About This Webinar
Artificial intelligence is moving fast — and nonprofits are figuring out how to put it to work. Join Management Advisory Services and the Allard Prize Foundation for a free 90-minute webinar that goes beyond the hype to share three real AI implementations, what worked, what didn't, and what's next.
This is not a theoretical overview. These are working systems (AI Agents) built by and for nonprofit organizations, presented by the people who built them.
Case Studies
Case Study 1: AI-Powered Donor Relationship Management — Allard Prize Foundation
Presenter: Preet Noor, Director of Operations, Allard Prize Foundation
The Allard Prize recognizes individuals making significant contributions to fighting corruption worldwide. With the need to build a new generation of major donors to sustain the foundation's mission, we developed an AI-powered donor outreach system that monitors the internet for meaningful connections between potential donors and the foundation's work — then recommends timely, personalized outreach to deepen those relationships.
- The challenge: finding high-value donors to sustain a global anti-corruption prize
- The approach: background AI agents surfacing donor intelligence and recommending outreach
- Early results and lessons learned
Case Study 2: The MAS Virtual Consultant Chatbot
Presenter: Brian Flett, MAS Volunteer Consultant
New volunteers join MAS on a regular basis. We needed a way to quickly get them up to speed on our internal processes, and to help them leverage the vast experience of our existing volunteer consultants (VC's). Our existing VC's were also looking for a way to connect with their peers, learn about upcoming projects, and share experiences. This case study covers how an AI chatbot was designed as part of a new VC Portal, what it can and can't do, and how it's being used.
- Designing an AI assistant grounded in MAS's consulting methodology
- Practical constraints: accuracy, trust, and scope
- Usage patterns and what VC's are actually asking
Case Study 3: Klaus — A Personal AI Assistant
Presenter: Brian Flett, MAS Volunteer Consultant
Klaus is a custom-built personal AI assistant that manages tasks, memory, files, and background intelligence for a nonprofit technology advisor. This case study explores what it takes to build a persistent, context-aware AI assistant — and what it means for how professionals work.
- What a personal AI assistant actually does day-to-day
- Building memory and continuity across conversations
- Implications for nonprofit knowledge workers
Q&A Session
Open discussion for participant questions about AI tools, implementation approaches, and what's realistic for nonprofits today.
Who Should Attend
- Nonprofit executives and program staff curious about practical AI applications
- Development and fundraising professionals exploring AI for fundraising and donor relations
- Anyone who attended our earlier AI for Nonprofits webinars and wants to go deeper
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