OpenAI Academy · AI for Nonprofits

Five videos, inside OpenAI’s own academy.

OpenAI asked for a series on AI for nonprofits. This is it — free, no account with us, hosted on their platform. Start anywhere.

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Prompting 101

The one to send someone who is getting mediocre answers and does not know why. Structure, formatting, and the small habits that change the output.

Structure a promptGive it contextAsk for a format
Watch on OpenAI Academy ↗Uses the structured prompt GPT ↗
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One story, five formats

Take a single blog post or a supporter story and turn it into the emails, social posts and video scripts you were going to write from scratch on Friday.

Repurpose properlyKeep the voiceStop starting blank
Watch on OpenAI Academy ↗Uses the structured prompt GPT ↗
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Look at your donation page the way a stranger does

Put your donation page in front of ChatGPT Vision and ask it what is confusing. Design, wording, and the step where people give up.

Read your own pageFix the wordingFind the drop-off
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Take a campaign apart to see why it works

Pull a campaign you admire into pieces — what it is doing, why it lands — and use that to make your own better instead of copying it.

Break it downName what worksApply it
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Build a custom GPT that knows your strategy

A custom GPT with your strategy in it, that you can think out loud with. Not a chatbot on your website — an advisor for the people making the calls.

Set it upFeed it contextUse it to decide
Watch on OpenAI Academy ↗Uses the structured prompt GPT ↗

After the series

These five make you better at it.

They will not give your organisation a policy, tell you where your data sits, or settle what your team is allowed to do. That is a different job, and it is the one we do.

◆ The bundle mentioned in the videos

The three files, if you came here for those.

The AI Maturity Model, an introduction-to-AI eBook, and an editable AI policy template. Free, and there is a two-minute version of the maturity check on the page. More have joined them since the videos were made.

Take the templates & resources →
  • PDFThe AI Maturity Model
  • PDFIntroduction to AI eBook
  • WordAI Policy Template
  • PDFThe Interview Prompt
  • PDFChoosing Your AI Tools
  • PDFThe Nonprofit Grant Workflow
  • PDFThe AI Impact Gap Audit
  • PDFThe Board-Ready AI Briefing
  • PDFThe Fundraiser's AI Prompt Pack
  • PDFThe ED's AI Prompt Pack
  • PDFThe Comms Lead's AI Prompt Pack