This is good news if you run your nonprofit on the google suite. Google introduced Gemini 3 on November 18, which it says is the best to date. Gemini 3 Pro is already available inside Workspace, including for organizations using the free Workspace for Nonprofits plan. Here’s what’s new. Gemini 3 is going to work closer to it's best competitors like ChatGPT and Claude. It can review complex grant guidelines, summarize long board packets, and interpret mixed formats with more clarity than previous versions. Google says the model now gives responses that are smart, concise, and direct, reducing filler and focusing on insight. Here’s why it matters. It's now free for most nonprofits. This means your team can analyze documents, create marekting, or prepare reports with far less time spent switching tools. If you want to try it out, open the Gemini app inside Workspace and select “Thinking” from the model menu to run Gemini 3 Pro. Google noted that a deeper reasoning mode will be added soon for organizations on paid tiers.

Happy Friday everyone! I could use your help with some suggestions on how I can best support nonprofits at the end of the year. I know that the end of the year is really busy and stressful for nonprofits. And often time a huge portion of their funding comes from the last few weeks around the holidays. I'm curious what I could do that would be most impactful during the last few weeks. I was thinking about doing a one hour "AI working session" where folks can actually use the tools and build some resources and stories to share at the end of the year. Curious to get your option on what could be most helpful for folks!

I just launched a new way to help nonprofits start using AI Assistants specifically built for them. I consolidated my top 5 AI assistants and made them publically available to everyone. Any nonprofit can get them for free and start using them to help with fundraising, sharing their story, or planning events. As a part of this community you have access to all of these plus more in the classroom. (check them out here) I would be so grateful if you all shared these with any nonprofits that could benefit! Here's the link to share! Top 5 AI Assistants for Nonprofits Thanks!

I built this tool a while ago and forgot to share with you all. It's built on the best practices for writing engaging fundraising emails that convert. But...it's only as good as the information you give it. And ultimately it is up to you to check and refine anything AI produces before you send it to your donors. Hope it helps! AI Assistant for Writing Fundraising Emails

Are nonprofits getting $50,000,000 for AI adoption from OpenAI? That’s what they said...and here's my personal take on it. Last month, OpenAI announced a $50M commitment to support nonprofits and community organizations working at the intersection of AI and public good. (something I'm all about) But behind the single-page press release is something more interesting. OpenAI created a public report that included the voices of over 500+ people making an impact. Teachers, organizers, faith leaders, healthcare workers, youth advocates, people who live the impact of broken systems every day. So what came out of it? A 38-page public report with one clear message: 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁. Here’s what they’re actually calling for in the report: 𝟭. 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. The money’s not just for “AI adoption.” It’s for retraining workers. Building civic infrastructure. Keeping health systems afloat. Funding local organizing. The things that keep people safe when systems shift. 𝟮. 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. The Commission called for AI to be made understandable, through translation, storytelling, and trusted local leaders. Because if people can’t understand AI, they can’t shape it. And if they can’t shape it, it doesn’t serve them. 𝟯. 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. Less top-down charity. More power-sharing. More experimentation. More public reporting. And more decisions being made 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 the communities funding is supposed to support, not just 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 them. 🤔 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: History is full of examples of how new technologies consolidate wealth and power into fewer hands. I worry AI will do the same, unless we fight like hell to prevent it. That’s going to take real intention and real investment, not just PR. I have to admit that I'm skeptical. Is this going to be a real shift in structure and access, or just a shift in language? We don’t know yet. The details are still vague. $50 million is a lot of money, but we don’t know exactly who will get it, what they can use it for, or how decisions will be made.