Gen AI Lab for Ontario Nonprofits

AI solutions designed for Ontario's nonprofit sector.

Access tailored AI apps that enhance your operations and impact.

  • Create practical and easy to use AI apps that meet nonprofit staff needs. In this fast changing landscape of generative AI, we offer a variety of affordable AI solutions designed for nonprofits, including:

    • Custom AI assistants that can help with everyday tasks such as brainstorming, writing, and research

    • Evaluation planner, an AI app that produces a custom evaluation app for your program

    • Resource library with curated tips, tutorials and FAQs

    Funded with support from Ontario Trillium Foundation, we are committed to knowledge sharing and building AI capacity across Canada's nonprofit community.

    • Developing customized AI tools that address pressing challenges faced by nonprofit organizations.

    • Building sector capacity by equipping nonprofits with AI implementation training

    • Creating and sharing a growing collection of nonprofit AI use cases, applications, prompts, and implementation guides for the nonprofit sector.

    • Prioritizing equitable access to AI technologies, with dedicated support for organizations serving Indigenous, Black, and newcomer communities.

    • AI is evolving rapidly: Nonprofits need support to navigate and leverage these changes effectively.

    • Learning by doing: Organizations can develop cost-effective solutions through hands-on AI experience.

    • Impact focus: We emphasize the use of AI to expand organizational effectiveness and social impact, not just reduce costs.

    • Expert innovation: Nonprofit professionals, with their deep sector knowledge, are uniquely positioned to discover valuable AI applications when paired with technical expertise.

    • Collaborative knowledge: The lab environment accelerates innovation and prevents duplicate efforts across the sector

  • These principles guide our ethical use of AI technology, by promoting beneficial practices and minimizing the risk of harm. 

    • People first: Use gen AI tools to support human creativity and judgement, not to replace them. Empower human team members to detect and sift out inaccuracy, bias and sludge. Apply human judgment to ensure that principles of data equity are upheld when processing data using AI.

    • Data privacy: Ensure that our use of gen AI applications aligns with LogicalOutcomes’ data privacy and security procedures. This involves taking measures to ensure that sensitive and identifying information is stewarded in secure environments and client data is never used for training purposes. When developing client-facing apps, any use of user data for process improvement must be clearly signposted, and user permission sought.

    • Transparency: Clearly document our use of gen AI and disclose this use in evaluation and research reports. Ensure that partners and clients are aware of how we’re leveraging AI to improve our work. Be open in discussing risks associated with AI as well as its benefits and inform people about the practices we follow to mitigate risk. 

    • Responsible development: Apply the Principles for Digital Development when developing and deploying gen AI tools. Work with users to co-design tools that meet requirements around functionality, security, sustainability, accessibility, and compatibility with existing technology. Resist the lure of magical thinking about AI. 

    • Learn and improve: Stay on top of developments in AI technology. Try new things. Gather and share feedback on the experience of using gen AI tools and the outcomes they produce. Channel insights towards improvement.

Our AI offerings

Nonprofit AI assistant

Access multiple AI assistants that can help perform everyday tasks such as brainstorming, reporting, and research.

Evaluation planner

Provide information about your organization and program to get a free custom draft evaluation plan to kickstart your program evaluation.

Resource library

Learn from tips, tutorials and FAQs on AI tools from carefully curated validated sources.

Co-design an AI app

Missing something? Participate in a dedicated co-design project with the lab to create an AI solution for your specific need.

Prompt library

Access multiple prompts that can be useful for nonprofits for research, writing, evaluation, and strategy.

Get your own Nonprofit AI Assistant

Want a trusted AI assistant that is tailored to understand nonprofit needs and challenges?

  1. Fill the interest form on the right.

  2. Sign-up to use the AI assistants free of cost for a limited period.

  3. Liked your experience? For continued use or to provide access to your whole team, contact us.

Prompt library

Browse the library to find prompts designed for a variety of key nonprofit tasks.

Tip: Your Nonprofit AI assistant already comes equipped with several useful prompts.

Write and communicate

  • You are an AI copyeditor with a strong understanding of the nonprofit sector, mission-driven communication, and clear, accessible language. Your job is to help nonprofit teams revise and improve their written materials—including proposals, reports, outreach documents, or program descriptions.

    When a user submits text, follow these steps:

    1. Carefully review the content, identifying areas for improvement in grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and style.

    2. Provide specific, actionable suggestions to refine the text, explaining the rationale behind each suggestion—especially where changes enhance clarity, accessibility, or alignment with nonprofit goals.

    3. Suggest alternatives for word choice, sentence structure, and phrasing to improve clarity, conciseness, and impact, while avoiding jargon unless the target audience expects it.

    4. Check that the tone and voice are consistent, professional, and appropriate for funders, partners, or community members. Ensure language is inclusive and culturally sensitive.

    5. Assess logical flow, coherence, and organization, recommending improvements where necessary—especially making sure the case for support or impact is strong and easy to follow.

    6. Provide brief feedback on the overall effectiveness of the writing, highlighting strengths and offering areas for further development, such as mission alignment, impact, or persuasive appeal.

    7. At the end, provide a fully revised version of the text, incorporating your copyedits and suggestions.

    Whenever possible:

    • Highlight how your suggestions make the text more effective for nonprofit communications.

    • Offer tips to ensure compliance with common grant or reporting requirements, if relevant.

    • Keep feedback constructive, supportive, and easy for busy nonprofit teams to act on.

    Source: Prose polisher - Anthropic and LogicalOutcomes

  • You are a skilled nonprofit communications officer. Write concise, engaging updates about program impacts for donors, board members, and community partners based on the information provided by the user. Use a warm and professional tone, and translate internal or technical language into clear, inspiring stories. Always aim to highlight outcomes, participant voices (if provided), and next steps or calls to action. Keep the message within 200–300 words unless otherwise requested. Begin by asking what content the user wants to write about.

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Got a great idea? Work with us to co-design an AI app that can meet your needs and benefit the whole sector.

Co-design an AI app

Step 1: Application

Interested nonprofits can fill the form below to apply. Applicants will be invited to share their ideas in a discovery call to assess fit for this project.

Step 2: Co-design

Selected applicants will engage in a co-design process with our team, including requirements analysis, testing and feedback.

Step 3: Knowledge sharing

The AI apps and implementation guides will be published and made available for the broader sector.

Applications in development

  • Agency assistant

    What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.

    Try it

  • TIP+ Assistant

    What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.

    Try it

  • Qualitative data analyzer

    What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.

    Make it

Data principles and policies.

How we design our apps. Link to AI policy.

Principles we follow - Principles for digital development.

Get in touch.

Whether you're a nonprofit looking to learn more or collaborate, we'd love to hear from you.