AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause

As someone who’s worked in both philanthropy and the nonprofit sector for over 25 years, I found AI for Nonprofits to be a timely and practical guide. With AI evolving faster than most organizations can keep up, this book meets the urgency of the moment with clarity, responsibility, and a deep understanding of what mission-driven leaders truly need. Cheryl Contee and Darian Rodriguez Heyman offer actionable, values-aligned strategies that help nonprofits cut through the noise and start putting AI to work – ethically and effectively. Whether you’re exploring how AI can enhance fundraising, operations, or program delivery, this is an essential resource for anyone looking to lead with integrity in a fast-changing landscape.
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In AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause, a team of leading nonprofit experts and social entrepreneurs delivers a startlingly insightful, strategic “how-to guide” for nonprofit and foundation leaders, board members, and volunteers, as well as higher education professionals and social entrepreneurs looking to deploy and integrate artificial intelligence tailored to their organization’s mission and needs. It’s the leading reference guide for people who are entirely new to AI, as well as tech-savvy veterans with a deep understanding of artificial intelligence looking for proven, hands-on techniques they can apply immediately to transform their nonprofits.
Each chapter is based on interviews conducted with 57 of the nonprofit industry’s most innovative and reputed voices. Together, they provide the latest strategies and tactics for nonprofit generative AI and predictive analytics applications, skills and competencies needed to effectively use this new technology, tips, tools, best practices, resource reviews, and the most common pitfalls to avoid.



