Inclusive Philanthropy Institute
Funding AI, Deploying AI, and Doing No Harm:
A Two-Part Strategy Series
This two-part webinar series is for teams tasked with raising funds for AI initiatives, development leaders responsible for campaign strategy and case development, and nonprofit professionals working at the intersection of innovation, community impact, and public trust, and navigating the AI moment from both sides: funding AI initiatives and deploying AI tools in fundraising.
The Robots Are Funded focuses on campaign and fundraising strategy, including what “ethical AI” must include—bias risk, validation practices, and accountability to impacted communities.
The Robots Are Deployed shifts to implementation, examining CRM readiness, governance, and human oversight before AI automation goes live. Together, these sessions help teams build credible fundraising narratives and deploy AI with guardrails that protect donor trust.
Scroll down for in-depth descriptions of both webinars.
These webinars will be recorded. The slides, recording, and any associated handouts will be sent to all registered attendees at the conclusion of the webinar.
Live Webinar | Register for one or both
May 12 and May 13, 2026
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST (USA)
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About your instructor
Maia McGill
Consulting Partner, Inclusive Philanthropy
Maia is committed to the study, development and implementation of inclusive philanthropic strategies that advance systemic change in higher education, university advancement and nonprofit organizations. She is a seasoned industry leader with more than 18 years of experience in the higher education and philanthropic sectors and co-founded the former Office of Inclusive Philanthropy at the Florida International University (FIU) Foundation in 2021, which was the first of its kind in the nation.
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Course Policies
- Late registrations will not be accepted.
- Registration fees are nonrefundable.
- All courses are on Eastern Standard Time, USA.
- Discounts are offered for clients, and for registering during the specified “early-bird” registration window. Group discounts are not offered.
- All courses will be recorded. Course registrants will receive the recording, slides, and any associated handouts at the conclusion of the course.
Webinar Descriptions
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May 12, 2026
The Robots Are Funded:
Fundraising for AI Without Replicating Harm
This is a practical strategy session for fundraisers and advancement professionals navigating a very real shift: AI initiatives are drawing increased donor attention and investment, and teams are being asked to raise money quickly, often before the institution has fully thought through risk, accountability, and impact.
Across higher education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector, we’re seeing a surge of AI innovation labs, AI literacy centers, and “future-ready” programs positioned as the next major institutional priority. The risk is that fundraising language often outpaces governance, so when donor proposals name “ethics” but don’t name bias risk, validation practices, or accountability to the communities most affected, we’re not just telling an incomplete story; we’re funding avoidable harm.
This webinar is designed for teams tasked with raising funds for AI initiatives, development leaders responsible for campaign strategy and case development, and nonprofit professionals working at the intersection of innovation, community impact, and public trust.
During this webinar, we will:
- Define what “ethical AI” must mean in fundraising and campaign strategy (beyond values language)
- Assess AI initiatives before you fundraise for them: what to fund, what to question, and what to slow down
- Translate ethics into fundraising language that includes bias risk, audits, and accountability to impacted communities
- Apply the framework to a case walkthrough that you can adapt to your institution or organization
This webinar is a toolkit for the moment we’re in; when donors want innovation, institutions want funding, and communities deserve more than aspirational language. The robots may be funded, but the consequences are always human.
Learners will receive an accountability language guide for proposals.
May 13, 2026
The Robots Are Deployed:
CRM Readiness, Bias Risk, and Oversight Before AI Automation
The Robots Are Deployed is a practical strategy session for fundraising and advancement teams deploying AI tools – chatbots, automated donor journeys, AI-assisted prospecting, predictive scoring, and AI-generated donor communications- and want to do so without embedding bias, causing avoidable harm, or breaking donor trust.
A “smart” fundraising bot is only as responsible as the data, rules, and oversight behind it.
If your CRM data is inconsistent, incomplete, or based on legacy assumptions, deploying a bot on top of it won’t modernize fundraising; it will automate your blind spots. The result will be that certain communities are targeted, stewarded, or excluded entirely, and the institution can’t explain why.
This webinar focuses on how to set guardrails before deployment. We will walk through what it means to “train” a fundraising bot in plain terms, how the tool learns (or is configured), what inputs it uses, what it’s optimizing for, and where bias-risk shows up in segmentation, scoring, language generation, and donor-facing interactions.
You’ll also learn what to ask vendors and internal teams: how is data stored and shared, whether models are trained on your donor data, how long information is retained, whether the product has been tested for disparate impact, and what human controls exist when something goes wrong.
We’ll cover the non-negotiables such as transparency, consent, accessibility, escalation to humans, and documentation of decision-making.
Finally, we’ll close with an applied case walkthrough: assessing CRM readiness, conducting a bias risk review, selecting appropriate use cases, and establishing human oversight and escalation protocols.
The goal is simple: use AI where it adds value, put guardrails where it introduces risk, and make sure your systems align with your values…by design.
Learners will receive a CRM Readiness and Bias Risk Quick Scan Toolkit to help your team identify whether your CRM data and segmentation practices are ready for AI tools, before a bot automates bias, gaps, or legacy assumptions at scale.
Registration is Open.
Registration fees are nonrefundable.
General Registration
$150 per person – One Webinar
$275 per person – Both Webinars
Marts&Lundy Clients
$130 per person – One Webinar
$255 per person – Both Webinars