How to Use AI to Drive Fundraising
October 2, 2025 | Read Time: 1 minute
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how fundraisers work. The newest technology can personalize donor communications, coordinate content across all communication channels, help draft grant proposals, analyze data, and automate gift processing, among other uses. AI-savvy fundraisers are adopting these tools to handle repetitive tasks, freeing them up to focus on work that requires a human touch.
The technology is simple to learn and has the power to turbocharge giving, but it requires guardrails to protect your organization’s integrity.
“Fundraisers aren’t just driving transactions or selling products; they’re stewarding relationships, building community, nurturing generosity, and advancing missions that matter. This makes the ethical use of AI not a technical consideration but a moral imperative,” says Nathan Chappell, founder of Fundraising.AI.
The Chronicle has curated the following resources to help you stay on top of smart tools and make the most of this emerging technology — without compromising the heart of your work.
Editor’s note: Chronicle playbooks are updated on an ongoing basis as new advice becomes available.
How AI Is Changing Fundraising
Groups big and small are finding way to personalize how they ask for money and plumb data of all kinds to connect with donors.
How AI Can Help You Find — and Win — More Grants
Use the newest smart tools to discover new funders, write stronger proposals, and improve grant-seeking efficiency.
AI Can Turbocharge Your Grant Seeking: Here’s How
Grant-Seeking Webinar originally aired on February 12, 2026 In a time of budget cuts and increasing competition for grants, savvy fundraisers are deploying AI to help them do more with less. Some grant seekers say AI tools cut the time spent on applications by 80 to 90…
Give Every Donor the VIP Treatment
How data and AI empower fundraisers to treat all supporters like major donors.
Getting AI Right: a Fundraiser’s Guide to Responsible Use
Artificial intelligence can supercharge fundraising — if used wisely. Here’s how to tap its potential without losing donors’ trust.
Can AI Raise Money and Not Replace Humans? 8 Lessons So Far
An AI-driven fundraising avatar helped bring in $2 million across 50 institutions in less than a year.
Nonprofits Are Turning to AI to Save Time and Money
Organizations are experimenting with ways the technology can craft grant proposals, analyze donor data, improve programs, and more.
How to Treat Every Donor Like They Matter — and Keep Them
Here are tips to engage small-dollar donors beyond simply asking for gifts, including ways to use AI to make outreach feel more personal.
How to Use A.I. Effectively and Protect Your Organization’s Reputation and Values
Experts say it’s critical for nonprofits to craft guidelines on A.I. use — and they offer advice on how to do it.
