Fundraising with AI
Use AI to find donors, write winning grant proposals, predict giving behavior, personalize outreach, and build campaigns that raise more money — whether you're running a nonprofit, launching a startup, or building a cause.
What You'll Learn
- Build an AI-powered fundraising strategy with donor segmentation, channel selection, and realistic revenue targets
- Use AI prospect research tools to identify high-potential donors based on wealth indicators, giving history, and philanthropic affinity
- Write compelling grant proposals with AI — from funder matching to narrative drafts that mirror funder language and priorities
- Design personalized donor communication sequences using AI to analyze giving behavior, interests, and engagement patterns
- Create AI-optimized fundraising campaigns — peer-to-peer, recurring giving, matching gifts, and year-end appeals
- Evaluate fundraising performance with AI analytics — donor retention, campaign ROI, lifetime value, and predictive churn modeling
Course Syllabus
Donor retention sits at 18.1%. That means more than 8 out of 10 first-time donors never give again. Meanwhile, the organizations that use AI for donor segmentation are seeing 85% higher response rates on their appeals. The gap between data-driven fundraising and gut-feeling fundraising has never been wider.
Fundraising with AI teaches you to close that gap — using AI to find the right donors, write proposals that actually get funded, predict who’s about to lapse, and build campaigns that turn one-time givers into lifelong supporters.
What makes this course different
Most fundraising courses teach you the theory. This course gives you the AI prompts, workflows, and templates to execute immediately — from generating grant proposals that mirror funder language to building predictive models that identify your next major gift prospect.
Who this course is for
- Nonprofit development directors and fundraising managers looking to raise more with less staff
- Grant writers who want AI to handle first drafts while they focus on strategy and relationships
- Startup founders raising capital who want data-driven approaches to investor outreach
- Board members, volunteers, and anyone who’s been handed a fundraising target without a playbook
Related Skills
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to work at a nonprofit to benefit from this course?
No. The course covers nonprofit fundraising, but the principles — donor psychology, grant writing, campaign design, donor retention — apply equally to startup fundraising, cause-based crowdfunding, school campaigns, faith organizations, and anyone raising money for a mission.
Which AI tools does this course teach?
The course teaches transferable AI strategies you can apply with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or specialized tools like DonorSearch AI, Grantable, and Instrumentl. You'll learn the prompts and workflows, not just which buttons to click in one platform.
Can AI really write grant proposals?
AI gets you about 80% of the way — it can generate structured drafts, match funder language, and organize data. But the final 20% — authentic storytelling, organization-specific details, and relationship context — still needs a human. The course teaches you to combine both effectively.
What if our organization has a tiny budget for AI tools?
Most techniques in this course work with free AI assistants like ChatGPT or Claude. Where we mention premium tools (DonorSearch AI, Instrumentl), we also cover free alternatives and manual workflows that achieve similar results.