AI on top of your tools, not in place of them.
MAS helps small and mid-sized nonprofits adopt AI — starting with your work, not a tool. Practical, safe, useful AI that respects your budget, your data, and your team’s judgment. The AI is the easy part; the thinking around it is the work — and that’s where we help.
The MAS AI Adoption Journey
We use one clear path to take a nonprofit from “we should probably do something with AI” to “we run and maintain our own AI, without needing outside help.”
Four stages — most organizations get real value from the first two alone.
| Stage | What happens | Who pays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Public Workshop | A hands-on session on practical AI for nonprofits. See what's real and applicable through honest case studies and live exercises. | MAS (free to attend) |
| 2 · Client Workshop | A tailored, hands-on session for your organization, on your own tools and real tasks. Surfaces your highest-value AI opportunity. | Pro bono; you fund your own AI tool |
| 3 · Build | We co-build one AI agent against a specific goal — from prototype to production. | Pro bono; donation invited if it delivers value; you pay direct hosting + AI costs |
| 4 · Sustain | You own and run the agent in your own accounts, and can maintain and evolve it yourself. | You (ongoing hosting + AI usage) |
MAS engagements are pro bono. There's no project fee — if a build delivers value, we invite a donation that helps us serve more nonprofits.
How to get started
- Attend a public workshop. The best first step — experience AI hands-on in a room with peers. Our next public workshop is this fall. (See Workshops below to join the waiting list.)
- Request a client workshop. Ready to work on your own tasks and tools? We’ll run a tailored, hands-on session for your team, pro bono. Contact MAS →
- Talk to us about a project. Already know where AI could help? Let’s scope it. Contact MAS →
Workshops
Public Workshops: Practical Use of AI for Nonprofits
Our public workshops are the real starting point. In one hands-on session you’ll cover the foundations — security and privacy, prompts and context, turning strategy into an operational plan, and using AI for fundraising and grants — grounded in honest case studies of AI actually working at nonprofits. You’ll leave able to picture where AI fits your organization.
Next workshop: Our next public workshop is coming this fall 2026. The date isn’t set yet — join the waiting list and we’ll email you as soon as it’s announced Contact MAS →
Can’t wait for the next session? Watch the recorded webinar: Practical Use of AI for Nonprofits.
What happens next: Attend a public workshop → if it resonates, reach out for a tailored, client-specific workshop on your own tools and tasks.
Case Studies
See it working: Real nonprofit case studies
Three real builds, told plainly — with honest costs and clear limits. Each one started with a problem, not a tool.
Allard Prize Donor Outreach
AI watches a list and recommends when to act.
A foundation watches a small list of high-value prospects and surfaces only the moments worth acting on. The AI doesn’t write fundraising emails or replace judgment — it just flags the few names that deserve attention this week.
MAS VC Chatbot
AI as a research partner grounded in your knowledge.
A hundred volunteer consultants get a research and lookup partner scoped to who they are and what MAS actually knows. No making things up — every answer is grounded in MAS’s own documents and data.
Klaus Personal Assistant
AI as a thin layer on top of your tools, with persistent memory.
A personal AI assistant that remembers across projects, files, and schedule — sitting on top of the tools you already use rather than replacing them. The pattern any nonprofit can adapt for an ED, a fundraising lead, or a program manager.
AI Resources
More on AI for nonprofits
These are additional AI resources MAS has developed in chronological order. The most basic ones are at the top, the most recent ones are at the bottom.
- AI for Nonprofits — Getting Started (blog)
- How to Leverage AI in Strategic Planning (white paper)
- AI for Analytics and Answers in Finance (white paper)
- Practical Use of AI for Nonprofits (webinar recording)
- Practical Use of AI for Nonprofits (presentation)
- AI for Nonprofits — Advanced Techniques (blog)
- Applied AI Case Studies (webinar recording)
- Applied AI Case Studies (presentation)
- Tech Stack (used in Case Studies)
Ready for a real conversation?
If you already know roughly what you want to build, you can skip ahead. MAS AI engagements run a few weeks against a defined deliverable. They’re pro bono — if the project delivers real value, we invite a donation back to MAS that helps us serve more nonprofits.