The Nonprofit AI Starter Kit
Practical prompts for nonprofit professionals who need a starting point for planning, writing, and organizing their work. Choose one task, adapt the instructions, and use your judgment to review the result.
By Ryan Clement · Ryan Clement Consulting
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What is in the kit?
The PDF introduces a simple prompt structure: Role + Task + Why. It then gives examples you can adapt to nonprofit work, including strategic thinking and preparing for donor conversations. Each prompt is a starting point for a conversation with the tool; your context and review determine whether the result is useful.
Use it when you are facing a blank page, trying to organize scattered information, or thinking through possible next steps. Development staff, nonprofit managers, and team leaders can adapt the prompts to their responsibilities.
A starting point from the kit
Give the task a purpose
Act as a senior advancement strategist. Help me think through the following issue: [insert issue]. The goal is to clarify the strategic options, identify risks, and recommend practical next steps.
Replace the bracketed text with an appropriate description of the problem. Add the audience, constraints, and the decision you need to make. Ask follow-up questions when an answer is vague or rests on assumptions.
Before you use the output
- Use fictional or appropriately de-identified examples when trying a new tool. Follow your organization’s rules for confidential information.
- Check facts and sources, especially claims about people, organizations, and giving.
- Revise the language so it fits your audience and your own judgment.
- Have the responsible person approve the next step before a draft becomes a message or a decision.
If you are still deciding whether a task belongs with AI, try Should This Be AI? first. For a structured donor profile, use the prospect research profile template.
Free resource · For nonprofit teams
The Nonprofit AI Starter Kit
A focused resource for nonprofit staff who want a practical place to begin. Choose useful tasks, write clearer prompts, and add human review before using the output.
- A practical AI-use checklist
- Reusable prompt-building guidance
- Simple review and verification reminders
This kit is nonprofit-specific. Ryan’s consulting services support lean organizations and professional teams across sectors.
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