It’s time to take your fundraising to the next level by leveraging AI platforms to power up your process. These tools can help you boost productivity and improve your fundraising strategy to bring in more funds for your crucial mission. Read on to discover eight of the best AI-powered fundraising platforms and tools on the market.
Have you used AI to galvanize your fundraising efforts yet? If not, you may be in the minority. AI has become a wildly popular tool to assist with a variety of business and nonprofit tasks. 73% of American-based companies currently use AI in some way, whether that’s to help them generate content, identify possible strategies, or pull comprehensive reports.
In this article, we’ll share eight AI-powered fundraising platforms and tools that can help you smash your fundraising goals and secure more steady funding for your organization.
Generate copy for campaign materials like social media posts, emails, and appeal letters
Improve your database segmentation for more targeted outreach
And more. Here are some benefits of using AI fundraising platforms and tools for these tasks:
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1. Simplify
Let’s face it – fundraising is getting complicated. Gone are the days when your annual appeal would bring in enough funding for the year through a handful of major donors.
Now, fundraising requires careful strategy, constant donor cultivation and stewardship, and more of everything – outreach, events, members, etc.
Using AI helps you simplify this complexity by automating certain tasks and allowing you to focus on connecting with your donors.
2. Expand your capacity
As the complexity of fundraising tasks increases, so does the strain on your staff’s time.
The pressure to keep accomplishing more and more can lead to an overworked team that may be experiencing burnout. AI can complete some of the basic tasks for your staff like writing campaign copy and pulling mailing lists. This will free up their time to do more gratifying work, like cultivating new major donors or grantors.
3. Broaden your horizons
Do you ever get stuck in the same pattern of doing things? Sometimes breaking out of the day-to-day and seeing the bigger picture feels impossible. AI can help you conceive new fundraising strategies with elements you may not have considered before.
For example, if you’ve run the same year-end campaign for years, AI can use your data to suggest a better time to connect with your donors and help you prepare the perfect fundraising plan.
Top 8 AI-Powered Fundraising Platforms and Tools
Now that we know the benefits of using AI to fundraise, let’s look at eight of the best AI-powered fundraising platforms on the market. For each, we’ll provide a general overview, look at a few key features, and share the pricing when available.
Jay·AI serves as your diligent fundraising assistant, tackling a variety of tasks to help you fundraise smarter. Located within Donorbox CRM or on the main Donorbox dashboard for Premium users, Jay connects with your donor and donation data to provide insights and help you communicate smarter.
Features
Pull detailed data reports to monitor your fundraising and gain insights about your campaign strategies
Visualize data with bar, pie, and line charts to easily illustrate your growth
Ask for contact lists for targeted outreach to nail your segmentation strategy
Generate compelling copy for social media posts, emails, letters, grant narratives, and more
Create customized fundraising strategies to sharpen your approach
In Donorbox CRM, summarize and prioritize your unread emails so you know the best way to move forward
Plus, enjoy all of Donorbox’s powerful fundraising features:
Peer-to-Peer and Crowdfunding functionality to harness the power of your network
In-person giving with the Donorbox Live™ Kiosk app to collect cashless donations
Donorbox Events to create nonprofit-focused ticketing forms for your next event
Easy and effective mobile giving with Text-to-Give
And more! Discover all of Donorbox’s features here.
Price
Jay·AI is included with Donorbox Premium and Donrobox CRM. Premium plans are fully customizable and include a suite of exclusive features and tools, along with your choice of priority support, dedicated account managers, fundraising coaching, and more. Learn more and sign up for a Premium demo here.
Ready to get started with Donorbox CRM? Contact our sales team for a custom plan or to set up a 14-day free trial.
2. DonorSearch Ai
Overview
DonorSearch Ai takes your data and analyzes it against 800 additional data points, resulting in an algorithm that can recommend donor prospects who are likely to give in a year.
Features
Access an algorithm with two models: a donor model that can predict when a donor will give again in a twelve-month period and a non-donor model that can predict when a prospect will make their first donation to your organization
Receive donor likelihood scores through visualization tools that make segmented outreach easier
Price
DonorSearch Ai does not list their pricing publicly. To learn more and discover pricing, book a demo.
