AI Fluency for nonprofits

This course empowers nonprofit professionals to develop AI fluency in order to increase organizational impact and efficiency while staying true to their mission and values.

FREE

About this course

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.

Course sections

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

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

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

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About the instructors

Kelsey Kramer

Kelsey directs partnerships for the GivingTuesday Data Commons, supporting a vibrant network of collaborators that power the Data Commons’ mission to utilize data to build a more resilient social sector. She engages data and research partners, movement leaders, and strategic collaborators to build new initiatives, support ongoing research, and connect research to practice—bringing 10 years of experience from nonprofits and technology companies large and small.

Zoe Ludwig

Zoe Ludwig leads Anthropic’s Claude apps education, including AI Fluency work. She has a range of experience in educational roles including classroom instruction, curriculum design, and instructor led training. Prior to Anthropic, she founded and led the customer education team at Notion.