AI Transformation Resources

AI Resources & Insights
for Nonprofits & NGOs

Explore our curated collection of case studies, frameworks, and strategic insights to accelerate your AI transformation journey.

AI Equity Project 2026 Resources

Common Ground is a proud sponsor of the 2026 AI Equity Project, produced by Namaste Data. Our own work with nonprofits and foundations keeps surfacing the same thing: teams are being asked to make AI decisions quickly, often without the guidance or space to think clearly. Read more about why we're a sponsor. This year's project offers four practical tools built for exactly those conversations, for leadership, boards, fundraisers, and the tech companies serving the sector. We're hosting them here because they reflect the kind of responsible, human-centered AI practice we believe the sector needs.

This Year's AI Equity Project Survey

The 2026 AI Equity Project is running its annual sector survey, and we're asking even tougher questions than last year. Is AI shifting power or consolidating it? Who is accountable when AI causes harm in a nonprofit context? Where is community voice centered, and where it is missing? What would genuine AI governance actually look like at the organizational level?

If you work at a nonprofit, sit on a board, or serve communities feeling the downstream effects of AI, your perspective is what the project is after. It takes 12 to 15 minutes, responses are anonymous, and you do not need to be an AI expert. Findings publish in Fall 2026.

AI Equity Checklist
for Fundraisers

A practical gut-check before you adopt any AI tool for donor communications, grant writing, or outreach. Covers trust, privacy, equity, and organizational fit, with a red flags section for when to stop and reassess.

AI Equity Workbook
for Nonprofits

A discussion guide for leadership, boards, and staff. Helps your team name what needs protecting, where AI does and does not belong, and what support people need before expanding AI use. Built for a real conversation, not a compliance exercise.

AI Equity Workbook
for Foundations

A strategic guide for foundation leadership and boards. Focuses on where power and fairness risks are highest in philanthropic workflows, and how to protect grantee trust as AI moves into grantmaking.

AI Equity Workbook
for Tech Companies

A guide for product leaders and boards building tools used by nonprofits. Prompts harder conversations about customer trust, data dignity, fairness, and downstream consequences for the communities your nonprofit customers serve.

Produced by Namaste Data. Hosted with permission as part of Common Ground's sponsorship of the 2026 AI Equity Project.