For those nonprofit professionals looking to expand their knowledge of using AI for marketing and fundraising, this list of 32 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. 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.
Fundraising
6) Calenta reads your CRM every night and sends each fundraiser a short morning brief to your inbox or Slack of donors who need attention and why, with a note already drafted.
7) CharityEngine Copilot is the first voice-driven agentic AI fundraising platform and CRM. Ask a question, describe a goal, or assign a task, and CharityEngine Copilot understands what you need and gets to work.
8) Dataro uses predictive 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.
9) Fundraise Up uses machine learning to process 80+ non-PII data points to customize suggested donation amounts and payment methods to potential new donors who visit your nonprofit’s website.
10) Grantboost is a grant writing tool powered by AI that drafts funding proposals for specific grant opportunities.
11) Gratefully is an AI donor intelligence platform that turns a nonprofit’s own notes, emails, and donor history into cited answers and daily priorities.
12) Practivated is the first and only AI-powered coaching platform built to help fundraisers practice conversations, overcome nerves, and take confident action.
13) Version2.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.
14) Virtuous is a full-service fundraising platform and CRM that utilizes predictive AI to better understand your donors and agentic AI to automate workflows to save your organization time.
Images & Graphic Design
15) Canva AI 2.0 uses generative AI to empower users to create and edit images, graphics, and video content by using text prompts.
16) Nano Banana 2 brings the high-speed intelligence of Gemini Flash to visual generation, empowering the creation of high-quality images and the power to edit photos into countless new creations.
17) Submagic is a short video editing tool that enables users to easily add dynamic captions in multiple languages, B-rolls, and visual effects.
Video
18) invideo empowers users to create videos, scripts, subtitles, voiceovers, and music by prompting and their agentic AI tools watch and archive all your content, making it accessible and editable via voice.
19) Opus Clip is a generative AI video tool that repurposes long videos into shorts for Instagram Reels and TikToks in one click.
Audio
20) 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
21) AI Email Writer 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.
22) 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.
23) Unlayer is a drag-and-drop email template designer that utilizes AI for smart headings, image generation, and smart buttons.
24) WordPress AI Website Builder allows users to generate pages, layouts, images, and copy built around what you described via prompting. Ideal for nonprofits that already use WordPress and need to build microsites for marketing and fundraising campaigns.
Social Media
25) Buffer AI Assistant writes, edits, repurposes, and schedules social media posts for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Threads, TikTok, and Pinterest.
Productivity
26) OnBoard is a board meeting management platform that features integration with Teams and Zoom and offers AI-generated agendas, minutes, and scheduling.
27) 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.
28) Handwrytten uses handwriting robots that hold real pens to write out notes in your handwriting and signature.
29) NotebookLM is an AI research tool that can analyze your sources and turn complex data into clear, visually compelling content.
30) Otter AI transcribes, summarizes, and provides action items for in-person or Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings.
31) Plus allows users to edit and generate presentations for AI Google Slides and PowerPoint in any language.
32) Wispr Flow is a voice-to-text dictation AI that turns speech into clear, polished writing.
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