along with AI are investing more in people; and a reminder of what all that reclaimed capacity is doing on the ground. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 06/23](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-ee3) _2026-06-23_ This week, two hidden costs of the AI rollout that rarely make the business case: what it's doing to your team's state of mind, and what it's doing to the way the next generation learns the ropes. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 06/16 - Special Grants Issue](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-c78) _2026-06-16_ Two announcements this week shape the rest of 2026 for AI in the nonprofit sector: Anthropic's $150M Claude Corps fellowship, and OpenAI Foundation's $50M 2026 People-First AI Fund. 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In this week's briefing: Anthropic and the Gates Foundation strike philanthropy's biggest AI deal yet; and lots of great resources. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 05/19](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-c5c) _2026-05-19_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits interested in AI. In this week's briefing: AI search is reducing organic traffic; where to use AI in your donor strategy; and lots of great resources. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 05/12](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-dcf) _2026-05-12_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits. In this week's briefing: What the give.org Donor Trust Report says; and views from this morning AWS Imagine Nonprofit conference in London. ## [5 × $50K grants up for grabs - fully-funded AI fundraising pilots for 5 nonprofits](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/5-50k-grants-up-for-grabs-fully-funded) _2026-04-28_ Everyone’s using AI. Almost no one’s moving donations because of it. We’re partnering with Whitelabel to fund five end-to-end deployments - and picking the cohort through May. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 04/21](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-4cb) _2026-04-21_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits. In this week's briefing: Everyone’s using AI - but who’s seeing the benefit?; 5 Useful Prompts for You; & lots of great resources ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 04/14](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-dac) _2026-04-14_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits. In this week's briefing: GovAI Coalition turns into a non profit; The Volunteer challenge with AI & lots of resources! ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 04/7](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-df2) _2026-04-07_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits: A couple of case studies from the recent Global Nonprofits Leader Summit; Should we trust the gifts of Big Tech; & great resources. ## [AI for Non Profits Network: Weekly Briefing 03/31](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/ai-for-non-profits-network-weekly-385) _2026-03-31_ The weekly digest from a network of non-profits: What we learnt from our first meeting of Open AI grant recipients; One simple thing that could change things for your org; Last access to our workshop. ## [We’re applying for a major AI grant - want in?](https://aifornonprofitsnetwork.substack.com/p/were-applying-for-a-major-ai-grant) _2026-03-30 · AI for Non-Profits Network_ We’re co-applying for a Gates Foundation grant. 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