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AI Fluency for nonprofits

Build practical AI collaboration skills for nonprofit work using the 4D Framework: Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence. Covers research, writing, data analysis, and organization-wide AI adoption while staying true to your mission and values.

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What you’ll learnBy the end of this course, you’ll be able to
  • Define AI Fluency and explain how the 4D Framework (Delegation, Description, Discernment, Diligence) applies to nonprofit work
  • Apply the Description-Discernment loop to research policy landscapes, funding opportunities, and grant prospects relevant to your mission
  • Use Description and Discernment to draft and refine grant proposals and communications that reflect your organization's authentic voice
  • Evaluate AI tools' data handling policies and practice data hygiene to protect sensitive and personally identifiable information
  • Validate AI-assisted data analysis by testing against data you already understand before applying it to new questions
  • Combine all four competencies to design a repeatable AI-assisted workflow with appropriate human review
  • Draft an organizational AI policy that keeps humans in the loop and aligns AI use with your mission and values

At Anthropic, we believe that empowering people with AI, and ensuring that AI makes safe contributions to society, requires engaging with a wide range of human perspectives and experiences. Nonprofit professionals are uniquely positioned to leverage AI for social good—but only if they can approach it intentionally, with resilience and clear purpose.

This course helps nonprofit staff—whether in fundraising, communications, program delivery, operations, or leadership—build practical AI collaboration skills through the 4D Framework (Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence). In this course, we’ll explore how the framework applies to common non-profit tasks, and consider what it means to implement AI across a nonprofit organization.

This course is the result of a partnership between Anthropic and GivingTuesday, drawing on research with nonprofit professionals about their actual needs, concerns, and aspirations for AI adoption.

The work builds on our AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations course, adapted specifically for the nonprofit context where limited resources, multiple stakeholder accountabilities, and mission-driven work create unique considerations for AI collaboration.

Recommended prerequisites

This course lightly covers the foundational AI Fluency concepts. However, for deeper understanding, participants should complete AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations before beginning this nonprofit-focused curriculum.

It is also recommended that learners have access to an AI chat tool for hands-on practice. Examples in this course will use Claude.ai, but any chatbot will work.

Inside the course

Introduction and AI Fluency framework

2 lessons

Define AI Fluency and learn the four interconnected competencies—Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence—that form the foundation of this course.

The Description-Discernment loop

2 lessons

Practice crafting context-rich prompts and critically evaluating AI outputs through research and writing examples.

The Delegation-Diligence loop

2 lessons

Make thoughtful decisions about what tasks to delegate to AI while taking responsibility for high-stakes considerations like data privacy and analytical accuracy.

Putting it all together

2 lessons

Apply all four dimensions of the 4D Framework to automate workflows and integrate AI thoughtfully into your organization.