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What Are We Racing Toward? What Are We Racing Toward? AI increasingly feels like an arms race. Every few weeks, another company announces a more powerful model. More reasoning. More autonomy. More agents. More capability. We measure progress by what AI can do next. But we need to spend more time asking a different question:… Continue reading What Are We Racing Toward? AI increasingly feels like an arms race.

AI Shouldn’t Make People Less Important. It Should Make Their Work More Valuable. AI Shouldn’t Make People Less Important. It Should Make Their Work More Valuable. There is a lot of discussion about AI and job security. For nonprofits, we should ask another question: Can AI help organizations secure the funding that keeps people employed?… Continue reading AI Shouldn’t Make People Less Important. It Should Make Their Work More Valuable…

Finding the Right Grant Is Only Half the Work Finding the Right Grant Is Only Half the Work For years, grant technology has focused on one question: “Can we help nonprofits find more grants?” That is important. But I believe the more consequential question is: “Can we help nonprofits make better decisions about the grants… Continue reading Finding the Right Grant Is Only Half the Work

Finding a Grant Is Only the Beginning. Being Ready to Apply Is What Comes Next. Finding a Grant Is Only the Beginning. Being Ready to Apply Is What Comes Next. That idea is at the center of Grant-Ready™ v5.4. For many nonprofits, the challenge isn’t simply finding funding opportunities. It’s determining which opportunities deserve their… Continue reading Finding a Grant Is Only the Beginning. Being Ready to Apply Is What Comes Next.

Nonprofits Need to Be Cyber-Ready, Too Nonprofits Need to Be Cyber-Ready, Too For years, I’ve focused on a simple question: Is your organization ready for what comes next? That question led to StAIR-Ready™ — a five-dimension approach to organizational readiness: Strategy. Data. People. Technology. Governance. But as I’ve worked with nonprofits on Grant-Ready™ and AI… Continue reading Nonprofits Need to Be Cyber-Ready, Too For years, I’ve focused on a simple question…

One of the biggest misconceptions in grant funding is that success comes from finding more grants. It doesn’t. One of the biggest misconceptions in grant funding is that success comes from finding more grants. It doesn’t. Success comes from building relationships with the right funders. Every day, nonprofits search for funding opportunities they already know… Continue reading One of the biggest misconceptions in grant funding…

Grant Readiness Starts Before the Grant Part 2: The Most Important Question Isn’t “How?” It’s “Who?” Grant Readiness Starts Before the Grant Part 2: The Most Important Question Isn’t “How?” It’s “Who?” Last week, I shared an idea that surprised a lot of people. Some of the organizations making the biggest difference in their communities… Continue reading Grant Readiness Starts Before the Grant Part 2: The Most Important Question Isn’t “How?” It’s “Who?”

One of the biggest surprises since building Grant-Ready has been discovering how many nonprofits have been serving their communities for years and have never submitted a grant application. One of the biggest surprises since building Grant-Ready has been discovering how many nonprofits have been serving their communities for years and have never submitted a grant… Continue reading One of the biggest surprises since building Grant-Ready has been discovering how many nonprofits have been serving their communities…

  The Five Pillars of AI Readiness (And Why Most Organizations Skip the First Step) Last week I wrote that AI isn’t replacing nonprofits. It’s amplifying their mission. The question now becomes: How do you know if your organization is actually ready? Most organizations start by looking for AI tools. The organizations that succeed start… Continue reading The Five Pillars of AI Readiness (And Why Most Organizations Skip the First Step)