AI for Nonprofits · Guide

Donor-Data & AI Safety Guide

What is safe to put into AI, what is never okay

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What's safe to put into AI. What's never okay.

Most donor-data mistakes with AI aren't malicious. They're staff pasting a spreadsheet into ChatGPT because the deadline is tomorrow. This guide gives you the specific rules, in language a program director can follow — plus the two-page policy you can hand to staff without a training session.

What’s inside

  • The three data categories staff need to distinguish (public, sensitive, restricted)
  • Decision tree for "can I put this into an AI tool" — with named examples
  • A one-page staff cheat sheet you can print and post
  • Guidance on the two data types most nonprofits get wrong

You may not need this if: You have a current AI data policy staff are actually following.

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