3. Raise from Gravyty
Overview
Raise from Gravyty is a predictive AI fundraising software that can help you determine the perfect time to reach out and craft the right materials to connect with donors when they’re most willing to give.
Features
Generate fundraising email drafts
Receive donor suggestions in your inbox
Get travel plans based on where your donors are located or request a list of donors that match your travel plans
Find venues to host fundraising events in locations that make sense for your donors
While the pricing for Raise isn’t published, they do guarantee to double the value of your contract with them in the first year or your next year is free.
4. Wisely
Overview
Wisely is a prospect research and predictive AI tool that helps you find more donors, visualize your donor portfolio, and build strong relationships.
Features
Identify which donors will give soon – and how much they will give
Sort your donor prospects by a variety of filters
When you find a promising prospect, you can assign them to a member of your team
Connect to your CRM
Price
While Wisely also doesn’t publicize their pricing, they do boast an affordable package with a strong return on investment. To learn more about this AI-powered fundraising platform’s product and pricing, book a call with their sales team.
5. Momentum
Overview
Momentum is an AI donor engagement platform that helps you tackle a variety of donor stewardship and cultivation tasks, ultimately streamlining the pathway from your CRM to connecting with your donors.
Generate custom donor stewardship plans for each donor
Sync all outreach records and communications with your CRM automatically
Review growth dashboards to track your progress
Price
To learn more about Momentum’s offerings and discover their pricing, you must set up a call with their sales team.
Fundmetric
Overview
Fundmetric offers a solution to combine all your data into one healthy, AI-powered ecosystem without abandoning your existing solutions.
Features
Receive personalized, flexible integrations with your existing solutions
Automatically label data to build a stronger data ecosystem
Use AI-powered giving predictions for better outreach
Understand your video audience with unique video insights
Price
Fundmetric charges a flat fee based on the size of your organization. Book a demo to get a customized quote.
6. Fundwriter AI
Overview
Fundwriter.ai helps you write copy for a variety of fundraising tasks in minutes.
Features
Generate compelling appeals that include storytelling
Revise your current content to be more concise
Use donor personas to target communications
Predict frequently asked questions to add to your materials
Price
Fundwriter.ai’s Basic plan is $29/month billed monthly or $22/month billed annually. The Basic plan includes up to 20,000 words and access to their 30+ writing models. The Professional plan is $89/month billed monthly and $68/month billed annually. In addition to access to the 30+ writing models, this plan offers unlimited words and early access to new features. Learn more about their pricing here.
8. Hatch
Overview
Hatch is a giving intelligence platform that provides a complete donor profile. The tool then recommends personalized engagement methods to improve your donor conversion rates.
Features
Use the search portal to find donors who are likely to give when you need them
Review a donor snapshot to see a quick overview of all important info
Check out the lifestyle section to understand your donors’ interests and habits
Access news stories about your donors along with their social network footprint
Generate copy for letters and grants
Price
Hatch’s pricing depends on your needs. They have a free plan that gives you access to most of their features for 50 enrichment profiles (donor profiles) and 50 writing drafts a month. Their Starter plan is $50/month and includes 350 enrichment profiles and 100 writing drafts, plus an additional user seat.
They also offer elevated profile packages to add more depth to your enrichment profiles. That pricing ranges from $250/month to $1,200/month. Learn more about their pricing here.
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Conclusion
AI is here to stay, and smart nonprofits are finding tools to help them tackle the everyday tasks necessary for a healthy fund development department. Whether you need AI to generate copy for your next appeal letter or help you analyze the data from your last campaign, these AI-powered fundraising platforms will complete these tasks in a matter of minutes – freeing you and your staff up for more important work.
Jay·AI offers easy, effective AI support to serve as your ultimate fundraising assistant. Sign up for a Premium demo today to learn how Donorbox can take your organization to the next level.
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Lindsey spent years wearing many hats in the nonprofit world. Whether she was helping arts nonprofits with their messaging and content, planning a fundraising gala, writing an NEA grant proposal, or running a membership program with over 400 members, she learned how to navigate – and appreciate! – the fast-paced world of fundraising. Now, she loves sharing those hard-earned lessons with the Donorbox community.