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

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/ai-for-nonprofits-putting-artificial-intelligence-to-work-for-your-cause/
- Published: 2025-09-03T16:54:40+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**A collection of actionable AI tools you can apply immediately to help your nonprofit
drive social impact and change**.

In _AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause,_ 
a team of leading nonprofit experts and social entrepreneurs delivers an 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 organisation’s
mission and needs. It’s a valuable 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.

_AI for Nonprofits_ walks you through exactly how to strategically customize artificial
intelligence to improve your fundraising and resource development efforts, marketing
and community engagement, program delivery, and back-office operations. From human
resources management to program strategy, social listening, and donor research, 
the book provides the on-the-ground techniques you need to deploy to transform your
nonprofit’s operations.

**Inside the book:**

 * Step-by-step frameworks and actionable roadmaps to help you implement AI for 
   content creation, donor engagement, and developing personalised messages at scale
 * How to protect your donors’ privacy and data with policies and practices that
   comply with rapidly shifting legal and regulatory landscapes
 * Cutting-edge research and practical case studies drawn from real-world situations
   that illustrate concrete AI applications
 * Access to 100+ tools, platforms, and providers focused on helping nonprofits 
   optimize their use of AI

_AI for Nonprofits_ explains how to supercharge your organization’s fundraising 
pipeline, marketing and community engagement, programme delivery, back-office operations,
and governance policies.

It is ideal for nonprofit executives, managers, professionals, and leaders, _AI 
for Nonprofits_ will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone with an interest
in using AI to power social impact and change.

About the authors

**Darian Rodriguez Heyman** is an accomplished fundraising and philanthropy consultant.
He is the bestselling author of _Nonprofit Management 101_, the former ED of Craigslist
Foundation, and a sought-after keynote speaker at social impact events around the
world.

**Cheryl Contee** is a pioneering technology entrepreneur and digital transformation
expert. She is the bestselling author of _Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup
Success_, a trailblazing startup founder, and a trusted advisor on digital innovation
and social impact. She inspires audiences globally as a leading voice on inclusive
entrepreneurship and social enterprise.