AI tools for nonprofits
Discounted AI platforms, grant-writing tools and the ethics guidance to use them without embarrassing yourself.
10 resources
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Claude for Nonprofits
Up to 75% off Team and Enterprise plans for 501(c)(3)s and international equivalents, with a free AI fluency course. Excludes government and higher education
Apply for the discount and take the free fluency course before rolling anything out to staff
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Google Workspace for Nonprofits
Free Workspace for eligible nonprofits up to 2,000 users, which is how Gemini and NotebookLM reach the sector at no cost. Paid tiers are discounted
Get the free tier first, since it is how most small groups reach Gemini and NotebookLM
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OpenAI for Nonprofits
ChatGPT Business at $8 per user per month on annual billing, and up to 75% off Enterprise through sales. The API is excluded
Compare the per-seat price against real usage before switching a whole team over
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Microsoft for Nonprofits: AI
Copilot Chat is included with any Microsoft 365 nonprofit subscription. Full Copilot is discounted, not free, and needs a paid base license on top
Check what base license you already pay for, because Copilot needs one underneath it
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Grantable
Drafts proposals from your own past submissions and prospects funders. Free tier, then $25 a month for nonprofits under $500k
Draft from your own past proposals rather than a blank page, then check the fit scores
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One Hundred Nights
AI consulting for nonprofits only, plus a free directory of 350+ reviewed AI tools if you would rather work it out yourself
Use the free reviewed tool directory before paying anyone at all for AI advice
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NetHope Humanitarian AI Code of Conduct
Thirteen principles for AI in humanitarian, development and conservation work, including a ban on synthetic imagery of program participants. Free
Adopt it as your own AI policy, which is faster than drafting one from nothing
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Semantic Scholar
Free literature search with AI-generated paper summaries and citation context, from the Allen Institute for AI, plus an open API if you want to build on it
Search the literature free, and pull the API when you need citations at scale
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ResearchRabbit
Give it a few papers you already trust and it builds a citation map outward from them, then keeps recommending. Free
Start from three good papers and let it surface the ones your search terms missed
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Consensus
Ask a research question and it answers from the literature, showing how much the papers agree rather than handing you one sentence. Free tier with capped searches
Ask a question rather than guessing keywords, then check how much the papers actually agree