For nonprofit marketers and fundraisers, the sheer volume of “must-use AI tools” touted on social media and tech blogs is overwhelming. AIxploria lists 5,000+ and Ascendix Tech estimates there are 70,000+ AI companies worldwide, but a large portion of those tools and companies will not survive the start-up phase.
For those nonprofit professionals looking to expand their knowledge of using AI for marketing and fundraising, this list of 33 AI tools is a good place to start. Experiment with 5 to 10 of the tools and you’ll gain a good understanding of the current capabilities of AI, particularly generative AI. To request an addition to the list, please post it to our Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.
Chatbots
1) ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot driven by generative AI that can answer questions and assist with tasks such as marketing emails, fundraising appeals, and grant proposals.
2) Claude is a large language model (LLM) and chatbot developed by Anthropic, a startup founded by former OpenAI members. Claude is trained to have natural conversations and is good at summarization, editing, and code-writing.
3) Copilot is a generative AI digital assistant and chatbot developed by Microsoft. Integrated with Windows 365 and Bing, Copilot can draft written content, function as a research assistant, and improve productivity in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
4) Gemini is a generative AI chatbot developed by Google. Gemini is designed to understand and respond to a wide range of inputs, including text, images, and code. Like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot, Gemini is multimodal, meaning it can reason across different input data types, such as audio, images, and text.
5) Jasper is a specialized chatbot for writing marketing content—from blog post outlines to LinkedIn Bios to video descriptions.
6) Rallybot AI writes advocacy campaigns for online petitions and email campaigns that can contact corporate and government decision-makers.
Fundraising
7) AltruAI empowers users to create and publish professional nonprofit annual reports with the power of AI technology.
8) Appeal AI makes it easy to create compelling fundraising appeals for email campaigns, website pages, and social media.
9) Dataro uses AI to improve fundraising outcomes by using state-of-the-art predictive analytics software that allows nonprofits to assess how and when their donors will give in the future.
10) Fundraise Up uses machine learning to process 80+ non-PII data points to customize suggested donation amounts and payment methods to potential new donors that visit your nonprofit’s website.
11) Fundwriter uses AI to help you write all things fundraising, including fundraising appeals for different donor segments, personalized thank you letters, and engaging email fundraising campaigns.
12) Grantboost is a grant writing tool powered by AI that drafts funding proposals for specific grant opportunities.
13) Hatch is a giving intelligence platform that helps you find potential donors, volunteers, and influencers in your network and visualize them into human profiles so you can better understand what inspires them to give and act on behalf of causes they care about.
14) Version.ai aims to offer fully autonomous AI-generated fundraising officers that can manage nearly every research, communication, and donor stewardship activity that human fundraisers can do.
The 2025 Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Fundraising program provides an honest, balanced approach to using AI for nonprofit marketing and fundraising—and illuminates why human creativity is more valuable than ever. This webinar series will expand your skill set, advance your career, and help transition your nonprofit into the age of AI. The total cost is $159 USD.
Images & Graphic Design
15) Aragon that transforms selfies into professional headshots for websites and social media.
16) DALL·E creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language.
17) Magic Studio by Canva uses generative AI to empower users to create and edit images, graphics, and video content by using text prompts.
18) Plus allows users to edit and generate presentations for AI Google Slides and PowerPoint in any language.
Video
19) invideo AI creates videos with text prompts. Type any topic to create a video with script, visuals, subtitles, voiceover, transitions, and music.
20) Opus Clip is a generative AI video tool that repurposes long videos into shorts for Instagram Reels and TikToks in one click.
Audio
21) ElevenLabs offers AI-empowered text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and voice cloning tools that can be used to voice audiobooks, news articles, blog posts, and to create audio content for social media and advertising.
Website & Email
22) AI Email Writer AI uses a large language model (LLM) to generate email content based on your instructions—from one-on-one personal emails to fundraising appeals meant for large audiences.
23) Elementor AI Website Builder utilizes AI Copilot to edit or create a WordPress website that enhances layout, text, images, calls-to-action, e-commerce, and allows custom code directly within the Elementor Editor.
24) Unlayer is a drag-and-drop email template designer that utilizes AI for smart headings, image generation, and smart buttons.
25) Wix AI Website Builder generates a custom website design by answering simple questions with the Wix chatbot. Ideal for beginners, Wix suggests AI-generated images, text, layouts, and color schemes.
Social Media
26) Buffer AI Assistant writes, edits, repurposes, and publishes social media posts for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Threads, TikTok, and Pinterest.
Productivity
27) Dropbox Dash is an AI-powered universal search of connected apps ranging from Asana to Zendesk that allows you to quickly search files, apps, emails, and calendars, and then displays the search results in an easy-to-use dashboard.
28) Grammarly is a generative AI writing assistant that catches typos, missing punctuation, incorrect punctuation, and suggests sentence structures and word alternatives that match the mood and attitude of your nonprofit’s tone of voice.
29) Handwrytten uses handwriting robots that hold real pens to write out notes in your handwriting and signature.
30) Otter AI transcribes, summarizes, and provides action items for in-person or Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings.
Search
31) Google AI Overviews are a core Google Search feature that include links to learn more and are powered by Google’s Gemini.
32) Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that summarizes search results and prominently features sources.
33) SearchGPT is an AI Search that provides fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.
The 2025 Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Fundraising program provides an honest, balanced approach to using AI for nonprofit marketing and fundraising—and illuminates why human creativity is more valuable than ever. This webinar series will expand your skill set, advance your career, and help transition your nonprofit into the age of AI. The total cost is $159 USD.
