The Center for Nonprofit AI helps nonprofit executives and boards understand, evaluate, and responsibly implement artificial intelligence, so it strengthens your mission instead of distracting from it.
In the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s 2025 study, the most representative research on AI in the sector to date, nearly two-thirds of nonprofits reported using AI in their work. Yet nearly as many said that few, if any, of their staff have a solid understanding of it, and most use remains confined to basic productivity and communications tasks.
The gap is not about tools. It is about understanding, strategy, governance, and leadership alignment. That gap is exactly what the Center for Nonprofit AI exists to close.
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy, AI With Purpose (2025)
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CNAI was founded by Michael Lugo, a nonprofit executive with more than 14 years of leadership experience, including over a decade with one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, and service on numerous nonprofit boards. He is completing an MBA at West Virginia University and MIT Professional Education’s Leading AI Strategy program.
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