Considering using Claude to elevate your nonprofit’s fundraising and day-to-day work? In this article, I’ll share what Claude for Nonprofits is, provide effective use cases, and explain how to connect Claude to Donorbox for optimal fundraising.
Join the fundraising movement! Join the fundraising movement!A recent survey from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals that 90% of nonprofits want to increase their internal use of AI. Communications (84%), internal productivity (63%), and development/fundraising (61%) are the top use cases cited.
Anthropic’s Claude for Nonprofits is revolutionizing the way nonprofits fundraise and work. Claude skills help organizations like yours automate repetitive tasks, streamline workflows, and free up time for mission-critical work.
Below, I’ll explain what you need to know about Claude for Nonprofits, including its top use cases. I’ll also share pricing information and how to integrate Claude with Donorbox.
Claude for Nonprofits gives you access to specialized skills and connectors, designed in collaboration with approximately 30 nonprofit organizations.
Claude skills are a set of reusable instructions and resources that tell Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude, how to manage a specific task consistently. Connectors give Claude access to a tool, such as Microsoft 365.
Unlike a regular AI prompt for a one-off request, a skill provides Claude with a repeatable workflow to follow. For example, you might use a Claude grant writing skill to source a relevant funding opportunity, review and gather the necessary information, and draft a proposal.
To ensure donor and organizational data stay protected, avoid sharing sensitive information with any AI tools. You can review Anthropic’s security-related information here.
Remember to establish an AI policy to keep your staff and board aligned on the appropriate use of AI in your organization. An internal AI use policy informs teams on how AI tools like Claude can be utilized and typically includes rules around data sharing.
Don’t have an existing AI policy in place? Download this free AI policy template to get started:
Here’s a quick look at how Claude skills support your fundraising and day-to-day operations:
| Focus Area | Application |
|---|---|
| Fundraising analytics | Review fundraising and donor analytics without manually pulling custom reports. Plus, craft personalized outreach based on data-driven insights. |
| Funding research and materials | Research grant and funding opportunities; draft proposals, reports, and communications. |
| Campaign planning | Plan marketing campaigns and create content. |
| Nonprofit operations | Recruit and onboard staff and board members; prepare board materials. |
| Responsible internal use | Enable responsible internal AI use by setting up Claude in line with your organization’s mission, programs, brand voice, and policies. |
Looking to increase AI education in your organization?
Anthropic partnered with GivingTuesday to develop a free course, AI Fluency for Nonprofits. The course helps nonprofit staff learn how to leverage AI for grant writing, donor engagement, organizational efficiency, and more. Additional tutorials are also available here.
Now, let’s look at Claude’s use cases and capabilities for nonprofit fundraising and operations.
When connected to fundraising platforms like Donorbox (more on this below), Claude can quickly pull insights on your online fundraising performance, one-time and recurring donors, and fundraising events.
This alleviates the need to manually create and analyze custom reports, ensuring anyone on your team can quickly review critical donor and fundraising data, no matter their level of tech-savviness. They simply need to ask questions and prompt Claude to do the analysis.
For example, you could ask Claude:
Claude can also craft targeted, personalized donor outreach materials on your behalf, based on these insights.
Preparing a grant proposal can take hours, and many nonprofits hire a professional grant writer to alleviate the burden of the drafting and application process.
With Claude, you can:
Your nonprofit can leverage Claude AI for crafting and reviewing outreach that supports your fundraising initiatives.
Consider asking Claude to help you:
Remember to always do a final review of AI-generated content to ensure it’s accurate and personalized, aligns with your organization’s brand voice, and has a natural, human appeal.
Building a talented and passionate team is crucial for the success of your mission. Use Claude to maximize operational efficiency and free up time during recruitment and onboarding.
Claude can help you:
Set up Claude in line with your organization’s internal policies to ensure teams use AI responsibly. Give Claude context about your mission, programs, communication guidelines, internal AI usage policy, and workflows.
For example, a staff member can ask, Can I use Claude to summarize donor records for a fundraising report under our AI policy?
Claude can then refer to the information you have provided and respond on whether the request is permissible.
Learn more about responsible AI use for nonprofits in this blog post.
Verified nonprofits are eligible for a discount of up to 75% on the Claude for Nonprofits Team and Enterprise plans. Organizations in low- and middle-income countries qualify for discounts of up to 90%.
The two plans serve different organizational needs:
Learn more here.
Donorbox is a unified, global fundraising platform trusted by 200,000 organizations worldwide. Donorbox CRM, Pro, and Premium users can set up a custom AI workflow by connecting Donorbox to Claude through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server integration.
This enables you to access donor insights, track recurring gifts, analyze campaign results, and create personalized donor outreach using Claude.
To help ensure sensitive information isn’t shared, Donorbox redacts and masks certain donor data. This includes donors’ street addresses, comments, email addresses, and phone numbers.
If you haven’t already, sign up for Donorbox Pro or Premium, then follow these steps to connect Donorbox to Claude:
Donorbox also offers intuitive online and in-person fundraising and donor management tools to elevate your fundraising and impact.
These include:
And more. Explore all Donorbox’s features here.
Hear what trusted nonprofit leaders have to say about their experience with Donorbox:
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Claude for Nonprofits is Anthropic’s initiative for verified nonprofits. It offers discounted access to Claude on Team and Enterprise plans, nonprofit-specific Claude skills and connectors, and AI training and resources to support internal AI use.
Nonprofits can use Claude skills to research funding opportunities and draft proposals, prepare campaign and outreach materials, and craft reports. Plus, use Claude to streamline recruiting and onboarding staff and board members, and ensure responsible internal AI use. Platforms like Donorbox enable organizations to analyze campaign performance, gain deeper insights into supporters, and create tailored outreach with Claude through its MCP Server integration.
Verified nonprofits qualify for discounts of up to 75% on Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Nonprofits in low- and middle-income countries qualify for discounts of up to 90%.
Jamy-Lee has over 7 years of experience in copywriting and content marketing. With experience teaching in underserved communities and volunteering for animal rescue organizations, she has a first-hand understanding of the challenges faced by mission-driven organizations. She now uses her passion for writing to share practical insights that help nonprofits fulfill their missions.
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