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Mitigating future risks: Why your organization should have an AI policy 

Candid

Artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing the way organizations work. From programs that make complex data-based decisions to applications that transcribe spoken words into text, AI offers new opportunities to do things more creatively and efficiently. We then incorporated these guidelines into our employee policies.

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How to Create an AI Policy Your Grantmaking Organization Will Use

Blackbaud

But when you are a lean staff and a tool comes along that can act as an unpaid intern, it’s no surprise that the philanthropic industry has jumped on AI adoption, even more than for-profit businesses. Here are some of the tips Peter shared for creating an AI policy that your organization will actually use.

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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

You Want to Get the Most from AI Innovation AI has seemingly limitless potential to revolutionize the fundraising process by prescribing the actions with the most impact for your fundraisers. The kind of large, clean data sets AI systems require has historically been a point of weakness for nonprofit organizations.

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Tips for using AI technology to do good—safely and ethically 

Candid

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become increasingly widely available, the need to ensure they’re used safely and ethically also becomes ever more urgent. While AI technology can create efficiencies for cash-strapped nonprofits, we need to make sure the way we use AI is aligned with our missions to do good.

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

Candid

Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting by David Holmes and Kristin Hanlin, Candid. Theres no doubt that the impact of generative AI was top of mind for many across all sectors, but for nonprofit fundraisers, that is the question.

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Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals?

Candid

Generative AI technologies have made it possible for users to transform raw information—quickly and easily—into a presentable and readable form. Although there is concern about how generative AI affects the integrity of written work and images, there is also hope that responsible adoption can boost the social sector’s impact.

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Inclusive AI adoption to drive nonprofit missions

Candid

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving quickly and changing the way many of us engage in our day-to-day work. Nonprofits face a critical question: How can we make AI adoption more inclusive and accessible across our organizations? Yet, 77% of nonprofits believe they would benefit from using more AI, including in mission-related work.

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